WASHINGTON, DC -- On the heels of a blockbuster Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report detailing prospects for our world’s climate future, new details on a pending $3.5 trillion Senate budget resolution make clear that final passage of the package would be the most significant investment in tackling the climate crisis in U.S. history, putting the country on a path to meet President Biden’s climate action goals of 80% clean electricity and 50% economy-wide carbon emissions reductions by 2030, while delivering 40% of the climate investments to disadvantaged communities.
As the third-ranked state in the U.S. in terms of carbon pollution from electricity generation, Indiana is critical to building climate solutions.
El Panel Intergubernamental sobre Cambio Climático (PICC) de la ONU emitiĂł esta mañana sus conclusiones cientĂficas en las que se basará su prĂłximo gran reporte climático que se espera en 2022.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Early this morning, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its scientific findings that will inform its next major climate report, currently expected in 2022. The alarming findings confirm that the climate crisis has continued to accelerate since the last IPCC report in 2018, and the extreme weather events we’re already experiencing -- including historic droughts and floods, superstorms, record-breaking wildfires, and unprecedented coastal flooding -- will continue to rapidly worsen unless the world cuts all carbon pollution in half by 2031 and invests in clean energy solutions that completely end all carbon pollution by 2050. Yet even after the world moves to a 100 percent clean energy economy, the report confirms that we are already locked into the climate crisis for at least the next three decades; the full severity of the crisis is yet to be determined.These extreme weather events are most heavily affecting frontline, low-income, and communities of color.
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Harmful Provisions Must Also Be Removed to Protect our Climate and Communities
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, the National AFL-CIO President, Richard Trumka, passed away. Trumka was a pillar of the American labor movement, previously having served as the president of the United Mine Workers of America. Trumka dedicated his life to advocate for labor rights and was a true ally of Democracy for all working families.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
La Agencia Federal de Protección Ambiental (EPA) propondrá una revisión de los estándares de emisiones climáticas y eficacia energética para los carros y camiones ligeros nuevos.
EPA’s new rule addresses pollution standards for vehicles, but must be strengthened to fully tackle the climate crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will propose revised greenhouse gas and fuel efficiency standards (or “clean car standards”) for new light-duty cars and trucks.
ROME, GA -- The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) released Georgia Power’s proposed permit to cap-in-place coal ash from Plant Hammond at Ash Pond 3, located near Rome. The draft permit allows Georgia Power to forgo excavating the coal ash and placing it in a lined pit, the safest approach to coal ash storage. Instead, Georgia Power will “cap” the coal ash in place without a liner to protect groundwater, which threatens communities near the plant.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On the one-year anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) becoming law, the Sierra Club called on Congress and President Biden to build on the law’s base and take big, bold action in order to secure a livable and sustainable future.