March 3, 2021
Renewal Plan Would Boost Racial Equity and Cut Climate Pollution in Half
September 10, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC -- A coalition of grassroots groups, labor unions, Black, Brown and Indigenous leaders from across the nation, and members of Congress today announced the introduction of a bold plan for economic renewal known as the THRIVE Agenda.
July 15, 2020
SEATTLE - Today the Seattle City Council unanimously voted to advance a plan to invest more than $20 million annually into Green New Deal programs, creating local clean energy jobs that will accelerate the city’s transition off fossil fuels.
October 31, 2019
Sierra Club Applauds Alliant Energy’s Plans for New Solar Generation “Clean energy works for Wisconsin. It’s time to move beyond coal.” Madison, WI -- Today, Alliant Energy announced it will add up to 1000MW of new solar generation to be built in Wisconsin by 2023. In response, Sierra Club Wisconsin Chapter’s Elizabeth Ward released the following statement:
September 18, 2019
Boston, MA -- Today, the Sierra Club announced it is endorsing Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey in his bid for reelection. "Senator Markey is a career environmental champion, and has the Sierra Club's full support," said Sierra Club Massachusetts Chapter Director Deb Pasternak. "Senator Markey's leadership on the climate crisis, particularly his co-authorship of the Green New Deal, makes him the most important environmental leader in the US Senate, and we’re determined to do our part to keep him there."
June 27, 2019
GENEVA -- Today, the World Trade Organization (WTO) sided with India in response to the country’s 2016 WTO complaint against U.S. buy-local policies in eight state-level clean energy programs.
April 30, 2019
LOS ANGELES, CA -- On Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti unveiled the updated “Sustainable City pLAn,” an ambitious roadmap establishing climate goals that will guide the city’s equitable environmental and economic future. The plan includes a commitment to power all of the city’s energy sectors -- its electricity, buildings, and transportation -- with carbon-free sources of energy by 2050.
April 17, 2019
Los Angeles, CA -- Today, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the State of the City, announcing a framework for a Green New Deal in Los Angeles. Garcetti is raising the ambition in the City’s sustainability plan, establishing a Climate Emergency Commission composed of frontline communities, and continuing leadership in phasing gas out of Los Angeles’ economy and transitioning to 100% clean energy.
March 12, 2019
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 11, 2019 – Grassroots environmental organization Sierra Club, one of the most enduring and influential in the United States, is providing an opportunity for its more than 3.5 million members and supporters to go solar with SunPower (NASDAQ:SPWR).
February 12, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Senator Mitch McConnell announced that, in a cynical political ploy, he will rush a vote on the Green New Deal resolution proposed by Senator Markey and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rather than allowing it to go through the hearings and legislative process it was intended to have. This news comes after McConnell pushed to keep a costly and unreliable coal plant open, at the expense of his own constituents.