Washington, D.C. – Gains in clean energy and emissions reductions are being stunted by the increasing demand for electricity from data centers, electrifying vehicles and industries, and reshoring manufacturing. Utilities are extending the life of obsolete and dirty coal plants and proposing new gas-burning plants, putting climate targets at risk.
Oakland, CA – Twenty-six environmental leaders from across the country are receiving national awards from the Sierra Club this year.
The organization’s top honor, the Sierra Club Changemaker of the Year Award, goes to Bruce Hamilton of Berkeley, California. A wildlife biologist by training, Hamilton became involved with the Sierra Club in the 1970s, first as a volunteer and then as a member of the national staff.
Today over 90 public interest groups, affordable housing advocates, health care experts, and small businesses from across the state launched the “No on I-2066” campaign to urge Washington voters to defeat I-2066.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Sierra Club endorses the Carbon Scoring Act of 2024 introduced by Budget Committee Chairman Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI-DI).
CHICAGO, IL – Cook County Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus L. Wilson ruled Monday that the Trump International Hotel & Tower violated and is in violation of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act and committed a continuing public nuisance through a series of failures to comply with state and federal law dating back to 2008. The judge ruled that the evidence was uncontested that Trump Tower, operating as 401 N. Wabash, is liable on all remaining counts brought by Friends of the Chicago River, the Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, and the State of Illinois in this long-running litigation.
LOS ANGELES — Today, the EPA approved the inclusion of Southern California’s Warehouse Indirect Source Rule (ISR) in the state’s air plan. This innovative policy is addressing the region’s notorious smoggy skies by cutting pollution from the trucks traveling to and from warehouses, electrifying warehouses, and creating local clean energy jobs.
WASHINGTON, DC – A new report reveals that Toyota is slowing its production plans for electric vehicles (EVs). The company is slashing EV production plans by a third by 2026, decreasing its goal from 1.5 million to 1 million. Toyota, which currently only has one fully electric vehicle for sale in the U.S. but has engaged in heavy greenwashing in its marketing, using the phrases “Beyond Zero” and “electrified” for vehicles that still run on fossil fuels.
Tonight, Vice President Kamala Harris faced convicted felon Donald Trump in the only debate that will be held between the two candidates before the presidential election.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, a diverse coalition of local, statewide, and national conservation and environmental justice organizations formally announced the creation of the National Wilderness Coalition (NWC) in Washington, DC. The NWC will reinvigorate a diverse and powerful wilderness movement; it is made up of organizations who have come together to build political power and advance wilderness legislation.
Denver, CO - The Sierra Club, represented by attorneys with Earthjustice, filed a motion to intervene in a second lawsuit targeting Denver’s programs to reduce building sector emissions that contribute to the city’s poor air quality and to climate change.