15 de febrero de 2022
Un nuevo reporte publicado hoy por el Sierra Club identifica seis lecciones claves que debemos aprender de la Tormenta Invernal Uri de 2021, la cual causó la muerte de más de 700 personas y unos $200.000 millones en daños.
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February 14, 2022
AUSTIN, TEXAS -- A new report published today by the Sierra Club identifies key lessons to be learned from 2021’s Winter Storm Uri, which left over seven hundred people dead and caused approximately $200 billion in damages.
10 de febrero de 2022
Los departamentos de Transporte y EnergÃa del Presidente Biden anunciaron hoy un programa de $5.000 millones para construir una red de 500.000 cargadores de vehÃculos eléctricos en todo el paÃs, como parte de la recientemente aprobada ley de infraestructura.
February 8, 2022
Boston, MA – The grid operator for New England, ISO-NE, has decided to delay fixing a rule that makes it harder for renewable energy projects to replace unneeded fossil fuel power plants on the grid. Last week, the grid operator, along with the region’s largest utility companies, voted to delay making the urgent reform to the Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) by two more years in a move that will keep open aging fossil fuel plants that continue polluting communities across the region and unnecessarily charging customers on their bills.
8 de febrero de 2022
El Presidente Biden anunció hoy que Tritium, un fabricante australiano de cargadores de vehÃculos eléctricos, inaugurará su primera instalación en Lebanon, Tennessee, la cual fabricará hasta 30.000 cargadores rápidos al año y creará 500 empleos locales.
February 8, 2022
ST PAUL, MN -- Earlier today, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved Xcel Energy’s integrated resource plan (IRP), a long-range plan for how the utility intends to provide electricity to its ratepayers in the coming decades. In doing so, the PUC took a significant step towards a Minnesota that is powered by 100% clean and renewable energy, although there is much work that still remains to be done.
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February 1, 2022
EL PASO, TEXAS / LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO-- Recently, a coalition of environmental and community groups–including Sierra Club, Environmental Integrity Project, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Chaparral Community Coalition for Health and Environment, Familias Unidas del Chamizal, Earthworks, Sunrise El Paso, and Sunset Heights Neighborhood Improvement Association–filed comments with the Texas Commission on Environment
28 de enero de 2022
La Corte de Distrito de DC invalidó anoche la decisión del Departamento del Interior (DI) de ofrecer 80 millones de acres del Golfo de México para arrendamientos petroleros y gasÃferos, una victoria crucial en la defensa de las comunidades de la región y del planeta contra el empeoramiento de la crisis climática.
January 19, 2022
ATLANTA, GA – Today, the Sierra Club is announcing its intention to participate in the 2022 Georgia Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) process. During this process, Georgia Power (owned by Southern Company) will propose its plan for how it will procure energy over the next two decades, which must be approved by the Public Service Commission (PSC).
January 5, 2022
Albany, New York — Against the backdrop of surging COVID-19 infections and increasingly severe climate change events, Governor Hochul delivered a State of the State address that made significant commitments to advance clean drinking water, restore wetlands and natural habitats, advance renewable energy, ramp up electric vehicle infrastructure and protect public health from harmful emissions that are intensifying the climate crisis.
4 de enero de 2022
Según un informe de Reuters, Toyota se ha convertido en la mayor empresa automotriz de Estados Unidos, al sobrepasar a GM en ventas en 2021. GM habÃa sido el lÃder nacional desde 1931.
4 de enero de 2022
Mientras el senado vuelve a sesionar, el Sierra Club urge a los lÃderes parlamentarios a cumplir con la promesa de la mayorÃa democrática y a aprobar urgentemente legislación para reconstruir mejor y proteger los derechos del votante, en medio de la incesante obstrucción de los congresistas republicanos.