Denver, Colo. – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Colorado and the Denver Regional Council of Governments were awarded $328 million in funding from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program.
Dr. Marilyn A. Brown, of Georgia Institute of Technology in partnership with the Sierra Club in Georgia released an energy burden report highlighting the oversized financial burden black households face in Georgia.
Washington, DC – Today, during a stop on the White House’s Investing in Rural America event series, President Biden will announce more than $5 billion in funding for rural communities, made possible largely through the landmark Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Kansas City, KS – The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC), which regulates utilities like Evergy, will hold a virtual public hearing to receive feedback from customers about the utility’s first-ever energy efficiency program.
Boston, MA – On Monday, Mayor Wu announced two new programs to increase access to renewable energy and energy efficiency in East Boston, an environmental justice neighborhood facing some of the highest levels of industrial pollution in the region.
EUGENE, OR - Yesterday, the Eugene City Council voted unanimously to move forward conversations regarding their efforts to regulate methane “natural” gas in the city in what would be a first-in-the-state ordinance. A clear majority of council members expressed support for an ordinance to electrify all new construction in the city with limited exemptions, creating a precedent for cities across the state.
Sierra Club launched a first-of-its-kind tool that allows individuals to calculate their household energy burden. Memphis is one of the top five energy-burdened cities in the United States.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Sierra Club launched a first-of-its-kind tool that allows individuals to calculate their household energy burden. The calculator is available in both desktop and mobile versions.
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.
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).
AUSTIN, TX -- The February winter storm Uri killed hundreds of Texans. Now, state regulators at the Public Utility Commission (PUC) are following Governor Abbott and allowing the same fossil fuel companies and utilities that caused our suffering to determine the solutions for “fixing” the electric grid. State leaders must listen to everyday Texans and actually fix the electric grid - not to add more of the same old dirty fossil fuels that already left Texans in the cold.
Milwaukee, WI -- Keeping the lights on. That’s what utilities and energy providers proclaim they do. But what happens when utility bills become a burden – or more precisely, an over-burden? That is what’s occurring for many Black and Latinx households in Milwaukee according to a new analysis, Energy Burden in Milwaukee: Study Reveals Major Disparities & Links to Redlined Areas, from Alliance for Climate Education, Black Leaders Organizing for Community, Citizen Action of Wisconsin - North Side Rising Co-op, the Sierra Club, and Voces de la Frontera. Census data from 2013 to 2018 reveal stark contrasts in energy burdens - the percentage of income households pay for their energy bills. Households in well-off white neighborhoods may have an average energy burden of 1% or less, versus the 7 - 10% (or higher) many in predominantly Black or Latinx neighborhoods pay.