Most major U.S. utilities backtracking on clean energy goals, Sierra Club finds

A Sierra Club report grades the nation's largest utilities poorly on fossil fuel phase-out progress, with over 40 percent having retreated from climate commitments since early 2025.

First covered Sep 22, 2026 · 2:00 AM PT · 1 article

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4d Canary Media US utilities get failing grade on clean energy transition — The biggest U.S. utilities are doing worse on shifting from fossil fuels to clean power than they were at the start of this decade — and more than four in 10…

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