Press Releases

Sierra Club Submits Rail Recommendations to Department of Energy

Washington, DC - The Sierra Club recently responded to a Request for Information from the Department of Energy (DOE) on strategies to decarbonize rail.

Ameren Gas Plant Proposal Warrants Significant Transparency from the Monopoly Utility

St. Louis, MO – Today, Ameren Missouri announced its plan to build a gas peaker plant at its shuttered Meramec coal plant, located at the confluence of the Meramec and Mississippi Rivers. 

Ameren must be significantly transparent to its customers considering this is the same utility that released more than ten years worth of illegal sulfur dioxide pollution at its Rush Island coal plant. The monopoly utility’s gas peaker plant proposal raises the following questions: 

CPUC votes to reduce power sector emissions to 25 MMT by 2035

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted today to approve its latest Preferred System Plan (PSP), setting a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 25 million metric tons by 2035 — a 46% reduction from current levels, and the equivalent to taking 4.6 million gasoline-powered cars off the road.

Major Asset Managers Cave to Disingenuous “Anti-ESG” Attacks, Pull Out of Climate Action 100+ Initiative

NEW YORK — Today it was reported that JPMorgan Asset Management and State Street Global Advisors are departing from the Climate Action 100+ initiative, which comprises hundreds of institutional investors with tens of trillions of dollars under management that have committed to engage with major corporate polluters on climate disclosures and actions.

House Passes Bill to Expand LNG Exports, Prioritizes Fossil Fuel Handouts Over People

Today, Republicans in the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 7176 to accelerate the expansion of liquefied methane gas exports, known as LNG, despite the harm to people and the climate. This bill would strip away the ability of the Department of Energy (DOE) to use established criteria to determine whether gas exports are in the public interest.

New Analysis Reveals Electric Vehicles Can Save Coloradans Up to $21,500 Compared to Gas-Powered Cars Over Ten Years

CO – Today, Environmental Defense Fund and WSP, in partnership with Sierra Club, released a new analysis that finds many popular and widely anticipated electric vehicles (EVs) offer Colorado consumers thousands of dollars in lifetime cost savings.

Republican Politicians Bring Back “Smoggy Skies Act” to Gut Clean Air Act

Washington, D.C. – Today, congressional Republicans continued their efforts to prioritize polluters over people by holding an Energy and Commerce Committee legislative hearing on a new version of the “Smoggy Skies Act,” legislation to gut the Clean Air Act's public health protections. 

New Analysis Reveals Electric Vehicles Can Save Ohioans Up to $22,300 Compared to Gas-Powered Cars Over Ten Years

OHIO – Today, Environmental Defense Fund and WSP, in partnership with Sierra Club, released a new analysis that finds many popular and widely anticipated electric vehicles (EVs) offer Ohio consumers thousands of dollars in lifetime cost savings.

House Republicans Recycle Disproven Reliability Claims to Prop Up Fossil Fuels

Washington, D.C. –  At a U.S.

Coalition Lays Out Roadmap for Protecting 30 Percent of U.S. Lands and Waters

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of hundreds of environmental groups, nonprofits, and social betterment organizations have unveiled new recommendations for advancing the biggest conservation goal in American history.