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“Embattled Borderlands” Provides Virtual Visit to US-Mexico Border

 â€śEmbattled Borderlands” Provides Virtual Visit to US-Mexico BorderStory map combines photos, scientific data to highlight perilous reality of the region ** Experience the story map here**…

Bernhardt is a Risk to Economy, Health, Environment

 The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee tomorrow is set to hold a hearing on the nomination of David Bernhardt for Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior. Serious concerns…

Gwich’in Leaders Launch "Protect our Homelands"

PHOENIX -- Members of the Gwich’in Nation, who have relied on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for survival for millennia, are traveling from the Arctic across the desert Southwest to raise the…

House Hearing Challenging National Monuments Meets Stiff Resistance

 WASHINGTON, DC -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands is holding a hearing today on national monuments. The hearing furthers the agenda put forward by Donald Trump in an…

More than 450 Groups Oppose Trump’s Executive Order to “Review” America’s National Monuments

 WASHINGTON, DC  --  More than 450 organizations representing millions of members across the country today sent a letter to President Donald Trump, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke…

More than 685,000 Comments Submitted in Support of Bears Ears National Monument in less than 15 days

 WASHINGTON, DC (May 25) -- Today, a coalition of conservation groups and others announced that a historic number of comments and petitions of support have been submitted to the Department of…

Secretary Zinke Opens Pandora’s Box

ANCHORAGE – Interior Secretary Zinke today signed a Secretarial Order opening the Arctic to increased oil and gas production. The Order initiates a review of the sensitive coastal plain of the Arctic…

Sierra Club Names New Campaign Director, Lena Moffitt

 WASHINGTON, DC -- Today the Sierra Club announced Lena Moffitt as the new director of the organization’s Our Wild America campaign. The campaign will continue to build on the organization’s 125…

Sierra Club on Antiquities Act Executive Order: Don’t Downsize Public Lands

 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today Donald Trump is expected to issue an Executive Order requiring the Department of the Interior to determine whether or not to shrink or otherwise modify existing…

Sierra Club Statement on Perdue Confirmation

 WASHINGTON, D.C. --  The Senate today confirmed Gov. Sonny Perdue as head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  In addition to farming, agriculture, and food programs, the U.S.D.A.…