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, December 11, 2018 Trump Administration Proposes Free Pass for Water Polluters The Trump administration took action today to weaken key parts of the Clean Water Act . The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers agencies jointly proposed exempting polluters from important programs that prevent and clean up water pollution, by removing protections from... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, December 06, 2018 Senate Recklessly Confirms Coal Bailout Architect and Fossil Fuel Proponent Bernard McNamee to FERC The U.S. Senate confirmed coal bailout architect and fossil fuel proponent Bernard McNamee to the technology-neutral Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today, despite strong opposition from public health groups, environmental organizations, and elected leaders. In addition to being a... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, December 04, 2018 U.S. Coal Consumption in 2018 is Lowest it’s Been in 39 years The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced today that American coal consumption in 2018 is expected to be at its lowest level in the past 39 years . EIA’s announcement is of particular importance to the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign , which has helped retire more than 40 coal... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, November 27, 2018 McNamee Moves to Full Senate Despite Overwhelming Evidence of His Inappropriate Preference for Fossil Fuels The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee reported out the nomination of coal bailout architect Bernard McNamee for the technology neutral Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today, despite a newly released video tape of him promoting fossil fuels, deriding clean energy resources,... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, November 15, 2018 McNamee’s Refusal to Recuse Himself From Considering His Own Coal Bailout Plan Disqualifies Him for FERC Bernard McNamee, a long time fossil fuel lawyer and architect of the Trump Administration’s failed coal bailout attempt , testified today before the United States’ Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on his nomination to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). His long record of... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, November 01, 2018 PJM Study Repeats the Obvious: Coal Retirements are Not Impacting Grid Reliability PJM Interconnection LLC, America’s largest regional transmission organization, released a study today that found there was “no imminent threat” to the reliability of their electricity marketplace. The study is considered by many to be a blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to justify a... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Sierra Club Submits More Than 56,000 Comments Against ‘Despicable Dirty Power Plan’ The Sierra Club submitted more than 56,000 public comments from its members and supporters opposing the Trump Administration’s Dirty Power Plan today, the deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) comment period. Since the policy’s announcement by former coal lobbyist and acting EPA... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, October 25, 2018 Interior Pushes Forward Irresponsible Arctic Offshore Drilling Project Yesterday afternoon, Ryan Zinke’s Department of the Interior announced the conditional approval of Hilcorp Alaska LLC’s “Liberty” offshore drilling plan in the Beaufort Sea. This facility would be the first oil and gas production facility in federal waters off Alaska. In response, Sierra Club Lands... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Wheeler Attacks Obama Admin’s Policies, Then Ridiculously Takes Credit for Their Benefits Former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Andrew Wheeler shamelessly took credit for the Obama Administration’s environmental achievements today when he touted Greenhouse Gas Reduction (GHG) numbers for 2017. The reductions in carbon pollution and other... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, October 15, 2018 Trump Administration Cover Up Is Further Proof That Coal Bailouts Scheme is Unnecessary Late Friday afternoon, Bloomberg News reported that the Trump administration is covering up a report commissioned by the Department of Energy that disputes the administration’s rationalization for planning to force electricity customers and taxpayers to pay tens of billions of dollars to bailout... Read more |