La Crosse, WI – Today Sierra Club hosted a press conference outside of Dairyland Power Cooperative in opposition of Dairyland Power’s proposed gas plant, the Nemadji Trail Energy Center, that they’ve co-proposed with Minnesota Power and Basin Electric Power Cooperative that would be built in Superior, Wisconsin.
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Sierra Club applauds rulemaking process allowing private retirement managers to consider ESG
Eugene, OR — Over 100 community members rallied ahead of a Eugene City Council hearing last night to support the city’s proposed policy to phase out gas in new homes over climate and health concerns. At the rally, 63 people testified in support of the proposed ordinance, providing hours of testimony to the council about the benefits of electrification.
Fossil fuel company Tellurian recently revealed in an official video that the company is committing major construction violations, such as driving approximately 4000 piles while only authorized to drive 26 test piles. Sierra Club filed a formal complaint to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) who authorized Driftwood LNG’s initial on-site activities but has not authorized such expansive action.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Department of the Interior (DOI) outlined new steps related to oil and gas leasing tied to the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (
Hoy terminaron las negociaciones de la 27 Conferencia de Partes (COP27), con el acuerdo de paÃses de desarrollar nuevas formas de financiación, incluyendo un fondo dedicado a ayudar a los paÃses más vulnerables a sobrellevar los impactos adversos del cambio climático.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH -- Today, the 27th UN Conference of Parties (COP27) climate negotiations ended, with countries agreeing to develop new funding arrangements, including a dedicated fund to help the most vulnerable countries cope with the adverse impacts of climate change and reaffirming the need to stay below 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming.
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, EPA denied Lightstone Generation’s request to continue dumping toxic coal ash waste into unlined storage ponds at the General James M. Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Biden Administration took a positive step toward ensuring reliability and accelerating the clean energy transition by announcing the availability of $13 billion in grants to support new and upgraded transmission lines, in the largest direct federal investment in transmission and distribution infrastructure to date.
Un juez de distrito federal favoreció al Servicio Federal de Pesca y Vida Silvestre y al Servicio Nacional de Pesca Marina retrasar la restauración de Protecciones de la Ley de Especies en Peligro (ESA) para cientos de especies y sus hábitats.