The Magazine of The Sierra Club
TVA Reaches an Inflection Point
In the past three months, the company has issued rolling blackouts, invested in gas plants, and blown up three smokestacks without adequate public preparation
clean energy
How Does a Heat Pump Actually Work?
This humble technology reduces home emissions. Here's how it works.
Can We Have Our Clean Energy and the Environment Too?
Developing the minerals and metals for the clean energy economy will come with trade-offs
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clean energy
Clean Power at a Steep Price
Extracting the lithium that EVs need could destroy this rare desert ecosystem in Chile
Many Utilities’ Net-Zero Commitments Amount to a Big Zero for Climate
The new “Dirty Truth” report finds power companies often prefer greenwashing to green energy
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clean energy, climate change, 100 percent clean energy, utility rates, federal climate policy
The Black Dunes of Detroit
A Downriver childhood
Want to Go Off-Grid? Don’t Buy a Big House.
How our family’s quest to go carbon neutral hit a very big snag
PG&E, the Mountain Maidu, and a Very Powerful River
A group of Mountain Maidu has reclaimed its former lands, but not the water
Federal Agency Charts New Course on Environmental Justice and Climate
FERC moves to reform its decision-making, despite criticism from fossil fuel companies
Chefs Turn Off the Gas and Light Up Induction Cooktops
Electric induction stoves offer clean, efficient, and incredibly fast cooking without the methane gas
