Medhini Kumar

Medhini Kumar is the Communications Manager for the Sierra Club's Our Wild America campaign. She is based in Washington, DC. 

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Press Releases

Sierra Club Condemns Passage of Sen. Daines’ ‘Cottonwood’ Bill

WASHINGTON, DC - Today the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted out of committee Senator Daines’ bill that would remove requirements under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). S. 2561…

Sierra Club Statement on Senate Markup of Important Lands and Conservation Legislation

WASHINGTON, DC -  Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (SENR) will consider several important bills that impact public lands and waters and conservation efforts. ***…

Wildlife Advocates, Hunters, Anglers Challenge Helena National Forest’s Scrapping of Longstanding Wildlife Protections

MISSOULA, MT – Today, a coalition of wildlife advocates, hunters, and anglers challenged the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the Forest Service’s decision to abandon…

Report: Federal Logging Projects Put 10 Climate-Saving Forests On Chopping Block

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Federal agencies are targeting mature and old-growth forests for logging despite these trees’ extraordinary ability to curb climate change and President Biden’s directive to…

Federal Court Restores Critical Endangered Species Act Protections

Washington, D.C. — Today, in a win for wildlife protection and conservation, a federal district court restored comprehensive Endangered Species Act regulatory protections to hundreds of species and…

Lawsuit Challenges Biden’s Resumption of Oil, Gas Leasing on Public Lands

WASHINGTON, DC – Climate and conservation groups filed a lawsuit late Tuesday challenging the Biden administration’s resumption of oil and gas leasing on public lands today — the first auctions…

Sierra Club Statement on Markup of House Interior Appropriations Bill

WASHINGTON, DC – The House Appropriations Committee today is taking up the FY2023 Interior spending bill. The bill would provide robust funding increases for endangered, threatened, and imperiled…

Sierra Club Statement on BLM Initiating Lease Sales in Eight States

WASHINGTON, DC – The Bureau of Land Management will be issuing oil and gas leases on more than 200 square miles of public lands in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota…

Sierra Club Applauds the US Forest Service’s Draft Environmental Assessment for the Boundary Waters

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the US Forest Service issued a draft of an environmental assessment, recommending a 20-year mineral withdrawal from Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.…

Logging Mature and Old Trees Threatens U.S. Climate Goals

WASHINGTON, D.C. --  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Thursday signed a memorandum to clarify the U.S. Forest Service’s direction on climate policy. The memo, "Climate Resilience and…