Oil and gas industry executives kicked off CERAWeek by dismissing the urgent need to meet globally agreed upon climate goals and calling for an increase in fossil fuel extraction and exports against scientific evidence, according to reporting from Politico. The industry message emerging from CERAWeek overlaps with House Republicans’ dirty “energy week.”
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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) finalized a rule to update a two-decade-old calculation that determines the equivalent fuel economy of electric vehicles (EVs), phasing in important adjustments to the calculation.
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Indigenous and Environmental Advocates Rally with Michigan Attorney General
Dana Nessel Ahead of Oral Arguments on Dangerous Line 5 Pipeline
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) Last Updated Two Decades Ago
BOSTON, MA. – Sierra Club Massachusetts, a grassroots non-partisan climate and environmental protection organization, is pleased to announce the selection of Vick Mohanka as the new Chapter Director.
BOSTON, MA. – Today, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s administration announced the establishment of a first-of-its-kind state office dedicated to championing the state’s clean energy transition. Called the Office of the Energy Transformation (OET), this new office will be charged with taking the lead on executing actions required to move Massachusetts off polluting fossil fuels and increase the development and distribution of clean energy resources.
Today, House Republicans rolled out a set of bills they plan to vote on as part of a so-called “energy week” next week.
Dr. Marilyn A. Brown, of Georgia Institute of Technology in partnership with the Sierra Club in Georgia released an energy burden report highlighting the oversized financial burden black households face in Georgia.
Washington, DC – A new report released this week by the Institute for Macroeconomic & Policy Analysis at American University shows that, if successful, Congressional Republicans’ effort to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) clean energy credits would reduce our nation’s GDP by 2 percent.
Reno, NV – Today, the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Steven Horsford for the US House of Representatives for Nevada’s Fourth Congressional District in the 2024 election.