Sierra Club: Fossil-Fuel Friend Elaine Chao Wrong for Transportation Secretary #ToxicChoice
President-elect Donald Trump announced Elaine Chao as his Transportation Secretary. Chao is the former Labor Secretary under President George W.[…]
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New National Survey: Latinos Overwhelmingly Support Paris Agreement, Clean Power Plan and a Clean Energy Economy #LatinoSurvey
On November 22nd, the Sierra Club and GreenLatinos released the results of a new post-election survey which finds that 88[…]
Read moreActivists Take Myron Ebell Protest Directly to the EPA #TrumpEPA
Climate activists projected huge images and text onto the front of the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington this evening,[…]
Read moreNorth Dakota Governor Overreaches to Assist Corporate Polluters #StandingRock
On November 28th, North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple issued an emergency evacuation order, demanding that the Standing Rock Sioux and[…]
Read moreArmy Corps Announces Plan to Evict Oceti Sakowin Camp #StandingRock
On November 25th, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers notified the Standing Rock Sioux tribe that they will evict water[…]
Read moreSierra Club: Canada’s Decision to Transition Away from Coal is What Global Leadership Looks Like #BeyondCoal
On November 21st, Canada announced that it plans to virtually eliminate all use of traditional coal-fired electricity by 2030 as[…]
Read moreSaint Petersburg Becomes First Florida City and 20th U.S. City To Commit to 100% Clean, Renewable Energy #CleanEnergy
On November 21st, the Saint Petersburg City Council formally approved the city’s commitment to transitioning to 100% clean, renewable energy.[…]
Read moreC.P. Crane Coal-Fired Power Plant Files for Deactivation #BeyondCoal
Since its first day of operation 55 years ago the C.P. Crane coal-fired power plant has been a major source[…]
Read moreSierra Club Files Antitrust Complaint Concerning the NEXUS Gas Pipeline #FERC #DTE
The Sierra Club has filed a complaint against Michigan’s largest electric utility, DTE Electric Company, alleging that a 250-mile, multi-billion[…]
Read morePolice in Standing Rock Spray Water Protectors With Water Cannons in Freezing Temperatures #StandingRock #Inhumane
On Sunday, November 20th, militarized police in Standing Rock were assaulting peaceful protesters with water cannons in freezing temperatures, the[…]
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