Sierra Club Applauds Salt Lake City for its 100 Percent Clean Energy Commitment
On Tuesday, Mayor Jackie Biskupski and the Salt Lake City City Council passed Climate Positive SLC, a joint resolution committing[…]
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St. Louis Church To Be Featured at Netroots Nation for #Clean Energy Leadership
The strong clean energy leadership of the New Northside Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis is the focus of a[…]
Read moreObama Administration Seeks to Strengthen Oil Train Spill-Response Plans
On July 13th, the Obama Administration proposed more stringent spill-response planning rules for oil trains. The announcement comes on the[…]
Read moreSierra Club Endorses Catherine Cortez Masto for U.S. #Senate
The Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto for U.S. Senate. “The Sierra Club is[…]
Read moreRepresentative Lamar Smith Seeks to Protect Exxon, Investigate the Investigation on Exxon’s Climate #Cover-Up
On July 13th, Representative Lamar Smith, chair of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, subpoenaed New York and Massachusetts[…]
Read more#Crude Oil and Wastewater Tankers Explode
Nageezi, NM — On Monday night, 36 tankers storing crude oil and wastewater exploded and burned. According to reports, approximately[…]
Read moreColstrip Units 1 and 2 retirement final, 5 million tons of #carbon pollution to end
Puget Sound Energy and Talen Energy reached a historic agreement with Sierra Club and Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC) to[…]
Read moreGroups Call on Feds to Investigate Possible Civil Rights Violations in #Flint and Detroit
Representatives from Flint and Detroit, as well as state-wide and national groups, are calling on federal agencies, including the Environmental[…]
Read moreSierra Club Statement on Senator #Bernie Sanders Endorsement of Secretary Hillary Clinton
Today, in their first joint rally, Vermont Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Secretary Hillary[…]
Read moreSierra Club Response to EPA’s Release of Selenium Water Quality Criterion
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suggested a new voluntary criterion water quality standard for selenium, a harmful pollutant produced[…]
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