WASHINGTON, D.C. – Environmental, and public health groups, including the Sierra Club, are urging President Joe Biden to veto a controversial bill that exempts most semiconductor companies applying for federal CHIPS Act funding from having to complete essential environmental reviews, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA.
On Sept. 27, Region 6 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed rejecting the core elements of an updated regional haze plan from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
JD Vance’s climate denialism is a slap in the face to the communities he claims to represent, who are currently dealing with the devastating impacts of climate-driven extreme weather.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced that 2024 would be his final re-election campaign. The announcement marks the upcoming close of a two-decade career representing Arizona in the United States House of Representatives.
Over the weekend, Hurricane Helene wreaked widespread devastation in the Southeast, with high winds and unprecedented flooding killing at least 100 people with hundreds more missing and millions without power.
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Sierra Club, Earthjustice, and other environmental and consumer organizations filed a complaint to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) over PJM Interconnection’s failure to include reliability must-run (RMR) power plants in its capacity auction.
Washington, DC - The Sierra Club has joined labor, faith, and consumer rights partners to call on the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to proceed with implementing the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as intended despite a state-to-state
Washington, D.C. - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the launch of the 2024 Clean School Bus Rebates Program, which will offer funding for school districts to move dirty diesel buses off their routes and transition to a cleaner school bus fleet. EPA will accept applications through January 9, 2025 and expects to award $965 million for new, zero-emission and clean school buses.
During Climate Week, North American members of the Sustainable Steel Buyers Platform launched a bidding process asking steelmakers to deliver 1 million metric tons per year of near-zero emissions steel by 2028.
SAN FRANCISCO — A public letter to Mayor Breed signed by 47 local and statewide groups, along with the turnout of over 50 people at a Tuesday Board of Supervisors Meeting, is adding to growing public pressure for San Francisco to drop its ongoing lawsuit against the EPA.