Cindy Carr is a Deputy Press Secretary for the following Sierra Club campaigns and programs: Democracy Program; Clean Water, Toxic Chemicals, and Climate Resilience Program; International Climate and Policy Campaign.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate voted to approve the nomination of Patrick Wyrick to a lifetime seat on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. Wyrick has close ties with…
Washington, DC -- Today, Mitch McConnell’s rushed political ploy to force a vote on Senator Markey and Representative Ocasio-Cortez’ nonbinding Green New Deal resolution prior to formal legislation…
Today, Representative Rob Bishop, the ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, said the bold ideas in the Green New Deal to tackle the climate crisis and inequity are “tantamount to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate voted 53-46 along party lines to confirm Neomi Rao to the D.C. Circuit Court. Rao has been widely-criticized for her extreme and dangerous views on climate,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, House Democrats, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Taskforce Chair Representative John Sarbanes, unanimously passed H.R. 1, the For the People Act. This landmark…
Earlier this afternoon, Republican Senators spent more than 80 minutes regurgitating a handful of tired talking points to distract from their own climate denial and refusal to act on the climate…
After a more than three decade career defined by climate denial and the promotion of corporate polluters, Mitch McConnell maybe, finally (probably unintentionally) admitted that climate change is a…
Later this afternoon, Senator John Barrasso will keynote a panel discussion on “The Future of Clean Energy” hosted by the American Action Forum. While this may seem more fit for the likes of an Onion…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate voted to confirm William Barr as Attorney General. Barr’s troubling record on the environment includes serving on the board of directors for corporate polluters…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Senator Mitch McConnell announced that, in a cynical political ploy, he will rush a vote on the Green New Deal resolution proposed by Senator Markey and…