The latest version of the most comprehensive report on global banks’ fossil fuel financing, Banking on Climate Change 2020, was released today, revealing that 35 global banks have not only been sustaining but expanding the fossil fuel sector with more than $2.7 trillion in the four years since the Paris Climate Agreement.
The Sierra Club applauds Mississippi Public Service Commissioners Brent Bailey, Dane Maxwell, and Brandon Presley for their leadership in convening an emergency meeting on Sunday, March 15, and voting to approve an order suspending utility disconnections for Mississippi residents during this time of hardship and uncertainty from COVID-19.
Louie Miller, State Director of the Mississippi Chapter Sierra Club, released the following statement:
Helena, MT— Last week, the Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Department announced that the U.S. Department of the Interior has approved paintballing by the public to haze grizzly bears, a threatened species protected under the Endangered Species Act.
The electricity grid operator PJM’s capacity market has been overcharging tens of millions of customers to prop up unneeded dirty power plants, a new analysis has found.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A national emergency declaration was issued today to address the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The move should open the door to federal relief funding to assist state and local government responses to the illness.
Trenton, NJ. - The New Jersey Sierra Club submitted public comments to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regarding the critical improvements that must be made to the plans for reducing climate pollution in the state. The Sierra Club’s comments were submitted in response to DEPs stakeholder meetings on climate pollution in New Jersey. The DEP started a modeling and planning process last month for reducing climate pollution consistent with the state’s Energy Master Plan.
As Senate Democrats prepare to host a hearing tomorrow on the “Economic and Financial Risks of Climate Change,” activists around the country are busy preparing for a major day of action to protest Wall Street’s ongoing financing of fossil fuels and deforestation.
A piece of dangerous and unnecessary legislation that would slow the retirement of Indiana’s aging, polluting coal fleets, lead to higher bills for families and businesses, and worsen the climate crisis is headed to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s desk, and Sierra Club and its supporters urge him to veto it.
Arizona State Representative Kirsten Engel joined advocates from Vote Solar, Sierra Club, Solar United Neighbors, and Arizona Interfaith Power & Light at the Arizona State Capitol to deliver over 5,000 petitions in favor of a 50% renewable energy standard and a 35% energy efficiency standard by 2030, plus a 100% clean energy commitment by 2045 to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC).
Long Beach, Calif.-- Today, the harbor commissions for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach (Ports) voted against their communities and stalled California’s progress toward cleaner air and a clean energy economy. At a special joint session, the commissioners voted 8 to 2 in favor of a ten dollar per container fee which is nowhere near close enough to moving the needle to help California meet its goals. The commissioners from the Port of Los Angeles voted unanimously in favor of the low fee.