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Sierra Club Applauds Biden for Move to Protect Boundary Waters

ELY, MN -- Today, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed a Public Land Order protecting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW or Wilderness), Voyageurs National Park (VNP), and 1854 Treaty…

Biden Administration Restores Protections for Tongass National Forest

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Biden administration reinstated the so-called 'roadless rule' to fully restore environmental protections to Tongass National Forest in Alaska. The move once again…

Sierra Club Urges Swift Confirmation for Daniel-Davis

WASHINGTON– Today, President Biden re-nominated Laura Daniel-Davis as the U.S. Department of the Interior’s principal deputy assistant secretary for land and minerals management. The nomination now…

Sierra Club Statement on Announcement of USDA Next Steps on the National Wildfire Crisis Strategy

PHOENIX – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the Department’s next steps in implementing the national Wildfire Crisis Strategy. They include expanded efforts to reduce wildfire risks…

Sierra Club Statement on Lease Scoping in Montana and North Dakota Under the Inflation Reduction Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced new plans related to oil and gas leasing tied to the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The plans initiate…

Environmental Groups Ask for Comment Period Extension on Statewide Grizzly Bear Management Plan

MISSOULA, Mont. –– More than two dozen organizations sent a letter to Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks Director Hank Worsech  on the Statewide Grizzly Bear Management Plan. The…

Biden to Designate Nevada’s Avi Kwa Ame as Newest National Monument

LAS VEGAS – Today, reports emerged that President Biden will commit to designating Avi Kwa Ame in Nevada as the country’s newest national monument. The designation will provide permanent protection…

Sierra Club Statement on Lease Scoping in Nevada and Utah Under the Inflation Reduction Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Department of the Interior (DOI) outlined new steps related to oil and gas leasing tied to the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).  Included in…

White House Announces $91 Million in “America the Beautiful” Challenge Grants

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Biden Administration announced $91 million worth of grants through the America the Beautiful Challenge (ATBC). The Challenge is a joint public-private undertaking among…

UNESCO Report: A Third of Glaciers in World Heritage Sites Could Vanish by 2050

WASHINGTON, DC-- Today, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) issued a report finding that climate change is severely threatening glaciers in World Heritage…