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The Sierra Club wrote to each member of the DC Council requesting that they restore money to DC’s Green Building Fund. It is meant to fund renewable energy and energy efficiency in DC buildings, but the Mayor's proposed budget uses the money for...

DC Chapter Organizer Rebekah Whilden testified at the budget hearing for the Office of Campaign Finance about implementation of the Fair Elections Act of 2017.

DC Chapter Clean Energy Committee member Matthias Paustian testified about how DC can reduce methane gas pollution in testimony before the DC Council's budget hearing on the Public Service Commission.

Amy Kelley of the Chapter's Zero Waste Committee testified about recycling and composting programs at schools and other DC government buildings at the DC Council budget hearing on the Department of General Services

Chapter Chair Mark Rodeffer testified before the DC Council Committee on Facilities and Procurement about the need for DC government buildings to reduce energy use, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save taxpayer money.

The DC Chapter's Clean Energy Committee submitted written testimony to the DC Council about the lack of charging infrastructure for electric taxicabs and enforcing the requirement for Washington Gas to transition its business away from fossil fuels.

DC Chapter Chair Mark Rodeffer submitted testimony for the budget hearing for the Department of Energy and Environment requesting full funding for DC's groundbreaking clean energy bill and ensuring the revenue necessary to fund essential programs.

The Sierra Club wrote DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson asking that the DC Council fund the Clean Energy DC Omnibus Act of 2018 and other environmental priorities. The letter asks Mendelson to retain in the fiscal year 2020 budget two commercial...

DC Chapter Vice Chair Catherine Plume lauded Mayor Bowser's proposed increases in funding for the Office of Waste Diversion and additional enforcement of illegal parking in bike lanes. She called for stronger efforts to expand recycling and...

Student climate leaders at American University informed the Sierra Club that the school administration has used the Sierra Club's "Cool Schools" ranking as a justification for continuing to invest in profiting from climate change. Sierra Student...