Tuesday, representatives from Greening Greater Racine, the Sierra Club, and the Clean Power Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin delivered 621 petition signatures in favor of a massive solar array at the Foxconn facility in Racine to We Energies at its Milwaukee headquarters.
Tuesday, the Sierra Club released a new analysis that shows that the health impacts from Ameren Missouri’s four area coal plants led to 289 premature deaths in 2016 in the greater St. Louis area. The analysis, called “The Toll from Coal,” was produced by the national organization, Clean Air Task Force. In addition to 289 premature deaths in 2016, the analysis showed that air pollution from Ameren’s four coal plants caused 174 heart attacks and 1,903 asthma attacks that year. Ameren’s four coal plants are Labadie in Franklin County, Rush Island in Jefferson County, Sioux in St. Charles County and Meramec in south St. Louis County.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This morning, hours after active duty troops were deployed to the Southern border, reports surfaced that Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order that he claims would remove the right to birthright citizenship for babies born on U.S. soil.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
Washington, DC -- Today, the Washington Post is reporting that the Department of the Interior’s Office of the Inspector General has transferred one of its ongoing investigations into Ryan Zinke to the Department of Justice. According to the report, Inspector Generals only refer cases to the DOJ when it has determined that the subject of the investigations could face criminal charges.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following on the heels of an Environmental Protection Agency report to Congress documenting wide-spread habitat loss following enactment of U.S. biofuels policy in 2007, environmental and conservation groups today filed a petition with EPA, asserting the agency has illegally allowed millions of acres of wildlife habitat to be converted to corn and soybean crops to satiate federal biofuels policy under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
DENVER, CO - Today, Sierra Club Independent Expenditure Committee announced a major general election campaign encompassing direct mail, digital advertising, phonebanking and organizer canvassing in support of Faith Winter’s campaign for Colorado Senate District 24.
Tacoma residents will gather to express their opposition to Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) proposed fracked gas facility.
DENVER, CO - Today, Sierra Club Independent Expenditure Committee announced a major 6-figure general election campaign encompassing direct mail, digital advertising, phonebanking and organizer canvassing in support of Democratic candidate Jared Polis’s campaign to be Governor of Colorado.
Washington, DC -- Over the weekend, Politico reported that a number of current members of Donald Trump’s cabinet are heading for the door.
MILWAUKEE, WI -- Today, Scott Walker became the first Gubernatorial candidate to be added the list of candidates the Sierra Club is working to oust as part of its “Fossil Fools 2018” campaign. “Fossil Fools” is an aggressive midterm electoral ad campaign, launched earlier this month by the Sierra Club Political Committee, targeting over a dozen incumbent Republicans and candidates for defeat.