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Coal is our country’s dirtiest energy source, from mining to burning to disposing of coal waste. Our campaign is uniting grassroots activists across the country to move America Beyond Coal.
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November 21, 2019
Looking at the above photo of me after a climate meeting in Paris in 2017 -- it feels like forever ago. It’s hard to believe we’re coming up on four years since the climate agreement was adopted...
November 18, 2019
Many families and friends try not to discuss politics at the holiday dinner table. But sometimes hot button issues come up anyway.
The Sierra Club’s Holiday Discussion Guide is here to help. Below...
November 13, 2019
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In recent days, even as coal giant Murray Energy was declaring bankruptcy, the Trump administration has continued relentlessly rolling back federal pollution standards for the coal industry....
November 11, 2019
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In recent weeks, two of the fossil fuel industry’s favorite talking points were again shown to be magical thinking: Pipelines are safe and coal is coming back....
November 1, 2019
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For years the coal industry has been claiming, without evidence, that the large-scale retirement of coal plants would leave us freezing in the dark, putting the electricity grid at risk. Coal...
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The Huffington Post reported new evidence today that the coal industry knew about the long-term, global impacts of its carbon pollution decades ago, and that the industry has proactively scuttled efforts by elected officials, public health groups, and scientists to address the climate crisis despite its awareness of the dangers.
Avista Utilities would commit at least $3 million to assist in economic transition for the community of Colstrip and would no longer support investments that would extend the life of the plant past the end of 2025, under the terms of a proposed settlement in the companys rate case before the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission.
Trump Administration’s Deregulatory Timeline Cements Legacy As Worst US Presidential Administration for Environment
The Trump administration released its Unified Agenda, a timeline of rollbacks it is hoping to achieve by the end of the term. The agenda provides a timeline for finalizing attacks on methane and PFAS pollution protections to the dirty power scam, the clean car standards and public lands protections.
***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Monday: Clean Water Advocates Blast Trump and Wheeler Plan to Erode Clean Water Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Sierra Clubs Executive Director Michael Brune, Attorney General of Connecticut William Tong, Assistant Attorney General of Michigan Peter Manning, and local voices will speak against the Trump Administrations illegal attempt to erode section 401 of the Clean Water Act during a telepresser the morning of a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing.
Last night, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed House Bills 4069, 4465, and Senate Bill 47 which eliminate property tax increases for residential, commercial, and industrial customers who install rooftop solar, moving Michigan one step closer to dismantling a key disincentive for distributed solar. The Michigan House and Senate approved these bills across bipartisan lines in near-unanimous votes.