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A New Chapter

After 12 remarkable years at the Sierra Club, I’m moving on to a new opportunity.

Can Harvesting Rare Earth Elements Solve the Coal Ash Crisis?

TWO DECADES AGO, Jim Winner went on a spending spree.

The Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges

While the climate crisis is thankfully front and center for the new Biden administration, most utilities have only given it lip service over the last four years,

DTE and Consumers Energy’s Net-Zero Commitments Fall Short

On January 26, the Sierra Club released a new report, The Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges, that exam

Clean Energy Will Be Key to a Robust Climate and Public Health Plan

What a difference a week makes. 

The Sierra Club Holiday Dinner Conversation Guide

We know that holiday celebrations will be different this year because of COVID-19.

The Coal Mining Industry Is Collapsing, and Communities Are at Risk from Abandoned Mines

With coal mines across the country closing as the country shifts to cleaner and lower cost sources of electricity, the safeguards that were supposed to guarantee

ICYMI: Recent Major Coal Retirements Mean Better Health, Cleaner Air, Safer Climate

Over the past two weeks, we’ve had a wave of coal plant retirement announcements that’s the biggest I can remember in my decade plus with the Sierra Club.

Dominion Energy Has Lost $1.7 Billion in Customers’ Money on Unreliable Coal Plants That Hardly Ever Run

Dominion Energy has lost $1.7 billion in customer money since 2012 by propping up outdated, polluting coal plants that are so unreliable they provide power to Sou