El Presidente Biden anunciará hoy una medida de excepción de dos años en la recaudación de tarifas de paneles solares procedentes de Camboya, Malasia, Tailandia y Vietnam, e invocará la Ley de Producción de Defensa para potenciar aún más las tecnologías de paneles y energía limpia.
Washington, DC – Today, President Biden will announce a two year exemption on the collection of tariffs for solar panels from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam and invoke the Defense Production Act to further increase solar panels and other clean energy technologies. The announcement comes as the Commerce Department continues its solar panel investigation forced by a single small U.S. solar company.
Cherelle Blazer, the Sierra Club’s International Climate and Policy Director, will be in attendance at the Bonn SB 56 meetings from June 6-16. She will be focusing on Loss and Damage and the Glasgow Dialogue during the meetings and will be able to speak on those issues as well as energy issues (coal, oil, and gas), climate, and fossil fuel financing.
Washington, DC - Today, Ford and the United Auto Workers announced a $3.7 billion investment and the creation of more than 6,200 new union jobs to manufacture electric vehicles (EVs) in facilities across Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.
La Bancada Republicana del Congreso planea emitir una estrategia que usa las palabras “cambio climático”. Se espera que los planes detallen numerosas medidas que no solo rechazan el consenso científico sobre el esfuerzo requerido para combatir la crisis climática sino que la empeora.
ARIZONA – Sierra Club has filed a suit against Arizona utility Salt River Project (SRP) in the Superior Court of Arizona for violating Arizona's Public Records Act by withholding critical information about the utility's power generation and planning process. SRP's lack of transparency harms Arizona's communities, eroding trust customers may have had in their utility.
Dover, Delaware — Today, Senator Hansen and Representative Heffernan introduced the Delaware Climate Change Solutions Act, which establishes statewide greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets of 50% by 2030 and 90% by 2050, from 2005 levels. The bill addresses all sectors of the economy and directs state agencies to incorporate the emissions reductions goals and climate impact scenarios into current and future regulatory decision-making and rulemaking.
The Sierra Club and Great Lakes Environmental Law Center submitted comments challenging the Marshall Energy Center, LLC’s proposal to install two new combined-cycle fossil gas-burning power plants in Marshall, Michigan. The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is currently reviewing the proposed permit which the groups urged not be finalized unless and until it has addressed numerous flaws and omissions.
Washington, DC – Today, House Republicans will release a strategy that uses the words climate change. The plans are expected to detail numerous measures that not only reject the scientific consensus on efforts required to address the climate crisis but would exacerbate it.
In response, Sierra Club Legislative Director Melinda Pierce released the following statement:
Today, six conservation groups submitted a comprehensive recommendation to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD), calling on the state to prioritize the health of the Greater Yellowstone region’s wild ungulate herds and to begin phasing out 22 state-run feedgrounds in northwestern Wyoming, where tens of thousands of elk are artificially fed each winter. The agency is poised to issue a draft feedground management plan early next year.