CANTON, Miss.. -- A Rally and March with Nissan workers, civil rights leaders, elected officials, including U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, U.S.Congressman Bennie Thompson, actor Danny Glover, NAACP President Cornell William Brooks and Sierra Club President Aaron Mair, will take place to highlight issues of workplace safety, low wages and job security at the Nissan plant.
St. Louis, MO - Today, Sierra Club reached a unanimous settlement with Ameren and all other parties in Ameren’s latest proposed rate hike.
INDIANAPOLIS -- A new report released today by Environment America ranks Indianapolis 4th in installed solar power per capita and 6th in installed solar capacity in a national ranking of cities. In 2016, Indianapolis ranked 2nd in installed solar power per capita, according to the same rankings.
HANOVER, N.H.. – The Town of Hanover, New Hampshire last night voted to establish a goal of transitioning to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050. The article approved at Tuesday’s town meeting sets a community-wide goal of transitioning to 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030 and a 2050 goal of transitioning heating and transportation to run on clean, renewable sources of energy.
Washington, DC -- Late yesterday, Donald Trump announced two nominees for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Neil Chatterjee and Rob Powelson.
In the upcoming months, FERC is expected to consider a number of pipelines, LNG terminals, and proposals from electric grid operators to pay power plant owners more and increase costs to consumers.
In response, Sierra Club Global Climate Policy Director John Coequyt released the following statement:
Brooklyn, NY -- After the New York MTA announced the plan to purchase 200 diesel buses to mitigate the closure of the L train, the Sierra Club released a letter to Governor Cuomo and the CEO of the NYMTA signed by 100 Brooklyn businesses in support of clean, quiet, zero-emission buses for Brooklyn and throughout the MTA service territory.
INDIANAPOLIS – Today, Gov. Eric Holcomb signed into law Senate Bill 309, the bill authored by Sen.
ATLANTA - Atlanta last night became the 27th city in the country to commit to transition to 100 percent clean and renewable energy.
OAKLAND, Calif. - Mayors from across the United States today joined with the Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 campaign to announce a new effort to engage and recruit mayors to endorse a goal of transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy in cities across the country.
ATLANTA - The Atlanta City Council Utilities Committee today approved legislation directing the City’s Office of Sustainability to create a plan by January studying how City Buildings will be powered by 100 percent clean electricity by 2025 and how all of Atlanta will be 100 percent clean energy by 2035.