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STATEMENT: Congressional Champions Introduce Legislation to Improve Climate Solutions

Washington, DC-- Today, Rep. Lee and Sen. Hirono introduced the Women and Climate Act of 2019-- legislation aimed at developing coordinated strategies to mitigate the impact of climate change on…

Pentagon Approves a Billion Dollars of Taxpayer Money for Boondoggle Border Wall

Washington, DC-- This morning, the Pentagon authorized Congress to move $1 billion ofappropriated funding to build more walls on the US-Mexico border following Donald Trump’s emergency declaration.…

Environmental Groups Announce Alliance to Bring Women to Forefront on Climate Solutions

Washington, DC-- Today, the Sierra Club Gender Equity Program and Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) launched the U.S. Accelerator for Grassroots Women Environmental Leaders-- supporting a diverse group of…

Conservationists Sue U.S. Fish Wildlife Service Over Long Overdue Plan To Prevent Chronic Wasting Disease at National Elk Refuge

Jackson, WY — A conservation coalition filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) today, asking a judge to order the agency to issue a long-overdue plan to phase out elk feeding…

Trump Abuses Power-- Again-- in Vetoing Resolution to Terminate Bogus National Emergency

Washington, DC-- Today, despite the House and Senate passage of a resolution to overturn Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, the President vetoed the bill. The move comes one day after the…

In Huge Win for Conservation and Communities, Forest Service Denies Trump Administration from Leasing Ruby Mountains for Oil and Gas Development

Las Vegas, NV-- Today, the US Forest Service issued their final Environmental Assessment on Nevada’s Ruby Mountains-- denying the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) request to offer parcels for…

STATEMENT: President’s Budget Another Injustice, Danger to Border Communities

Washington, DC-- Today, President Trump released his annual budget proposal which included some of the steepest proposed cuts yet to federal agencies that protect the health of the public and…

Amidst Congressional Hearing, Advocates Stress Need for Urgency on PFAS

Washington, DC--  Today, the House Oversight Committee is hosting a hearing on the PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemical) crisis polluting communities and harming public health across the…

Military Veterans Kick Off Solidarity Campout at National Butterfly Center to Protest Border Wall, Militarization

Mission, TX-- Today, 12 U.S. Military veterans from the Sierra Club Military Outdoors team and two activists from the Tohono O’odham Nation will begin peacefully camping in at the National Butterfly…

Harlem Resident Mark Favors to Testify Before U.S. Congress Oversight Committee Wednesday March 6 on PFAS Contamination

Washington, DC-- Tomorrow at 10:00 am, Harlem resident and army veteran Mark A. Favors will testify before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on…