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February 10, 2009
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- Transportation Bill Conference Letter
- Thank you for your vote on SA 1660
- Thank you letter for vote against S.A. 1660, Senator Collins’s amendment to the transportation funding package. This amendment would have blocked soon-to-be finalized EPA standards that will clean up toxic air pollution, including mercury, from industrial boilers.
- 54.5 MPG by 2025 Fact Sheet
- In November 2011, the Obama administration proposed vehicle efficiency and carbon pollution standards for vehicles sold from 2017-2025 that will improve the average efficiency of new vehicles to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.
- Email Template: Clean Cars Action Alert
- Tell the Obama administration to enact strong fuel-efficiency standards!
- Oppose H.R. 10 (The REINS Act) Don't Block Government's Ability to Protect Communities Against Air and Water Pollution, Sierra Club Letter 12.07.11
- On behalf of our 1.4 million members, activists and supporters, I urge you to oppose H.R. 10, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny or "REINS" Act. This radical, undemocratic legislation would hamstring our government's ability to protect us from harm, including dangerous air and water pollution.
- Oppose H.R. 1633, Sierra Club Letter 12.06.11
- I urge you to vote against H.R. 1633. This bill purports to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating farm dust, although the EPA has said that it has no intention of regulating farm dust. Instead, the bill exempts major sources of industrial pollution from the Clean Air Act's controls on health-damaging particulate pollution.
- Letter to Administrator Sunstein, Support EPA Utility Air Toxics Rule, Sierra Club Letter 11.30.11
- We write in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) well-founded conclusion that EPA's long-delayed hazardous air pollution standards for power plants (the "Utility Air Toxics" rule) can be implemented without substantial impacts to the reliability of the bulk electric power system.
- Sierra Club Rallies for Mercury Awareness Week, Sierra Club Press Release 12.05.11
- Dozens of events nationwide, new resources come just ahead of expected mercury protections from the Obama administration Washington, D.C. – The Sierra Club celebrates Mercury Awareness Week December 5-11 as President Obama prepares to issue the first nationwide protections against toxic mercury from coal plants later this month.
- Pressure on EU mounts as UNFCCC suspends flawed rules for coal offsetting projects, CDM and Sierra Club Press Release 11.24.11
- Durban, South Africa, 24 November. In a crucial move, the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board yesterday suspended coal power offsetting projects because the rules used to calculate emission reductions cause artificial carbon credits. Pressure on the EU is mounting to call for a ban of these projects at the climate change conference starting next week in Durban
- 45,000 Americans and Canadians Lend Support to President Obama: We Must Get New Energy Economy Right - Tar Sands Too Dirty
- Today, February 18, 2009, an international network of environmental groups announced that there has been overwhelming response to a cross-border campaign urging President Barack Obama to keep moving forward on his new energy economy agenda and say "no" to the tar sands, the dirtiest, most energy-intensive source of oil on the planet.
- Sierra Club: Draft Clean Energy Bill Offers Strong Start for Green Economy
- Press release on how draft climate and energy bill will revitalize economy, create new green jobs, and move America towards energy independence. Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope states that the bill has the necessary policies and vision to pull us out of the current economic crisis and combat climate change.
- Vote NO on H.R. 4201, the TRAIN Act
- Keystone XL By The Numbers Fact Sheet
- Keystone XL By The Numbers Fact Sheet
- Sierra Club Applauds Historic Standards for Heavy Trucks
- President’s Announcement is a Key Step to Breaking America’s Addiction to Oil
- President Takes Important Step in Moving America Beyond Oil
- President Takes Important Step in Moving America Beyond Oil
- Dirty Coal Ads
- http://www.sierraclub.org/pressroom/media/2011/2011-04-coal-ad.aspx
- Christie Pulls Out of RGGI
- Christie Pulls Out of RGGI
- Reducing Air Pollution from Power Plants
- Fact sheet discussing the “Power Plant Mercury and Air Toxics Rule”, also known as the “Power Plant MACT Standard” - the health effects of various air toxics, the cost of the status quo, how these standards work, and the need for stronger regulation of power plant air toxins.
- How to Prepare Mercury Air Toxics Public Comment
- May 24: Chicago, Ill. May 24: Philadelphia, Pa. May 26: Atlanta, Ga.
- SC: Global Warming Pollution Threatens Public Health and Welfare
- Press Release from the Sierra Club in response to the EPA's announcement on Friday, April 17 that it considers carbon pollution to be a threat to America's public health and welfare.
- Details on Proposed Mercury and Air Toxics Public Hearings
- EPA will hold three public hearings on the proposed mercury and air toxics standards signed on March 16, 2011. Details on public hearings can be found in this document.
- Action Alert Urge Your Member of Congress to Protect Communities from Toxic Mercury
- Big polluters and their friends in Congress have repeatedly attacked the Environmental Protection Agency for its efforts to keep communities safe from mercury and other toxic pollutants emitted into the air by dirty coal plants. Ask your Congressional representative to join with other public health and environmental champions and stand up to the coal industry and other big polluters by signing the Capps-Schakowsky letter to the EPA in support of strong mercury and air toxics safeguards!
- Sierra Club Activists Voice Support for Senate Economic Recovery Bill
- The Sierra Club today continued to urge the Senate to pass the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act because it makes an important down payment on solutions that will transform America's economy, lead to a clean energy future and invest in training the next generation of workers.
