Press Releases

New York City Comptroller Scores a Win from Big Banks on Energy Financing Disclosures

NEW YORK – This week, Citigroup has joined JPMorgan Chase in agreeing to disclose its relative levels of financing for low-carbon energy versus fossil fuels — also known as an energy supply financing ratio — in response to 

“Shut Down America’s Most Dangerous Pipeline”

Livestream recording available here 

Appeals court orders Fish and Wildlife Service to fix legal problems with regulation allowing oil and gas operators to harm polar bears

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must correct legal errors with a regulation that allows oil and gas companies to harass Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears on the North Slope of Alaska.

Senate Scrutiny of FERC Nominees Critical to Ending Rubber Stamping of Fossil Fuels

Today, the U.S. Senators on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing to consider President Biden’s nominations to fill current and future vacancies for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The FERC nominees are Democrats Judy Chang and David Rosner, and Republican Lindsay See. By statute, only three of the five commissioners can be from the same political party. FERC is an independent federal agency that makes key decisions about our nation’s energy future, including the interstate transmission of methane gas and electricity.

Sierra Club Endorses Bipartisan Bill to Develop Clean Concrete, Cement, and Asphalt Technologies

Reps. Miller, Foushee bill aims to strengthen competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing

CalPERS Board Responds to Call to Drop Exxon

Concerns Raised About Recent Litigation Launched by Exxon Against Shareholders

Sierra Club: GOP Adds Antiquities Act, Public Lands Protections to Energy Week Targets

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the House Natural Resources Committee held a legislative hearing to consider multiple bills that would weaken conservation protections and make it easier for Big Business to drill and mine on public lands. The bills are the latest assault by Congressional Republicans on public lands and waters. One bill from Rep.

Coalition Urges Caution in CHIPS Act Award to Intel

CHIPS Communities United Calls for Community Benefits Agreement to Protect Workers and Community

Taking Major Action on Climate and Health, Biden Administration Finalizes Clean Car Pollution Standards

Washington, DC — Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized federal standards to strengthen the nation’s emissions requirements for light-duty vehicles that will encourage the production of cleaner passenger cars and light- and medium-duty trucks.

Oil and Gas Industry’s Agenda at CERAWeek Overlaps with Republican Dirty “Energy Week”

Oil and gas industry executives kicked off CERAWeek by dismissing the urgent need to meet globally agreed upon climate goals and calling for an increase in fossil fuel extraction and exports against scientific evidence, according to reporting from Politico. The industry message emerging from CERAWeek overlaps with House Republicans’ dirty “energy week.”