November 13, 2018
KNOXVILLE, TENN. – The TVA Board of Directors last Wednesday afternoon posted details about the format of their new “less formal” pilot listening session, set for today, the day before its next board meeting in Tupelo, Miss.
Press Releases
November 12, 2018
Club released an energy transition white paper today showing utilities and electricity market stakeholders how to harness financial tools to cost effectively accelerate the timeline for coal plant retirements, and build out cheap clean energy resources like solar and wind.
November 9, 2018
Today, new revelations from the Washington Post revealed that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke met with a billionaire developer who has business before the government at the request of his college friend and former football teammate, Ed Hagerty. Zinke is currently the subject of dozens of scandals.
November 9, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Donald Trump issued restrictions on asylum seekers, barring people from seeking asylum if they do not cross at ports of entry on the border. This restriction puts asylum out of reach for many immigrants who are fleeing violence including those in the migrant caravan that Trump has politicized and denigrated.
November 8, 2018
A federal judge ruled today that the Trump administration violated bedrock U.S. environmental laws when approving a federal permit for TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline project. The judge blocked any construction on the pipeline and ordered the government to revise its environmental review.
November 8, 2018
Washington, DC -- Today, Politico is reporting that embattled Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has reached out to Fox News about the possibility of becoming a contributor for the channel after he is removed or resigns under the slew of ethical and legal investigations.
In response, Sierra Club Our Wild America Director Lena Moffitt released the following statement:
November 8, 2018
The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued an order staying a permit that authorized the fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to blast through streams and rivers in the Allegheny Highlands of West Virginia.
November 8, 2018
The incoming majority in U.S. House of Representatives is not the only place that will have more climate and clean energy champions than ever before next year -- a historic number of Governors will come into office in 2019 backing a transition to 100% clean, renewable energy. That’s not the only place clean energy cleaned up -- several state legislature wins set the stage for progress, hundreds of ballot measures passed locally that will accelerate our transition to clean transportation, and in the West, campaigning on protecting public lands helped lead candidates to victory.
November 7, 2018
Washington, DC -- Yesterday, the company behind the contentious Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), a fracked gas pipeline that is projected to run from West Virginia to Virginia, filed its application to continue the project into North Carolina with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. . The proposed Southgate extension would extend the pipeline into North Carolina. This move appears meant to thwart vocal opposition, as MVP likely anticipates decreased attention by submitting its application on a day when everyone is preoccupied with the election.
November 7, 2018
BOSTON--Last night, 52 Massachusetts Sierra Club endorsed candidates won their campaigns, increasing the number of climate champions to the State House and Senate, and reaffirming strong climate advocacy in our Federal delegation. Sierra Club members and supporters helped get out the vote for many of these candidates, canvassing and making calls in 10 competitive races. In total, close to 4,000 calls were made, resulting in the unseating of several incumbents with poor records on the environment.