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Sierra Club member Jean Stewart testified before the DC Council urging that DC expand affordable housing powered by clean energy.

The Sierra Club submitted comments to the DC Department of Energy & Environment sharing our vision for the Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) program and how it can most effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Sierra Club testified before the DC Council that to meet DC's climate commitment of carbon neutrality, the Public Service Commission must begin taking a proactive role to ensure DC's utilities end their reliance on fossil fuels.

Sierra Club DC Chapter Vice Chair Aykut Yılmaz testified at the DC Department of Transportation oversight hearing about Vision Zero, transportation equity, encouraging transit and biking to work, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and energy...

Sierra Club DC Chapter Clean Energy Committee Chair Lara Levison testified before the Department of Energy and Environment oversight hearing, calling for bold action to transition DC's building off fracked gas, modernize DC's electric grid,...

The DC Green Bank must stop financing fracked gas projects so that it be aligned with DC's climate commitments to transition off fossil fuels, DC Chapter Beyond Gas Subcommittee Co-Chair Matthias Paustian testified before the DC Council.

Sierra Club DC Chapter Chair Catherine Plume wrote to Mayor Muriel Bowser asking that she appoint a visionary waste management professional to be Department of Public Works director so the mayor can achieve her waste reduction goals outlined in...

  Welcome to the Capital Sierran, the quarterly newsletter of the Sierra Club DC Chapter...

Testifying before the DC Council about the mayor's nomination to fill a vacancy on the Public Service Commission, Mark Rodeffer called for the Council to confirm commissioners with the experience and vision to take proactive leadership to meet DC's...

DC Chapter Clean Energy Committee Chair Lara Levison testified before the DC Council about transforming DC government facilities to zero greenhouse gas emissions and zero waste.