What Now?

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 23:30:13 +0000

What’s done is done, and we can’t change the past, so we’ll just move on to the question of the day. What now? Perhaps a story first. In 2004, Adam Werbach, the former Sierra Club president, went all in on defeating a Texas oilman US president who had started an … [continued]

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Why Are You Paying To Subsidize The Fossil Fuel Industry?

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 14:14:18 +0000

How much are you willing to subsidize the government and prop up the fossil fuel industry? Governments across the world now spend a total of $2.6 trillion per year on subsidies that harm the environment, jeopardizing global climate and biodiversity targets. The public should not be paying at the pump … [continued]

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Tri-State Advances ERP With Unopposed Settlement Filing

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 01:57:00 +0000

Colorado electric cooperative Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is proposing aid to coal communities in its service territory as part of an unopposed comprehensive settlement of the first phase of […]

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Sierra Club Survey Says 30% Of US Dealers REFUSE To Sell Electric Cars

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 21:11:19 +0000

30% of US car dealers tell the Sierra Club they refuse to sell electric cars. Pretty soon they won’t have to because they will be out of business.

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We Need Volunteers! Join Our Nationwide Campaign on the Electric Vehicle Shopping Experience

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 03:20:46 +0000

Transportation is the largest source of climate pollution in the United States, representing almost a third of all greenhouse gas emissions. Cars powered by gas are responsible for the bulk of these emissions, and vehicle pollution is not only disruptive to our climate — it also increases the risk of health issues like asthma, bronchitis, […]

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Colorado Regulators Approve Plan That Phases Out Coal By 2031

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:43:28 +0000

With a unanimous decision, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Xcel’s plan to accelerate the end of coal in the state. The updated settlement — which was supported by NRDC, Sierra Club, and other parties and approved by the PUC with some modifications — is a win for the climate, Xcel customers, and […]

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250 Million Tax Dollars Spent To Clean Up — Yet Another — Fuel Leak in US Navy Storage Tank

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 23:51:19 +0000

This month, the US Navy appealed an order to drain some leaking underground jet fuel tanks on the island of Oahu, home to Honolulu, Pearl Harbor, and a large military presence. The Sierra Club of Hawaii has been pressing the issue for more than 20 years, citing ongoing leaks of jet fuel into the aquifer […]

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Lawyers For Good Government Climate Change Program Provides Pro-Bono Legal Resources For Municipalities To Switch To 100% Renewable Energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 01:40:12 +0000

Today, Lawyers for Good Government Foundation (L4GG), a non-profit network of more than 120,000 legal advocates with lawyers in all 50 states, unveiled its latest comprehensive state energy resource profiles — Ohio, Louisiana, and Oklahoma — as part of its pro-bono climate change program, which seeks to provide the legal resources desperately needed for municipalities to reach 100 percent renewable energy goals

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Tar Sands Pipeline “Line 3” Faces Ongoing Opposition Despite PUC Rubber Stamp

Credit to Author: Andrea Bertoli| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:30:10 +0000

A new analysis released last week shows that building a controversial tar sands pipeline would create climate pollution vastly outweighing planned reductions in Minnesota’s emissions through initiatives like 100% clean energy and clean car standards

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