Press Releases

July 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC –  Sierra Club strongly supports the initiative by the Department of Energy’s Industrial Efficiency & Decarbonization Office (IEDO) to update its Decarbonization Roadmap, a guide to the technologies and processes that manufacturers in the United States have to adopt to help reach the country’s commitment to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

July 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC –  Earlier this week, a trade tribunal dismissed the NAFTA-legacy case brought by TC Energy (formerly TransCanada) against the United States for $15 billion over President Biden’s revocation of the Keystone XL Pipeline permit.

July 9, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – The Sierra Club applauds the introduction of the Methane Border Adjustment Mechanism Act, a vital legislative step towards addressing the critical issue of methane emissions. The Act highlights the urgent need to mitigate methane's impact on climate and public health.

July 9, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Reps John Curtis (R-UT) and Scott Peters (D-CA) introduced the Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act. This bipartisan bill directs the U.S.

June 25, 2024

 

May 29, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – A new report released today, Trading Away Our Climate: How Corporations Use Trade and Investment Agreements to Undermine Action on Climate Change, highlights how fossil fuel companies worldwide threaten climate progress through outdated trade agreements that favor corporate interests over the public good.

April 22, 2024

Washington, D.C. — Leading environmental and other civil society organizations submitted joint comments to the Office of U.S. Trade Representative today on critical minerals supply chain standards needed to advance shared climate and sustainable development goals. The submission was made as part of an official request for comments on “Promoting Supply Chain Resilience,” including for components of “electric vehicle and large-scale energy storage batteries.”

April 25, 2024

Washington, DC – CHIPS Communities United (CCU), a coalition of labor unions, environmental organizations, and community groups, today urged the Commerce Department to follow up on the expectations outlined by the White House and make sure the $6.14 billion CHIPS Act award to Micron benefits communit

May 1, 2024

Introduced today in the US House of Representatives, Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Rep. Garret Graves’ (R-LA) bipartisan bill aims to improve the transparency and reporting mechanisms within the advanced energy technology sector, developing a cleaner and more accountable critical mineral supply chain.

April 29, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC — Last week, environmental and allied organizations announced public support for the finalization of the proposed Federal Supplier Climate Risks and Resilience Rule and Sustainable Products Procurement Rule.