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DOE Releases Guidance for States to Develop Electrification and Efficiency Rebate Programs

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) released guidance for states to apply for new Home Energy Rebate Programs. The programs, created by the Inflation Reduction Act, will…

FERC Final Rule Will Speed Interconnection of Clean Energy Generators to Grid

Washington, D.C. - During its monthly meeting today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released its final interconnection rule to fix a backlog of clean energy projects waiting to be…

Significant Majority of Battleground State Voters Support Strong EPA Safeguards to Cut Methane from Oil and Gas Operations

Washington, DC – A new poll released today by EDF Action, Earthworks Action Fund, Sierra Club, and CATF Action finds that voters in battleground and key oil and gas producing states, like…

Energy Department Refuses to Set Standards for Evaluating New Gas Exports

WASHINGTON, DC– After a ten-year delay, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Tuesday denied a petition for rulemaking calling on the agency to issue regulations defining whether proposed gas…

Environmental Groups Outline Solutions to Accelerate Transmission Infrastructure

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, a coalition of environmental and environmental justice organizations released a solution set to address the transmission bottleneck and rapidly scale up infrastructure that…

GSA Announcement to Electrify Federal Buildings with IRA Funding Benefits Consumers and Climate

Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced it will electrify the Ronald Reagan Building, the fourth-largest federal building in the country and the second-…

Gulf Coast Residents Tell Department of Energy: Environmental Justice Requires Action Beyond Performative “Roadshows”

TX/LA Coast - Today, Department of Energy’s (DOE) officials convened a listening session in Lake Charles, Louisiana, closing out the DOE’s second stop on its “Energy Justice…

The Debt Ceiling is Not a Tool to Hold our Country Hostage

Washington, DC – The Senate passed the debt limit deal that will allow the nation to pay its bills, but sets a dangerous precedent for fossil fuel companies to circumvent environmental reviews for…

Sierra Club: Allowing the Debt Ceiling Deal to Advance Sets a Dangerous Precedent

Washington, DC – The House of Representatives voted to advance the debt limit deal that will allow that nation to pay its bill in exchange for fossil fuel industry handouts and other harmful…

Sierra Club Calls on Congress to Reject the Bad Debt Limit Deal

Washington, DC – After weeks of Republicans threatening to default on America’s debts for extreme cuts in spending and fossil fuel industry handouts, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and President…