Syracuse, NY– Sierra Club, along with labor unions, social justice organizations, and community groups organizing with the CHIPS Communities United coalition, is urging Micron, a designated recipient of $6.14 billion in public funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce, to follow through with the commitments to labor, sustainability, and initial community benefits outlined in the preliminary agreement.
Washington, D.C. – In a major win for the climate and public health, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized four separate standards today that will slash air, water, and carbon pollution from power plants.
Denver, CO — Wealthy real estate and landlord groups filed a lawsuit against the City of Denver and the State of Colorado this week seeking to throw out standards that will gradually reduce pollution from large buildings. The standards are meant to promote energy efficiency, reduce renters’ energy bills, and cut unhealthy indoor and outdoor air pollution.
Today, the Biden administration’s Department of the Interior released a new five-year offshore wind leasing schedule, laying out a plan for 12 offshore wind auctions in federal waters between now and 2028.
“Everyone wins” under Clean Energy for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings standard
Reno, NV – The Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter is thrilled to announce Olivia Tanager as the newly selected Chapter Director. Olivia assumed her role in March, and brings knowledge, experience, and perspective to the role. The Sierra Club’s Toiyabe Chapter covers Nevada, the Tahoe area, and Mono and Inyo counties in California.
NEW YORK – Today, two major U.S. banks, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, held their Annual General Meetings (AGMs), where shareholders voted on several investor proposals calling for stronger transparency on energy financing and other climate-related issues.
NEW YORK - Tomorrow, the Sierra Club and the State University of New York (SUNY) will host a panel discussion on the “planes, trains, and boats bill" (A2246/S2966), which is aimed at reducing the carbon emissions in New York’s transportation sector, with a focus on vehicles once thought too difficult or costly to decarbonize. The discussion will focus on how emerging technologies make all-electric airplanes, ferries, and transit trains possible and affordable and how the transition away from fossil-fueled transportation will create thousands of new manufacturing jobs in New York. The panel will include a variety of experts, from lawmakers to industry leaders, who will each share their perspectives on how New York can transform the transportation sector with these innovative, zero-emissions vehicles. Audience members will have a chance to ask questions after the discussion.
Washington, DC – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a nearly $1 billion heavy-duty grant program. Funded by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), $400 million of the grant will be allocated to projects in communities in air quality nonattainment areas.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Late yesterday, a number of conservation groups filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision to extend the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Southgate Project.