Mientras el Congreso considera la magnitud de las inversiones en el clima, empleos y justicia en la Ley para Reconstruir Mejor (“Build Back Better”), está claro que los votantes de Arizona, el estado nativo de la Senadora Kyrsten Sinema, quieren financiar por completo las prioridades climáticas y energéticas.
La sección climática de la ONU anunció hoy que pese a los compromisos anunciados hasta el momento por las 191 naciones del Acuerdo de París, el mundo va camino de un calentamiento catastrófico de más de 2,7 grados centígrados para finales de siglo.
El Presidente Biden y líderes de la Unión Europea se comprometieron hoy a reducir la contaminación de metano en un 30% para 2030, un paso positivo a corto plazo para combatir la crisis climática.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Democrats, under the leadership of Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal, are delivering a historic package of clean energy tax incentives through committee today. It makes clean investments across multiple sectors of the economy and builds momentum for these essential policies to be included in any final reconciliation bill. In contrast to these important investments, however, House Democrats failed to cut billions in domestic subsidies for the fossil fuel industry.
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Washington, D.C. - Today the Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S House of Representatives began its mark-up of budget reconciliation language, which includes a Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP), a fee on methane polluters, funding for electric vehicles, environmental justice block grants, building electrification and energy efficiency. The committee is expected to send the bill to the full House in the coming days.
Sierra Magazine, la revista del Sierra Club, anunció su décimo quinta edición anual de las universidades más verdes de Norteamérica ("Cool Schools"). Este año Sierra recibió presentaciones de un récord de 328 instituciones de Estados Unidos y Canadá.
Washington, D.C. -- Today President Joe Biden nominated Willie Phillips to fill a vacant position on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the nation’s independent energy regulator. FERC will play a key role in helping transform our power system and lead the equitable transition away from fossil fuels and toward the clean electricity system needed to address climate change.
Phillips is currently Chairman of the District of Columbia Public Service Commission and former Assistant General Counsel for the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today,
Washington D.C. — Sierra Club is among 52 health, faith, environmental, and industry groups who are calling on Congressman Neal to go bold on incentivizing a just transition to a clean energy economy. As Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Neal will soon be marking up legislation in his committee and has the power to ensure that the historic $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill includes the strongest clean energy incentives possible.
A regional coalition of conservation groups commented on PacifiCorp’s 2021 Integrated Resource Plan that was filed today in the six states the utility serves, highlighting the plan’s failure to meet the recommendations of global scientists to transition away from all fossil fuels, as the utility intends to keep coal and gas generation in its resource mix well into the 2040s.
Los Angeles celebrates the approval of plans to transition to 100% clean energy by 2035 and ensure good jobs for the new clean energy economy.
Pepco released a long-term analysis of the Washington D.C. electric system and its role in helping the District meet its climate commitments.