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Mountain Valley Pipeline
This Sierra Club article discusses a new lawsuit filed by multiple environmental groups against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Conservation groups today launched a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The petition for review of the project was filed with the Fourth […]
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House Democrats Look to End Special Treatment of Corporate Polluters
This Sierra Club article discusses how House Democrats are trying to stop corporate polluters.
For decades, bedrock environmental laws like the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act have existed to protect our communities from dangerous pollution. But did you know that oil and gas companies are often able to […]
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Reports: Dominion Energy’s new programs are really about limiting choices
This article, by Ivy Main of the Sierra Club, discusses Dominion Energy’s new programs.
An annual survey conducted by Yale and George Mason universities shows concern about climate change is surging. Seventy-three percent of Americans think climate change is happening, and 69% are at least somewhat worried about it, the highest […]
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Renewables would displace 86 GW of gas projects in Beyond Carbon campaign
This PV-Magazine article discusses how renewables would displace 86 GW of gas projects in Beyond Carbon campaign.
Solar, wind and storage would take the place of 150 proposed gas-fired generators in a Beyond Carbon campaign launched by Michael Bloomberg and the Sierra Club. Building on the success of the Beyond […]
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How much credit can Beyond Coal claim for plant closures?
This article assesses the impact that Michael Bloomberg and the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign have had on coal plant closures.
In 2011, when the Sierra Club and then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched the Beyond Coal campaign, coal accounted for 42% of America’s power generation. Today, that figure […]
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Two different approaches to renewable energy
This article discusses how Dominion Energy did not include solar and storage in their resource plan. By excluding storage from its resource plan, the Virginia utility also excluded solar + storage, proposing up to 3.2 GW of gas-fired peaking units instead. Separately, a solar association and the utility agreed […]
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Report: EPA head asked to back up claim that climate change is ’50 to 75 years out’
This The Hill article discusses Andrew Wheeler’s ignorance about climate change. The sad part is, he’s the head of EPA.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler is being asked to back up recent claims that climate change consequences are still “50 to 75 years out.”
In a freedom of information request […]
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More than 100 U.S. cities have pledged to switch to renewable energy
This Yale Climate Connections audio discusses how more than 100 U.S. cities have pledged to switch to renewable energy. People across the country – from coast to coast, and from small towns to big cities – are urging their communities to switch to one hundred percent renewable energy.
Kassie Rohrbach: […]
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Sierra Club statement on the Air Board’s approving joining RGGI
This Sierra Club statement addresses the Air Board’s Voting to approve Virginia joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
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Letter to the Editor-Sierra Club Endorses Spotsylvania Solar Farm
This letter to the editors of the Free Lance-Star supports the Spotsylvania Solar Farm.
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