Right now Congress has a historic opportunity to reduce pollution, protect community health, and mitigate the climate crisis by passing the Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP), which would drive a transition to 100% clean electricity by 2035 - and create nearly 8 million jobs in the process.
BOSTON, MA - Today, Streetsblog Massachusetts released a story on a newly launched report from the Sierra Club, TransitMatters, and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy- supported by 14 partner organizations- calling on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), the eighth largest transit agency in the nation, to commit to 100 percent electrification of its transit bus fleet by 2030.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Department of the Interior restored protections for birds under the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act, reversing a controversial policy from the Trump administration. With today’s action, the Biden administration will enhance enforcement of provisions that compel industry actors and others to take precautions to prevent bird deaths and issue legal penalties for bird deaths caused by actions like oil drilling.
Mientras el Congreso considera la magnitud de las inversiones en el clima, empleos y justicia en la Ley para Reconstruir Mejor (“Build Back Better”), está claro que los votantes de Arizona, el estado nativo de la Senadora Kyrsten Sinema, quieren financiar por completo las prioridades climáticas y energéticas.
A 21st-century CCC is essential to a green recovery and taking on the multiple crises we face.
PHOENIX, AZ -- As Congress considers the scale of investment in climate, jobs, and justice in the Build Back Better Act, it’s clear that voters in Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s home state of Arizona want climate and clean energy priorities to be fully funded.
Today, Canadian oil company Enbridge announced that tar sands oil will start flowing through the Line 3 pipeline this Friday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sierra Club issued the following statement on the passing of John McComb, a longtime representative of the Sierra Club and former Legislative Director, who passed away peacefully last night.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Sierra Club President Ramón Cruz will join representatives and supporters from environmental and faith organizations representing millions of people to deliver over 200,000 comments to EPA Administrator Michael Regan urging the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt the strongest rule possible for federal clean car standards.
Más de 150 organizaciones, incluyendo el Sierra Club, SEIU, American Federation of Teachers, Center for American Progress y United Food Workers que representan a millones de miembros en todo el país, enviaron una carta a la Presidenta de la Cámara Baja, Nancy Pelosi y a los representantes demócratas reiterando la necesidad de aprobar la TOTALIDAD de la agenda de Reconstruir Mejor (“Build Back Better”)