Washington, D.C. -- Today, President Biden issued a series of sweeping orders on environmental justice.The orders included: Creation of a first-of-its-kind White House environmental justice interagency council to develop clear performance metrics to promote accountability; Installation of environmental justice officers at all federal agencies to prepare a report of recommendations on how Executive Order 12898 can be strengthened and updated;
El Presidente Biden firmó hoy una serie de órdenes ejecutivas y tomó otras decisiones, dando así una barrida completa al legado de la administración Trump y marcando el principio del proceso de atacar de lleno la crisis climática.
El Presidente Joe Biden empezará a actuar de inmediato contra la crisis climática, incluyendo la derogación del “permiso presidencial” para el oleoducto Keystone XL de crudo bituminoso, acabando con el proyecto de una vez por todas.
Congress has included $1.375 billion in funding for border wall construction in this year's appropriations package. This request comes just days before President-elect Biden takes office. Biden has publicly mentioned several times his administration will not build another mile of border wall. Border groups are pushing back and calling on Congress to deny all funding for future wall construction, citing harm to communities, landscapes and wildlife. Read the coalition of organizations’ opposition of the funding and call for restoration and mitigation of the borderlands.
Updated at 5:10 PM Central on Thursday, December 10, 2020 Kansas City, MO -- It wouldn’t be 2020 without a few curve balls. Earlier this afternoon, thirty minutes into a coalition press conference calling for--among other things--Evergy to reinstate its utility shutoff moratorium, Evergy tweeted that it was doing just that:
Kansas City, MO -- The spread of COVID-19 is raging, but utility disconnect moratoria in Kansas and Missouri have expired. While the near-term distribution of vaccines means the end of the pandemic may be in sight, in the meantime elected and utility leaders need to do everything possible to ensure the very real suffering of people is eased until the pandemic is under control.
In the final text version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) released today, Congress has denied the Defense Department’s request to seize more than 1.7 million acres of land in Desert National Wildlife Refuge and other public lands for military bombing ranges. The decision comes after Tribal Nations, conservationists and communities joined to push back on the proposal.
Mientras las autoridades electorales continúan contando votos, la elección presidencial sigue siendo demasiado ajustada para declararla.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, Rep. Raul Grijalva unveiled a landmark climate bill that would be instrumental in solving the climate crisis. The Oceans-Based Climate Solutions Act includes provisions that would ban offshore drilling and make it the federal government’s policy to protect 30 percent of public waters by the year 2030, which is a vital component of international efforts to save half the planet by the year 2050. In response, Athan Manuel, director of lands protection at Sierra Club issued the following statement.
Washington, DC -- On Thursday, October 15, Cecil Corbin-Mark, Deputy Director and Director of Policy Initiatives at WE ACT for Environmental Justice passed away. In response, Sierra Club National Director of Policy Advocacy and Legal Leslie Fields released the following statement: