22 de mayo de 2019
La Junta Directiva del Sierra Club reeligió el domingo a Loren Blackford de Nueva York como la presidenta de la mayor organización ambiental de base de Estados Unidos.
Press Releases
May 22, 2019
Annapolis, M.D.--Thanks to the efforts of the Maryland General Assembly, the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) will become law. The bill will accelerate the state’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) to 50% by 2030 and include a huge leap in solar energy combined with quadrupling the state’s commitment to offshore wind. Additionally, the bill will provide funding for small, minority, veteran, and women-owned businesses, and require the state to develop a pathway to reach 100% renewable energy by 2040. On the coattails of the bill becoming law, Governor Hogan officially committed to introducing legislation in the 2020 session that would move Maryland to 100% clean energy by 2040.
21 de mayo de 2019
Varios medios informaron ayer que el ex cabildero carbonero y hoy administrador de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA), Andrew Wheeler, envió un memorando a varias oficinas de la EPA ordenándoles que cambien la manera de calcular los costos y beneficios de las protecciones ambientales para reducir el uso de métodos científicos en el desarrollo de nuevas reglas.
May 22, 2019
esterday, media outlets reported that former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler sent a memo to several EPA offices, directing them to change how they calculate cost and benefits for environmental protection in an effort to undercut the agency’s use of peer reviewed science in the development of new rules.
May 22, 2019
Oakland, CA -- On Sunday, the Sierra Club’s Board of Directors voted to re-elect Loren Blackford of New York as President of the nation’s largest grassroots environmental organization.
May 21, 2019
Athens, GA -- Tonight, the Athens-Clarke County (ACC) Commission unanimously voted to adopt a community wide goal of 100 percent clean and renewable electricity by 2035.
May 21, 2019
On Wednesday, May 22, members of the public plan to rally and pack the room at a “listening session” held by Puget Sound Energy (PSE) in opposition to the utility’s proposed 8 million gallon liquefied fracked gas storage facility in the Port of Tacoma.
May 21, 2019
Aberdeen, Scotland -- At BP’s annual meeting this morning, shareholders passed a resolution calling for the company to lay out a business strategy consistent with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. The resolution was supported by BP’s board and passed with 99% of the vote. A second resolution that would have required the company to set targets for reducing emissions from the use of the oil and gas it produces and sells did not pass.
May 21, 2019
Washington, DC-- Today, Sierra Club chapters, members and supporters across the country participated in a nationwide day of action to protest the recent abortion bans proposed and signed into law across the country. Several states-- including Alabama, Missouri and Georgia among others-- have proposed some of the most restrictive laws on abortion and women’s right to choose in recent memory. Read more about the day of action and hundreds of social justice organizations who joined the events here.
May 21, 2019
Virginians will rally at bank branches across the state tomorrow to call on major banks to pull their support for dirty fossil fuels.