Great WaPo article on the **10,000** huge diesel generators at Virginia's data centers permitted to emit 13,000 tons of NOx. The article is based on data crunched here at Sierra Club (1/9) @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

As data centers boom, Virginians breathe the exhaust of 10,000 diesel generators

Pollution from Virginia's many data centers could cause respiratory symptoms and deaths in the region, analysis of state permits and corporate disclosures shows.

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Gas prices are at an all time high and Congress is proposing a new tax on people driving electric vehicles 🥲 www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/may/20/...

Guest writer: Timing on proposed $250 annual electric vehicle fee hard to digest | Cascadia Daily News

A flat annual fee on EVs, hybrids is bad timing, worse policy

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States have access to funding for EV chargers that can free drivers from the gas price rollercoaster. See where your state stands in building out a network that delivers: 🚗 Reliable charging on every highway 👷 Good jobs in every state 💰 Cost savings every week www.sierraclub.org/articles/202...

Did your power bills go up last month? It might be because Donald Trump is forcing old coal plants to stay online, and making YOU pay to keep them running. Listen to Sierra Club Senior Attorney Greg Wannier answer how this is possible ⬇️

Even cleaner EVs – built with equitable, sustainable & fossil-free supply chains are within reach. The Lead the Charge Leaderboard ranking 18 global automakers shows a majority are taking important steps to clean up their supply chains. @leadthecharge.bsky.social www.sierraclub.org/articles/202...

Lead the Charge: An Even Cleaner EV is Possible

A new analysis ranking 18 global automakers shows that a truly cleaner, more responsible EV is within reach. The leaders are proving it can be done, and the laggards, like the world’s largest automake...

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The Sierra Club is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its rollback of key climate protections, arguing the move is illegal, unscientific, and harmful to public health.

One supporter: @sierraclub.org leader Juanita Chavez, daughter of Dolores Huerta.

Sammy Roth@sammyroth.bsky.social · 6mo ago

On Tuesday, climate activists rallied at 10 stadiums across the U.S., from Los Angeles to St. Louis to Philadelphia. It was the first national day of protest against fossil fuel sponsorships in American sports. I doubt it will be the last. My story: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/climate-pr...

Showing our love for clean transportation on Valentine's Day. 🚗🚆🚲❤️ Our wonderful @sierraclub.org colleagues drive electric cars, zip around their neighborhoods on electric bikes, and take electric trains to get out of town. www.sierraclub.org/articles/202...

Let Me Count The Ways: EV Love Stories

This Valentine’s Day, we’re spotlighting a collection of stories from our staff and members that broke up with gas and what they enjoy most about their pollution-free rides.

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This #TransitEquityDay, we demand #ICEoffOurStreets. Stop staking out bus stops and abducting neighbors going to work or school.

Opinion | "We built a transportation system that requires everyone to drive everywhere for everything. And now, our endless-lane model is collapsing under the weight of its own inefficiency. " https://www.westword.com/opinion/opinion-no-more-highway-lanes-for-colorado-40825034/

We Don't Need More Highway Lanes. We Need Public Transit

Colorado has spent fifty years widening highways. Let’s try something that will actually work. In 2026, Colorado will decide how to spend tens of billions

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🚗 New @theguardian.com investigation by @dharna.bsky.social: The world's biggest carmaker, Toyota, is using retro-style video games to rally its US workforce behind its corporate goals, including lobbying to relax environmental rules. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Revealed: how Toyota uses retro-style games and prizes to urge US workers to lobby politicians

Games such as Dragon Quest used to mobilize workers to back corporate goals including relaxing environmental rules

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As 2025 wraps up, we’re celebrating clean transportation wins — despite constant roadblocks. From protecting the national EV charging network to opposing federal climate rollbacks, advocates kept progress moving. sc.org/CleanTranspo... @katherinejulia.bsky.social

Charging Forward: Our Fight for Clean Transportation in 2025

As we go into the holiday season and begin a new year, we’re taking time to reflect on 2025 and how Americans—despite tremendous opposition and roadblocks every step of the way– fought to protect our ...

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Trump is in #Baltimore for this #ArmyNavy game and somehow the cops did not coordinate road closures at all…we’re completely trapped on a feeder road right now & have been for 30 mins. This woman asked and they said AN HOUR OR TWO that we can’t move.

Very excited to read this climate apocalypse book!

"Gutting the (gas-mileage) program will make cars burn more gas and American families burn more cash," said  @katherinejulia.bsky.social, director of the Sierra Club’s Clean Transportation for All program.

Trump proposal would weaken vehicle mileage rules that limit air pollution

President Donald Trump has announced a proposal to weaken vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry.

