SAN ANTONIO—The Sierra Club released a groundbreaking report and research tool, which grades the top 50 utilities that generate the most electricity from coal and gas across the country based on their plans to retire coal plants, stop building new gas plants, and invest in clean energy - allowing readers to judge each utility’s climate progress and how it compares to what science demands.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Sierra Club released a new report that finds that some of the biggest national utilities invested in fossil fuels are failing to take the necessary steps to prevent the climate crisis, that includes Dominion Energy Virginia, Appalachian Power, and First Energy Corporation. Across the nation, we have noticed that utilities state bold climate goals, yet are not actually taking the necessary steps to decarbonize.
Omaha, Nebraska - The Sierra Club released a groundbreaking report and research tool today, which grades utilities based on their plans to retire coal plants, stop building new gas plants, and invest in clean energy -- allowing readers to judge each utility’s climate progress and how it compares to what science demands. According to the report, which was co-authored by Dr. Leah Stokes of University of California, Santa Barbara, many of the utilities that made “carbon neutral” pledges received a failing grade because they are not retiring their coal and gas plants fast enough to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis.
Madison, WI -- The Sierra Club released a groundbreaking national report and research tool today, which grades the 50 largest investor-owned utilities across the country based on their current plans for the next decade for retiring coal plants, investing in clean energy, and canceling plans for construction of new gas plants -- allowing readers to judge each utility’s climate progress and how it compares to what science demands. The report, which includes two Wisconsin-based utilities, demonstrates that across the country, the utility sector is lagging behind what’s necessary to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, and is not on track to meet President Biden's goals of 100% clean energy by 2035. The next decade is critically important to our efforts to decarbonize the electric sector and achieve an emissions pathway consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C.
BISMARCK, ND -- The Sierra Club released a groundbreaking report and research tool today which grades utilities based on their plans to retire coal plants, stop building new gas plants, and invest in clean energy -- allowing readers to judge each utility’s climate progress and how it compares to what science demands.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- The Sierra Club released a groundbreaking report and research tool today which grades utilities based on their plans to retire coal plants, stop building new gas plants, and invest in clean energy -- allowing readers to judge each utility’s climate progress and how it compares to what science demands.
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (OG&E) was scored at an abysmal 4 out of 100, highlighting the utility’s lack of commitment to renewable energy.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- The Sierra Club released a groundbreaking report and research tool today which grades utilities based on their plans to retire coal plants, stop building new gas plants, and invest in clean energy -- allowing readers to judge each utility’s climate progress and how it compares to what science demands.
TOPEKA, KS -- The Sierra Club released a groundbreaking report and research tool today which grades utilities based on their plans to retire coal plants, stop building new gas plants, and invest in clean energy -- allowing readers to judge each utility’s climate progress and how it compares to what science demands.
SAINT LOUIS, MO -- The Sierra Club released a groundbreaking report and research tool today that grades utilities based on their plans to retire coal plants, stop building new gas plants, and invest in clean energy. The tool gives the public the power to judge each utility’s climate progress based on its stated carbon reduction goals and how that compares to what science actually demands.
Atlanta, GA -- Today, the Sierra Club released “The Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges,” a report and accompanying interactive tool which grades utilities based on their plans to retire coal plants, stop building new gas plants, and invest in clean energy -- allowing the public to judge each utility’s climate progress and how it compares to what science demands.