San Francisco, CA-- Twenty-one women who are leading climate solution efforts across the country will meet at a collaboratory to address pressing environmental and climate challenges, and ways to transform their own work into scalable solutions for the United States. The collaboratory is a part of a four-month program-- the US Climate Accelerator-- where women leaders work to expand their community successes on climate mitigation and adaptation to a national level.
October 9, 2019, (Lacey, WA)—Today, the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) put a permit decision on hold for a massive fracked gas-to-methanol refinery in Kalama, WA, stating the company behind the refinery provided insufficient information about its carbon footprint and environmental impact.
New Orleans, LA -- Today in federal court, counsel for the Sierra Club and the Environmental Defense Fund argued against a State of Texas appeal on the decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to declare Bexar County, Texas as nonattainment with the 2015 ozone standard. In addition, the Sierra Club argued to include additional Texas counties (Atascosa, Comal, and Guadalupe) in the nonattainment area.
BOSTON, MA -- Yesterday, Mayor Marty Walsh released the City of Boston’s 2019 Climate Action Plan update, which includes a commitment for all new municipal buildings to achieve a net zero carbon emissions standard. The updated plan maps the course for the city’s emission reductions efforts over the next 5 years in the buildings, transportation, electricity, and waste sectors.
Bureau of Land Management employees could get relocation orders in a matter of weeks according to news broken by The Hill. An email obtained by The Hill from acting BLM director William Pendley shows that the agency’s relocation could be completed in just five months.
ANCHORAGE (AK)—More than a dozen groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency today for failing to protect Alaska fisheries, wildlife, jobs, communities, and ways of life from the proposed Pebble mine.
The lawsuit is one of three charging the EPA with breaking the law when it withdrew a 2014 Proposed Determination setting out protections for Bristol Bay, Alaska. The EPA abandoned protections for the Bristol Bay watershed in late summer. According to news reports, the decision to withdraw protections occurred after President Trump met with Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy in June.
DULUTH, MN / SUPERIOR, WI -- The Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) gas plant proposed for construction in Superior, Wisconsin, will receive public scrutiny in the coming weeks. The $700 million project, put forth by Minnesota Power and Dairyland Power, would commit to decades of burning fossil fuel in the Northland.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Sierra Club launched a digital advertising campaign calling on five senators and President Trump to address the climate crisis impacting communities across the country. The videos pressure President Trump and U.S. Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Mitt Romney (R-UT), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) to support a 100% clean energy economy.
WASHINGTON, DC - Joe Biden (31%, +1 point) holds steady in a narrowing lead among climate voters as the Sierra Club releases the fourth round of its tracking poll conducted by Morning Consult. In the wake of high profile candidate climate forums, climate voters’ support for Elizabeth Warren (25%, +4 percentage points from last month) continues to rise, positioning her solidly as these voters’ #2 pick. Overall, Bernie Sanders stays in place at #3 among climate voters with 19% (-1 point). When first and second choice preferences are added together, Warren narrowly edges out Biden among climate voters (Warren with 49%, Biden with 47%).
The Environmental Law & Policy Center, Iowa Environmental Council, and Sierra Club agreed to a proposed partial settlement in the Alliant Energy rate case being heard by the Iowa Utilities Board this week. The proposed settlement, joined by ten of the 14 intervening parties, including the Consumer Advocate and large energy consumers, addressed several key issues in the rate case, including energy generation from Alliant’s coal plants, rate structures impacting energy efficiency, rate increases and others.