The Mayor of Indianapolis Is Electrifying his City
Ever wonder how fueling a gasoline car compares in cost to
fueling a plug-in electric car? At this week's annual Electric Drive
Transportation Association (EDTA) conference in ...
Annual Electric Vehicle Symposium Highlights Early Success
For electric vehicles, it's only the beginning.
That was the takeaway at last week's third annual EV
symposium in Palo Alto, hosted by SAP and the Silicon Valley Leadership ...
Rejecting Keystone Means Less Tar Sands Extraction, Less Carbon Pollution
The U.S. State Department has stated multiple times that tar sands oil will find a way to reach global markets even without the Keystone XL Pipeline. That argument was based on the ...
Standing Up for Clean Air in Delaware
The Delaware City Refinery
I am not an American. I have never been to Delaware before. I do not own a car. Whether the Delaware City Refinery is granted its Title V air permit or not ...
Report Back: Tuesday’s Delaware City Refinery Public Hearing
On Tuesday, June 4, I attended my first public hearing at the Delaware City Fire House to discuss the renewal of the Delaware City Refinery's Title V Clean Air Act Permit, a motion ...
Delaware Activists Speak Out for Clean Air
On Tuesday night, hundreds of Delaware residents near the Delaware City Refinery spoke out at a public hearing about the air permit for the facility as it plans to refine tar sands ...
Pedaling Towards Equity: Communities of Color Lead Surge in Bike Use
Michael Marx, Beyond Oil Campaign Director, Sierra ClubHamzat Sani, Equity and Outreach Fellow, League of American Bicyclists
The "new majority" that elected a president ...
How Electric Vehicles That Feed the Grid Will Pay Off
Just like the two-way street, car innovators are focusing more than ever on the two-way plug that could revolutionize cars' relationship with the grid. The idea is to give plug-in ...
Tar Sands and Soda? Launching the Future Fleet Campaign
By Michael Marx, Beyond Oil Campaign Director
The Sierra Club has a long and successful history mobilizing our two million-plus members and supporters to push government leaders to ...
Detroit Residents Demand Action in Wake of Marathon Explosion
Detroit resident and Sierra Club volunteer Dr. Delores Leonard speaks at a community press conference last week about the April 27 Marathon oil refinery explosion.
More than ...
Develop an Efficient Driving App and Win Money
During the past two years, plug-in car technology and innovation have spurred a new way of thinking about cars and their role in home energy efficiency, renewable power, and gas mileage. ...
Green Fleets = Green Jobs
According to Brad Markell, Executive Director of the AFL-CIO's
Industrial Union Council, increased investment in advanced vehicle
technology is leading to more domestic jobs. ...
Obama Administration Moves Forward with Cleaner Tailpipe Standards
Today, the Obama
administration is expected to release new cleaner tailpipe standards that will reduce smog-forming pollution, save lives and improve public health.
These new safeguards ...
Urging Transportation Secretary LaHood to Protect Bicyclists, Pedestrians
Did you know that between 2010 and 2011, the number of bicyclists dying on U.S. roads increased by nine percent and pedestrian deaths increased by three percent? Meanwhile, there's ...
The State Department on Keystone XL: Who Needs Transparency?
As we close in on the final three weeks of the last State Department public comment period on TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline (send your comment today!), the ...
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