January 8, 2020
Oakland, CA—Sierra magazine’s January/ February edition is now on newsstands and arriving at subscribers’ homes.
Highlights include:
climate-change
December 6, 2019
Salt Lake City, Utah -- Today, Utah youth gathered at the Capitol and in Ogden to demand strong and immediate action on climate as a part of the Fridays For Future Global Climate Strike. Organizers estimate more than two-hundred participated in the two actions throughout the state to call for bold protection of lands as a solution for mitigating climate change.
October 31, 2019
Oakland, CA— Sierra magazine’s November/ December edition is now on newsstands and arriving at subscribers’ homes. This is a themed issue focused on gender, equity, and the environment—and this special edition was produced entirely by female writers, photographers, and illustrators. Highlights in this themed issue include:
October 10, 2019
San Francisco, CA-- Twenty-one women who are leading climate solution efforts across the country will meet at a collaboratory to address pressing environmental and climate challenges, and ways to transform their own work into scalable solutions for the United States. The collaboratory is a part of a four-month program-- the US Climate Accelerator-- where women leaders work to expand their community successes on climate mitigation and adaptation to a national level.
September 17, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC: Today, Representatives Grijalva, Beyer, and Dingell introduced the Protect America’s Wildlife and Fish in Need of Protection Act. A companion bill was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Udall. The bill reverses recent Trump administrations rollbacks to the highly successful Endangered Species Act.
August 13, 2019
BOULDER, COLORADO – The Sierra Club and Nature Needs Half, an international coalition formed in 2009 to advance the protection of 50% of Earth’s land and seas, proudly announce a new partnership to help halt the Sixth Extinction and provide a feasible and affordable solution to the climate crisis.
August 8, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Senator Cory Booker today introduced the Climate Stewardship Act. The legislation, endorsed by the Sierra Club, calls for the planting of billions of trees, improved conservation practices on working lands, grants for renewable energy and energy efficiency on our nation’s farms, and wetland preservation. It is sponsored in the House by Rep. Deb Haaland.
August 7, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change today issued a special report detailing climate impacts already being seen on lands, and the importance of improving land management and land protection and restoration to address the climate crisis. Among the key findings of the report is the essential role for lands in drawing down and storing carbon dioxide pollution from the atmosphere. The report also drives home the urgency of action-- stressing that delay in greenhouse gas emissions reductions is closing the window to combat the effects of the climate crisis on lands, creating lasting harm to wild places, wildlife, food and water supplies.
March 26, 2019
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 women and girls around the world. Women make up 70% of the world’s one billion poorest people, and these women comprise the majority of our globe’s agricultural workforce, which is especially vulnerable to the effects of climate disruption. The bill would establish a Federal Interagency Working Group on Women and Climate Change within the U.S. Department of State.
March 21, 2019
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 women leaders working on the frontlines of environmental and climate justice.
February 20, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Sierra Club released a poll conducted by Global Strategy Group that shows Nevada voters overwhelmingly reject the Trump Administration’s approach -- or lack thereof -- to dealing with the climate crisis and protecting our air and water. In fact, when asked to rate the Administration's job performance on a range of issues, respondents give it its worst marks on climate and the environment. Rather, Nevada voters agree that climate change is a problem that should be addressed by federal and state government.
February 20, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Sierra Club released a poll conducted by Global Strategy Group that shows Colorado voters overwhelmingly reject the Trump Administration’s approach -- or lack thereof -- to dealing with the climate crisis and protecting our air and water. In fact, when asked to rate the Administration's job performance on a range of issues, respondents give it its worst marks on climate and the environment. Rather, Colorado voters agree that climate change is a problem that should be addressed by federal and state government.