- Sierra Club Applauds Historic House Vote on Comprehensive Clean Energy Plan
- Sierra Club reacts of the passage of the American Clean Energy & Security Act through the House Energy & Commerce Committee on May 21, 2009.
- Sierra Club Calls on President Obama to Stand Up to Big Polluters and House Leadership
- Mercury is Toxic: Coal Plants Emit Mercury Pollution
- Fact sheet from the Sierra Club discussing mercury's relationship to power plants, its effects on the human health, our drinking water, and the need for strong mercury regulations by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- Sample Action Alert and Public Comment on EPA Mercury/Air Toxics Rule
- How to submit comments for Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
- Air Toxics Safeguard Reducing Hazardous Air Pollution from Power Plants
- Air Toxics Safeguard: Reducing Hazardous Air Pollution from Power Plants, Sierra Club Fact Sheet
- Template: NSPS Comments
- Sierra Club Template NSPS Comments
- Clean Air Act Saves Millions of Lives, Trillions of Dollars
- Sierra Club Press Release 3.1.11
- NSPS Action Alert, Sierra Club 2.28.11
- The EPA is moving ahead with carbon pollutions protections - also known as New Source Performance Standards, or NSPS - to limit the amount of carbon big polluters can emit. Tell the EPA you support its efforts to curb global warming pollution today!
- Sierra Club Letter in Support of Waxman-Dingell-Rush Letter
- Letter from the Sierra Club urging Congressmen to join Congressmen Henry Waxman, John Dingell, and Bobby Rush in signing a letter to Speaker Boehner requesting that Congress uphold and protect the Clean Air Act.
- EPA Comment card Texas
- Window Label Background: Sierra Club
- In September 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced they would revise the design of fuel economy labels for new vehicles – the sticker you see on the window of a new car on the dealer’s lot. As a part of the announcement, EPA and NHTSA proposed two updated options.
- EPA Window Label Script & Talking Points: Sierra Club
- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) are holding two public hearings regarding their proposed changes to fuel economy window labels on new vehicles. This is an opportunity to show public support for labels that will provide simple, understandable and useful information to consumers regarding the global warming pollution emissions from new passenger cars and trucks.
- EPA Window Label Script & Talking Points: Sierra Club
- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) are holding two public hearings regarding their proposed changes to fuel economy window labels on new vehicles. This is an opportunity to show public support for labels that will provide simple, understandable and useful information to consumers regarding the global warming pollution emissions from new passenger cars and trucks.
- Clean Cars Fact Sheet From Sierra Club & Environment America
- Clean Cars Fact Sheet From Sierra Club & Environment America
- Sierra Club statement on American Power Act
- Sierra Club statement on Deepwater disaster
- Sierra Club on Clean Cars Rule
- A statement from the Sierra Club on the finalization of the EPA/DOT transportation fuel efficiency standards regulations.
- Sierra Club Reacts to Passage of ACES Through House
- On June 26, Sierra Club reacts to the passage of the American Clean Energy & Security Act through the House.
- Sierra Club: President's Budget Reflects Commitment to Rescue, Restore, and Rebuild America
- A statement from the Sierra Club on President Obama's FY11 budget proposal.
- Sierra Club's Statement on 2010 SOTU
- Sierra Club's reaction to Obama's climate policy remarks in the 2010 State of the Union address.
- High Road or Low Road? Job Quality in the New Green Economy
- This Sierra Club (et. al) report looks at a range of existing green jobs in sectors across the economy, including manufacturing, construction, and waste management, and finds that while policy choices have made some of these green jobs good jobs, the connection is by no means automatic. The report includes tables on job creation in different sectors and states and short case studies in AR, MI, MA, CA, PA, AZ, IA, OR, NJ.
- Sierra Club Reacts to Conclusion of Copenhagen Summit
- Press release from Sierra Club on December 18, 2009 in reaction to the end of negotiations at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen with statement from Executive Director, Carl Pope.
- Sierra Club Applauds Obama for Traveling to Copenhagen
- "We applaud President Obama for making this trip. President Obama's attendance at these talks will demonstrate that America is giving this challenge the attention it deserves."
- Blue Green Alliance Letter Urging Congress to Pass H.R. 2454
- A June 22, 2009 letter from the Blue Green Alliance, a partnership between the United Steelworkers, Laborers' International Union of North America, Sierra Club, Natural Resource Defense Council and others in strong support of passing the American Clean Energy and Security Act.
- SC: Hails Obama Plan for Clean Cars
- Sierra Club's response to President Obama's announcement on May 19, 2009 that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation will establish a uniform federal standard to reduce global warming pollution from cars and light trucks and improve vehicle efficiency.
- Sierra Club: House Proposal for Recovery Package Priorities Clean Energy
- Sierra Club is encouraged by Congress' proposal today of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 which reflects President-Elect Obama's vision of an economic recovery plan that recognizes the vital role of clean energy.
- Sierra Club: House Recovery Package Prioritizes Clean Energy
- Sierra Club today praised the House of Representatives for passing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- a bill that recognizes the vital role clean energy can play in driving economic recovery.
- Blue-Green Jobs State-by-State
- A series of new Sierra Club (et. al) reports highlighting the economic opportunities that could come from a serious investment in renewable energy. They give a state-by-state, county-by-county snapshot of the potential for tens of thousands of new jobs. States include: AL, AR, FL, IL, IN, IA, LA, MI, MO, NJ, NY, NC, SC, TN, WA, WI
