Sierra, la revista nacional del Sierra Club, emitió su decimocuarta lista de las universidades más verdes (“Cool Schools”) de Norteamérica. Este año, Sierra recibió candidaturas de 312 instituciones de Estados Unidos y Canadá, un nuevo récord.
Harrisburgh, P.A. - The Pennsylvania Senate approved House Bill 2025 today, which would remove the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) legal authority to regulate climate-disrupting carbon dioxide pollution from any source within the Commonwealth. This bill, which passed in the House in July, would prevent Pennsylvania’s participation in the "cap-and-invest" program known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) which is currently being developed. The legislation goes even further to prevent DEP from implementing any regulations of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Governor Wolf is expected to veto the legislation.
La Comisión Especial sobre la Crisis Climática del Senado emitió hoy su reporte titulado “Razones para la Acción Climática: Construir una Economía Limpia para el Pueblo Estadounidense”, el cual detalla un plan de los demócratas del Senado para atacar la crisis climática alcanzando la meta de cero emisiones para el 2050, además de incrementar las inversiones climáticas en comunidades vulnerables y en desventaja.
El Sierra Club lanzó hoy una campaña de anuncios digitales que urgen al liderazgo del Congreso a que apruebe asistencia económica para los trabajadores de la energía limpia como parte del próximo paquete de rescate económico en medio de la pandemia de COVID-19.
KANSAS CITY, MO -- Today marks the release of a new vision for Evergy’s future, created by a partnership of the Climate + Energy Project, Environment Missouri, and the Kansas and Missouri chapters of the Sierra Club. These groups call on Evergy to:
NEW YORK -- Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a massive new call for clean energy projects including a 2020 NYSERDA Tier 1 RFP for 1.6 million MWh under the Clean Energy Standard; a new RFP for 2 million MWh of land based wind or solar power; and a $400 million combined 2020 Offshore Wind RFP and Port Investment RFP.
Brookline, M.A.--The Massachusetts Attorney General office identified a need for changes to state policies by disapproving a community-led ordinance that would’ve prohibited the installation of new fossil fuel construction in Brookline. Through a bylaw, the city would have seen a 15% decrease of carbon emissions in buildings over the next 30 years. The Sierra Club filed a brief in support of Brookline.
Salt Lake City, UT-- Last night, the Salt Lake City District School board passed a resolution unanimously establishing the goal of transitioning the school district to 100% clean electricity by 2030, and off of fossil fuels for heating and transportation by 2040. This effort was led by students from Salt Lake's three major high schools, in collaboration with Utah Sierra Club and Sierra Club's Climate Parents program.
Reporting from Reuters reveals that the Trump administration has chosen this moment -- in the midst of historic economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic that’s decimating the clean energy industry -- to squeeze clean energy companies for millions of dollars.
While the report shows that Duke, the largest investor-owned electric utility in the country, is aware of the need to increase the use of renewable energy, the utility is falling short on addressing its role in the climate crisis: Duke plans to still have 9 gigawatts of dirty coal online in 2030; to expand its fracked gas buildout through 2030, including the over-budget, unnecessary Atlantic Coast Pipeline; and to make only minimal commitments to energy efficiency and demand side management programs, which would immediately lower costs for families and businesses.
Today, the Sierra Club and its environmental allies filed their opening brief in federal court to challenge the Trump Administration’s so-called “ACE” rule—also known as the Dirty Power Plan. Concocted by former coal lobbyist and current EPA chief Andrew Wheeler, this reckless and unlawful rule will allow fossil fuel-burning power plants to keep dumping carbon dioxide pollution into our air with essentially no restraints, driving dangerous climate change to ever more catastrophic levels.