June 11, 2021
On Tuesday, June 15th, the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will host an oversight hearing focused on the unfulfilled coal reclamation obligations that threaten coal communities across the country.
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June 4, 2021
Washington, DC— This week, President Biden declared June National Immigrant Heritage Month, calling on Americans to learn more about the history of immigrant communities and to highlight the ways in which immigrants have enriched our country.
21 de mayo de 2021
El Presidente Biden hizo hoy una contraoferta a los congresistas republicanos, dando un paso atrás en su plan de infraestructura y en la crucial financiación necesaria para emprender un cambio transformativo que fomente aire y agua más limpios, mejores salarios, más equidad y un clima más estable.
April 23, 2021
National-- On Friday at 1PST/4EST the Sierra Club will host an Instagram Live discussion and performance with Hop Hopkins (Director of Organizational Transformation, Sierra Club) and Joshua Henry (Tony-nominated actor and singer) . Their conversation will focus on the intersection of environmental and racial justice, plus two live performances by Henry.
21 de abril de 2021
El director ejecutivo del Sierra Club, Michael Brune, y el presidente del CapÃtulo North Star de Minnesota del Sierra Club, Kamau Wilkins, emitieron el siguiente comunicado tras anunciarse que Darek Chauvin, el exoficial de policÃa que asesinó a George Floyd, fue declarado culpable de asesinato.
9 de abril de 2021
El Presidente Biden formalmente presentó su primera propuesta presupuestaria al Congreso.
April 8, 2021
Milwaukee, WI -- Keeping the lights on. That’s what utilities and energy providers proclaim they do. But what happens when utility bills become a burden – or more precisely, an over-burden? That is what’s occurring for many Black and Latinx households in Milwaukee according to a new analysis, Energy Burden in Milwaukee: Study Reveals Major Disparities & Links to Redlined Areas, from Alliance for Climate Education, Black Leaders Organizing for Community, Citizen Action of Wisconsin - North Side Rising Co-op, the Sierra Club, and Voces de la Frontera. Census data from 2013 to 2018 reveal stark contrasts in energy burdens - the percentage of income households pay for their energy bills. Households in well-off white neighborhoods may have an average energy burden of 1% or less, versus the 7 - 10% (or higher) many in predominantly Black or Latinx neighborhoods pay.
April 7, 2021
LOS ANGELES -- Yesterday, over 1,600 gallons, or 40 barrels, of oil spilled in the Inglewood Oil Field when a shipping pipe was left open. The latest spill occurred just a few hundred feet from the Kenneth Hahn Park Playground.
April 7, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Today, the California State Water Resources Control Board will host an annual workshop to update constituents on the Salton Sea Management Plan (SSMP), the state’s plan to address public health issues and build habitat at the sea. Groups working at the Salton Sea are calling on the state to improve the SSMP, especially in its efforts to engage communities and incorporate their input into projects at the Sea.
31 de marzo de 2021
El Presidente Joe Biden anunció hoy su Plan de Empleos en Estados Unidos, el cual se compromete a invertir equitativamente en la infraestructura del paÃs para atacar la crisis climática y crear millones de trabajos bien remunerados.
March 29, 2021
March 11, 2021
Chicago, Illinois — A historic campaign to combat environmental racism is playing out in Chicago, led by community members from the Southeast Side of Chicago who are fed-up with decades of racist zoning and permitting laws that leave their community with contaminated air and water, and their loved ones struggling to breath.