BLM Move Rushing Ahead
Bureau of Land Management employees could get relocation orders in a matter of weeks according to news broken by The Hill. An email obtained by The Hill from acting BLM director William Pendley shows…
Virginia Cramer is the communications manager for the Sierra Club's Our Wild America campaign.
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Sierra Club: Time for Acting BLM Director Pendley to Go
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today climate science denier William Perry Pendley’s time as Acting Director of the Bureau of Land Management expires. During his short tenure, Pendley, who has required a 17-page…
Sierra Club on Jorjani Interior Solicitor Confirmation
WASHINGTON, D.C: Daniel Jorjani was confirmed today as solicitor for the Department of the Interior. His confirmation comes as Jorjani is under investigation for his role in the Interior…
House Subcommittee Takes Up Wildlife Protection Measures
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today the House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife will hold a hearing a suite of bills to strengthen protections for endangered species. Included is the Protect America’s…
Thousands Oppose Plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante
SALT LAKE CITY -- Today marks the end of a public comment period for the Trump administration’s proposed management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The plan, being pushed…
Sierra Club Hails Effort to Restore Endangered Species Act Protections
WASHINGTON, DC: Today, Representatives Grijalva, Beyer, and Dingell introduced the Protect America’s Wildlife and Fish in Need of Protection Act. A companion bill was introduced in the Senate…
ICYMI: Trump Administration May Hand Grand Canyon Region to Mining Industry Cronies in Corrupt Deal
The Trump administration is considering recommendations provided by the uranium mining industry that would open public lands surrounding Grand Canyon to uranium mining and directly threaten tribal…
Wheeler Does Bidding for Polluters and Puts Drinking Water for Millions of Families at Risk
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler finalized his rollback of America’s Clean Water Rule today, putting millions of people’s drinking water at risk from…
BLM Headquarters Move Bad News for Public, Lands
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The House Natural Resources Committee today is holding an oversight hearing on Interior Secretary Bernhardt’s plan to relocate the Bureau of Land Management headquarters from…
Sierra Club: Forests Must Be Managed as Part of Climate Solution
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today marks the end of the public comment period for a U.S. Forest Service proposal to weaken the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Act ensures environmental…