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Sierra Club: Senate EPW Advances Unacceptable Nominee to Head EPA

WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, in a vote boycotted by Democrats over unanswered questions by the nominee, Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee changed the rules so that they…

Sierra Club: Senate Should Reject Pruitt Nomination

Washington D.C.-- Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is holding a hearing to examine the nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be U.S. Environmental Protection…

Sierra Club: Where Do Chesapeake Bay Area Senators Stand on Cuts to EPA That Threaten Their Clean Water?

WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, new findings revealed the Environmental Protection Agency programs that will be most affected by the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts, including a 93% budget cut…

Sierra Club: Where Do Great Lakes Area Senators Stand on Cuts to EPA That Threaten Restoration?

WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, new findings revealed the Environmental Protection Agency programs that will be most affected by the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts, including a 97% budget cut…

Sierra Club: Public Pressure Fends off Worst of Trump’s Budget, But Omnibus Still Prioritizes Polluters

Washington D.C.-- Yesterday, the U.S. Congress reached an agreement on an omnibus deal to fund the government through the end of September. Among the many ways it puts American families and their…

Groups Take Legal Action Against Fola’s Water-Polluting West Virginia Mines

Charleston, WV-- Today, a coalition of environmental groups filed a federal suit to challenge the discharge of pollutants from mountaintop removal coal mine sites currently operated by the Fola Coal…

Sierra Club Applauds Congressional Democrats For Keeping the Government’s Lights On

WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, the U.S. Congress voted to continue fund the government for one more week.  In response, Sierra Club’s Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement…

Sierra Club Response to Trump’s Fat Cat Budget Proposal

WASHINGTON D.C.-- Tonight, Donald Trump reportedly released the extended budget proposal for FY2018 that includes large cuts to life-saving agencies and programs, such as EPA and DOI, putting…

Sierra Club Statement on Trump’s Executive Order Attacking Our Democracy and Constitution

WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, Donald Trump issued a “religious liberty” Executive Order which would override decades of precedent to permit religious organizations to participate in the political system,…

US District Court Affirms Clean Water Act Protections for West Virginia Families

CHARLESTON, WV-- On Friday, May 26, the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia found that conductivity pollution from Fola Coal’s Monoc #2 Surface Mine, located along…