WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Change the Chamber, a coalition of over 100+ student groups from across the country, supported by over 25 organizations including Public Citizen, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) and the Sierra Club, sent a letter calling on corporations to leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce unless the nation’s largest business lobbying group takes meaningful steps to end their climate hypocrisy and cease their destructive pro-fossil fuel lobbying.
HARTFORD -- Today marks the end of session for the Connecticut General Assembly. Sierra Club members and supporters have taken over 2,700 actions to advocate for climate and environment bills since January. Several priority bills are now law, which promise cleaner air, water, and a brighter climate future for all residents of Connecticut.
A brief overview of top Sierra Club issues and bills passed in the 2021 legislative session include the following:
Avon Lake Coal Plant slated to burn its last coal on Sept. 15th, as First Solar announces massive solar panel factory expansion near Toledo.
PITTSBURGH – For 51 years, the coal-fired Cheswick Generating Station has polluted the air and water northeast of Pittsburgh. Last night GenOn Holdings, Inc. announced that the plant will retire in September of this year.
Hoy, 13 años tras ser propuesto, TransCanada Energy anunció que el proyecto de construcción del oleoducto Keystone XL de arenas oleaginosas ha sido oficialmente eliminado.
Today, 13 years after it was first proposed, TC Energy announced that the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is officially terminated.
BOZEMAN, Montana – A coalition of wildlife advocates and hunters, represented by the non-profit environmental law firm Earthjustice, today asked the U.S. Forest Service to issue new protections for wolves in designated wilderness areas following Idaho and Montana’s enactment of a rash of aggressive anti-wolf laws.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is taking up the INVEST in America Act that would make job-creating infrastructure investments.
Representative Chuy García will introduce three green transportation amendments in line with the vision of the THRIVE Act that would do much more to reduce pollution, prioritize equity and justice, and create good, union jobs, strengthening the underlying bill.
Hoy, el 115 aniversario de la Ley de Antigüedades, el Sierra Club instó a la administración Biden a priorizar esta protección fundamental para salvaguardar sitios históricos y culturales, detener la pérdida de biodiversidad y luchar contra la crisis climática.
El Presidente Biden terminó hoy las negociaciones con los senadores republicanos sobre un paquete de infraestructura que cumpla con las necesidades del público estadounidense.