16 de septiembre de 2022
La administración Biden anunció un significativo paso adelante en sus esfuerzos por reducir las emisiones industriales de carbono y contaminación.
15 de septiembre de 2022
El Sierra club se unió a más de 150 grupos progresistas en el lanzamiento de la Campaña Soluciones para la Contaminación (#SolutionsForPollution).
September 13, 2022
Today, several environmental and community organizations formally petitioned EPA to eliminate nearly 100 exemptions in the Clean Air Act that allow industrial polluters around the country to dump deadly air pollution with impunity into nearby communities during start ups, shutdowns, and malfunctions (SSM).
November 21, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, several environmental and community organizations formally petitioned EPA to eliminate nearly 100 exemptions
August 29, 2022
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Healthy Gulf and Sierra Club filed a petition to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources to require a Coastal Use Permit for the fracked gas export terminal Plaquemines LNG that is under construction in Southern Louisiana. The organizations detail many issues with the plant, including the negative impacts that it will have on Black and Indigenous communities, the destruction of disappearing and vulnerable wetlands, and the fact that it is being built in an active hurricane zone prone to severe flooding.
26 de agosto de 2022
La Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) propuso hoy una nueva regla por la cual dos compuestos altamente tóxicos del tipo PFAS—PFOS y PFOA— se considerarían sustancias peligrosas en virtud de la Ley Federal de Superfunds (lugares altamente contaminados).
August 11, 2022
The House passed the largest investment ever in climate and clean energy, sending the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) to President Biden’s desk for signing. This historic legislation directs $369 billion to over 100 programs that together will chart a path to reducing emissions by 40 percent by the end of the decade.
4 de agosto de 2022
La Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) dio un modesto paso positivo hacia la protección de comunidades de todo el país, incluyendo latinas, contra los impactos negativos del óxido de etileno, un potente carcinógeno.
August 3, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, EPA took a small but positive step toward protecting communities across America from the harmful impacts of ethylene oxide, a potent carcinogen, by announcing reinvigorated efforts to notify and consult communities near 23 facilities releasing toxic ethylene oxide emissions.
July 28, 2022
Today, Sierra Club and the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of South Texas filed an appeal of the 445th District Court’s decision to dismiss their lawsuit filed against Cameron County and the Texas General Land Office (GLO).