WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In February, Bernard McNamee, Donald Trump’s nominee for for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), attacked clean energy and environmental organizations and called for a "unified campaign" to support fossil fuels as shown in a video obtained by Utility Dive. In the video, McNamee also referred to industry lawsuits with environmental organizations as a "constant battle between liberty and tyranny." McNamee is a long time fossil fuel lawyer and the architect of the Trump administration’s failed coal bailout attempt. During his Senate confirmation hearing last week, McNamee refused to preemptively recuse himself if his bailout plan came before FERC again.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Sierra Club announced its support of Nancy Pelosi as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives -- the first endorsement the organization has ever made in a House leadership race.
Washington, DC -- Today, as youth activists affiliated with the Sunrise Movement urged members of Congress nationwide to back a Green New Deal, the Sierra Club redoubled its calls for that platform.
The Sierra Club has been working with partners and allies to develop a framework for a Green New Deal for approximately a year.
Legislative actions supported by the Sierra Club in a Green New Deal platform can be found here.
SANTA BARBARA, CA - The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) Board of Directors voted unanimously today to set a goal of 100% clean, quiet zero emission buses by 2030.
The District decided to join Los Angeles Metro - with one quarter of the state's buses - along with five other California transit agencies in setting a 2030 goal, 10 years earlier than the 2040 goal expected to be set this January by California’s Air Resources Board.
The Department of the Interior has announced plans to review the management of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska with the goal of opening up more land to oil and gas drilling and pipelines.
The Department of the Interior has announced plans to review the management of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska with the goal of opening up more land to oil and gas drilling and pipelines.
As the public comment period closes tomorrow on the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) on Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) proposed fracked gas facility in the Port of Tacoma, thousands of Washington residents and a coalition of advocacy organizations are raising serious concerns about the project’s climate impact.
Over 40 landowners and community members gathered in Gibsonville, NC Saturday to determine a strategy for stopping the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) Southgate extension.
KNOXVILLE, TENN. —The Tennessee Valley Authority today released its draft environmental reviews on potential for coal unit retirements at Bull Run in Anderson County Tennessee and Paradise in western Kentucky’s Muhlenberg County.
Washington, DC -- In an interview with Breitbart Radio today discussing the California wildfires that have claimed 80 lives, left more than 1,000 people missing, and destroyed countless homes and communities, embattled Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke lashed out and sought to blame environmentalists.