Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is the oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892 in San Francisco, California by the well-known conservationist and preservationist John Muir, who became its first president. The Sierra Club has hundreds of thousands of members in chapters located throughout the US, and is affiliated with Sierra Club Canada.
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Tuesday, April 27, 2021 Wells Fargo Top Shareholders Maintain Status Quo, Fail to Act on Climate Today, at Wells Fargo’s virtual annual shareholder meeting, the bank faced questions about its massive fossil fuel financing and lack of a credible climate-aligned transition plan, but top shareholders like Vanguard and BlackRock appeared to maintain the status quo by voting to re-elect Board... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, April 12, 2021 US Voters Support Strong Government and Corporate Action to Curb Wall Street's Climate Impacts Today, a new set of polling released by Data for Progress shows that US voters overwhelmingly support the federal government taking strong action to curb the climate impact of Wall Street in order to prevent economic crises driven by the financing of fossil fuels and other risky, high-emitting... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, March 24, 2021 New Report: World’s 60 Largest Banks Have Poured $3.8 Trillion Into Fossil Fuels Since Paris Agreement; Climate Groups Sound Alarm as Financing for Fossil Fuel Expansion Continues to Rise Released today, the 12th edition of the most comprehensive report on fossil fuel bank financing documents an alarming disconnect between the global scientific consensus on climate change and the continued practices of the world’s largest banks. This year’s report, titled Banking on Climate Chaos... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, March 22, 2021 Plans for Annova LNG Fracked Gas Export Terminal Ditched Today, news broke that Annova LNG has abandoned its plans for its LNG fracked gas export terminal when it filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to withdraw its certificate. Annova LNG, backed by Exelon, Black and Veatch, Enbridge, and Kiewit Energy group, was one of... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, March 04, 2021 Goldman Sachs Latest Major U.S. Bank to Set Net-Zero Emissions Goal Without Key Details to Get There Today, Goldman Sachs announced a new commitment to align its financing activities with a pathway to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and committed to set interim climate targets by the end of this year. Goldman Sachs also indicated it would begin measuring and disclosing its financed... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, February 25, 2021 Investors With Nearly $250 Billion In Assets Urge Big Banks to Dump Mountain Valley Pipeline Today, investors representing $244.9 billion in assets under management sent letters to ten of the biggest banks in America urging them to stop funding the controversial fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) due to the “climate, financial, and reputational risks” associated with it. The... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, February 24, 2021 USPS Must Electrify Mail Truck Fleet Yesterday, under the leadership of Donald Trump’s appointee, the United States Postal Service announced a 10-year, $485-million contract to Oshkosh Defense for new mail trucks , only committing to buy 10 percent as electric vehicles and failing to commit to 100 percent electrification of the fleet... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, February 22, 2021 New Coalition Urges Banks to End Bad Bets On Fracked Gas Pipeline DivestMVP Orgs and Their 7,600,000 Members Highlight “Financial and Reputational Risk” of Controversial Project Today, a group of environmental and financial organizations announced the launch of the DivestMVP coalition . The organizations, which collectively represent over 7,600,000 members and supporters, are highlighting the financial instability of the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline and why it is... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, February 11, 2021 Bank of America Sets Net-Zero Emissions Target Without Key Details To Get There Today, Bank of America announced a new commitment to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in its financing activities, operations and supply chain before 2050, and released an updated environmental policy . The bank’s announcement included details on reducing its operational emissions by 2030... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, December 07, 2020 Soon To Be Former EPA Administrator Burns the American People One More Time Before Leaving Former coal lobbyist turned EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler ignored the recommendations of EPA scientists and public health experts today by finalizing his proposal to not correct the legal limit for dangerous particulate matter pollution, also known as soot. Wheeler instead decided to retain a... Read more |