June 8, 2023
Washington, DC – Today, the Department of the Interior announced $63.8 million to plug and clean up orphaned oil and gas wells located in national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges, and on other public lands and waters.
Press Releases
June 8, 2023
Washington, DC – Today, the Department of the Interior announced $63.8 million to plug and clean up orphaned oil and gas wells located in national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges, and on other public lands and waters.
June 7, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced the Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act. This bipartisan bill directs the Department of Energy to undertake a study comparing the emissions intensity of certain goods produced in the United States to the emissions intensity of those goods produced in other countries.
June 6, 2023
Denver, CO - Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed SB23-198 "Clean Energy Plans'' into law this week, which will reduce air pollution from the electricity sector and advance the state's goal of 100 percent renewable energy by 2040. The bill was sponsored by Senators Winter and Cutter and Representatives Weissman and Lindstedt.
June 5, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Sierra Club welcomed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's Friday announcement of new actions to protect the Greater Chaco region and said it should be part of a new focus on prioritizing conservation on federal public lands. Haaland unveiled a new order withdrawing public lands within a 10-mile radius of Chaco Culture National Historical Park for a period of 20 years.
June 4, 2023
Lake Charles, LA — Over the weekend, residents of Southwest Louisiana experienced three industrial emergencies. A fire, reportedly caused by a lightning strike, burned from yesterday afternoon until early this morning at the Calcasieu Refining Company, an oil refinery in Lake Charles.
June 2, 2023
CA & NY – Ahead of Toyota’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) later this month, two of the nation’s largest pension systems – California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and the Office of the New York City Comptroller – just voted against the re-election of Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda and in support of a resolution urging Toyota to improve disclosure of its lobbying on climate change.
June 2, 2023
ALBUQUERQUE— In response to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s decision today to prohibit new federal oil and gas leasing within 10 miles of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park, members of the Greater Chaco Coalition called on the Biden administration to end all new federal fossil fuel leasing across the country.
June 1, 2023
Washington, DC – The Senate passed the debt limit deal that will allow the nation to pay its bills, but sets a dangerous precedent for fossil fuel companies to circumvent environmental reviews for fossil fuel projects.
June 1, 2023
David Tudor, CEO and General Manager of Associated Electric Cooperative Incorporated (AECI), provided testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the reliability of electric systems. AECI supplies 51 local electric cooperatives in Missouri, Iowa and Oklahoma while running two of the dirtiest coal plants in the country: Thomas Hill and New Madrid.