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Sierra Club DC Smart Growth Committee Co-chair for Active Transportation Fred Wise submitted a comment to the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) in favor of protected bicycle lanes on Connecticut Avenue, as part of DDOT's Connecticut...

The DC Environmental Network, the Sierra Club, and other advocacy organizations wrote to Mayor Bowser on Earth Day to thank her for making the Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) program a central element of DC’s response to the climate...

Sierra Club DC Chapter Vice Chair Aykut Yılmaz wrote to the DC Council to testify in support of appointing DC Deputy Mayor for Operations and Infrastructure Lucinda Babers as a principal director on the WMATA Board of Directors, emphasizing that DC...

The Sierra Club testified before the DC Council in favor of reducing light pollution and saving energy used by streetlights.

The DC Sierra Club supports the C40 Cities Global Mayors COVID-19 Recovery Task Force's statement of principles as a framework to shape DC's near-term actions against climate change, vulnerability, and inequity. We urge the Mayor to endorse these...

Sierra Club Clean Transportation Subcommittee Co-Chair Lucas Godshalk testified before the DC Council, asking that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) reduce climate pollution by electrifying its bus fleet.

Sierra Club DC Chapter Chair Catherine Plume testified before the oversight hearing on the Department of Public Works, calling for the DC government to convert its fleet vehicles from fossil fuels to clean electricity and for stronger waste...

Beyond Gas Subcommittee Co-Chair Mark Rodeffer testified that the Public Service Commission nominee under consideration should be confirmed only if he will provide proactive leadership to meet DC's climate commitments.

DC Chapter Clean Energy Committee Chair Lara Levison testified before the DC Council about the need for DC to transition to highly efficient government buildings powered by renewable fuels.

In comments on the DC Green Bank's performance targets, the Sierra Club called for the bank to stop financing all fossil fuel projects and commit to a policy of not funding fossil fuels.