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Trump's move to gut fuel-economy standards for automobiles rewards his big oil donors and will “make cars burn more gas and American families burn more cash" Katherine Garcia @sierraclub.org @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...

Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy

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Toyota funds more climate deniers in Congress than any other car company, and just 1.2% of its U.S. sales were EVs last year. Under pressure from @janefonda.com, Hollywood's leading environmental group is cutting ties with the Japanese automaker: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/hollywood-...

Hollywood pumps the brakes on Toyota

The entertainment industry's leading sustainability group says privately it will cut ties with its top sponsor, after critics accuse Toyota of funding climate denial.

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For years, Toyota has stubbornly lagged behind on manufacturing electric vehicles and funded climate deniers running for Congress. @sammyroth.bsky.social's new newsletter reports that Hollywood’s leading sustainability group has decided to cut ties with Toyota. open.substack.com/pub/climatec...

Hollywood pumps the brakes on Toyota

The entertainment industry's leading sustainability group says privately it will cut ties with its top sponsor, after critics accuse Toyota of funding climate denial.

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The Trump EPA's comment period for its dangerous proposal to attack critical climate protections has come to an end. Read our recap of how the Sierra Club community spoke out against the rollback of #CleanerCars and #CleanerTrucks: www.sierraclub.org/articles/202...

From DC to Detroit, We’re United for Clean Vehicles & Clean Air

The Environmental Protection Agency’s open comment period for its dangerous proposal to attack climate protections, including federal vehicle pollution standards, has come to an end.

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Talk about a misstep. Truck manufacturers rowed in with the Trump administration in trying to shut down the electric truck market and now it's slapping them with 25% tariffs on heavy truck imports - slated to take effect today. More: buff.ly/W9XUIGP

Truck manufacturers must pivot to electric trucks amid 25% Trump tariffs, warn U.S. and EU groups

The tariffs are expected to further drive up truck prices, in addition to previously imposed tariffs on aluminium and steel. The setback for truck manufacturers by the Federal Government follows…

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Guess what? Week Without Driving is BACK starting Monday, September 29th! Because our broken sidewalks and unreliable buses don't fix themselves. Because accessibility isn't an option. Because equity is more than talking the talk, it takes action.

🚨 Today, US civil society joins the global call for Hyundai to clean up its supply chain. Hyundai’s business model = climate chaos, human rights abuses & worker exploitation. It's time for #HyundaiDriveChange. Learn more 🔗 drive-change.org

Utility Dive: Utilities are backtracking on climate commitments: Sierra Club www.utilitydive.com/news/utiliti...

Utilities are backtracking on climate commitments: Sierra Club

The report named six utility companies reversing course on emissions reductions: Entergy, Duke Energy, Evergy, Cleco, American Electric Power and Arizona Public Service.

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We’ve seen overwhelming opposition to EPA rollbacks at hearings—now let’s make it official. Submit your comment before Sept. 22 to stop Trump & Zeldin’s rollback of #CleanerCars & #CleanerTrucks standards. Add your voice now: sc.org/ProtectEPA

Save environmental protections

🚨 The Trump admin just took its most extreme step yet in rolling back climate protections. Will you act now to demand that the EPA do its job and follow the science, not the agenda of the corporate p...

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"The Trump administration does not care about your family’s health and safety. They do not have a plan to protect you and the people you care about from dangerous pollution, extreme weather events and he worsening climate crisis."

Rescinding the endangerment finding "will keep our society addicted to dirty fossil fuels that are increasing in prices," said Craig Nazor of TX, @sierraclub.org. "The EPA should not be aiding the demise of America."

Day 4 of the public hearing on the EPA’s reconsideration of the endangerment finding is beginning now. It is the final scheduled day of the public hearing. 🧪 We'll be following along with some of the testimony here: 👇🧵

Today marks day 1 of public hearings on the EPA’s reconsideration of the endangerment finding, a 2009 declaration that greenhouse gases threaten public health. Follow along with us👇🧵

BREAKING: A new legal attack on the Clean Trucks Partnership threatens 52K+ electric trucks on US roads. Volvo & Daimler signed the deal–will they stand by it? Experts warn this move risks stalling progress as EU & China surge ahead. buff.ly/Xs7Fy8l

Challenge to clean trucks agreement is an attack on trucking industry, say experts

Western States Trucking Association push back on Clean Truck Partnership

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FREEDOM TO RIDE 🚌: EVs aren’t just for drivers — electric buses are delivering lower costs, higher reliability, and cleaner air for students and transit riders across the country! Let’s protect the freedom to ride electric 🔗 rtzero.org #RouteZero #CleanRide4Kids