WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Following President Biden’s Earth Day Climate Summit, the Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth US will be hosting a Global Grassroots Leaders Climate Summit from June 2-4 to virtually bring together activists from around the world. The grassroots leaders, representing more than 30 organizations from 17 countries, will convene to discuss the climate issues in their communities and elevate their demands for the US Government and its institutions.
Los senadores republicanos han ofrecido una nueva propuesta de infraestructura que es un fracción superior a su oferta previa y recibieron el rechazo inmediato de la bancada demócrata por no invertir adecuadamente en las familias y comunidades del país.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Senate Republicans have offered a new infrastructure proposal that is a fraction higher than their previous offer, which Congressional Democrats swiftly rejected for failing to adequately invest in the American people and communities across the country.
Today, Alliant Energy announced a settlement with Sierra Club, Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group, Citizens Utility Board, Clean Wisconsin, RENEW Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Paper Council, regarding the utility’s 2021 rate case. Sierra Club and Clean Wisconsin supported the utility’s proposed revenue requirement, but did not support its proposed rate design, as a result of which they are only signaling its support of the proposed revenue requirement. Sierra Club continues to advocate for improvements to Alliant Energy’s rate design.
MAPLE GROVE, MN -- Yesterday, the Sierra Club, Clean Up the River Environment (CURE), Dakota Resource Council, and North Dakota Native Vote submitted a report to the Environmental Protection Agency explaining that the cost of bringing Coal Creek into compliance with coal ash storage and disposal requirements if the plant continues to operate is likely to total $35-85 million more than if the plant is retired in 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Wyden advanced the Clean Energy for America Act in the U.S. Senate Finance Committee.
Hoy, durante la reunión anual general de ExxonMobil, los accionistas votaron elegir a dos nuevos miembros de la junta directiva de la compañía, una poderosa reprimenda a décadas de fracaso en actuar contra la crisis climática y desarrollar un plan comercial sustentable.
Today, at ExxonMobil’s annual general meeting, shareholders voted for the election of at least two new members on Exxon’s board of directors, a powerful rebuke to the company’s long-running failure to act on the climate crisis and put forward a sustainable business plan.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee took up the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act 2021.
This bill represents an opportunity to provide an initial down payment on the Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan.
VICTOR, Idaho— The Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund and Sierra Club today petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore federal protection under the Endangered Species Act to gray wolves, after Idaho and Montana passed legislation aimed at drastically reducing wolf populations in those states.