This week, the Sierra Club, alongside West Virginia residents and ratepayers Bruce Perrone and Rosanna Long, filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of West Virginia against the Commissioners of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (PSC) for their 2021 directive that coal plants operate at 69% capacity – far beyond the average of coal plants in the region.
GREENBELT, MD -- The United States District Court for the District of Maryland yesterday struck down a flawed federal agency assessment that governs how endangered and threatened marine species should be protected from Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas drilling.
Washington, DC – Two years ago today, the Inflation Reduction Act—the Biden-Harris administration’s historic investment in climate action, environmental justice, and clean energy—was signed into law.
In recognition of the anniversary, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous released the following statement:
Washington, D.C. — Today, a coalition of public interest organizations filed an amicus brief in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Biden dedicated the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot as the country’s newest national monument. The new monument commemorates the August 1908 race riot, in which a white supremacist mob violently attacked Springfield’s black community, ransacking black neighborhoods and attacking and killing black residents. The mob violence inspired Ida B. Wells-Barnett’s famous speech, “Lynching, Our National Crime,” and helped catalyze the creation of the NAACP in early 1909.
Springfield, IL – New federal data shows that wind and solar energy – due to coal plant retirements and the growth of renewable energy – generated more power this year so far than coal.
Washington, DC – A new study released today by Energy Innovation, a non-partisan energy and climate policy organization, details the devastating effects the policies found within the 900-page conservative playbook would have on our environment
A new analysis, Permit to Kill, released today by the Sierra Club and Greenpeace USA shows that permitted emissions from both currently operating and planned LNG terminals are estimated to have a major price tag for communities’ public health. The briefing, which adds to the mounting body of evidence showing that LNG exports are not in the public interest, lays out specific steps the Department of Energy (DOE) should take to halt, and ultimately deny, the approval of new LNG projects.
Yesterday, Louisiana State Treasurer Dr.
Washington, DC – New federal data shows that wind and solar energy – due to coal plant retirements and the growth of renewable energy – generated more power this year so far than coal. The US is on track for wind and solar to outpace coal for the entire calendar year of 2024, including the hot summer months (when coal generation usually picks up).