Oakland, CA -- Today, in honor of Rosa Parks’ legacy and in support of access to public transit as a civil right and strategy to combat climate change, community, labor, and environmental organizations in cities across the nation are taking action for transit equity. The national day of action is intended to uplift local work happening across the country.
Washington, DC-- Over the holidays, it was revealed that the Trump administration’s Department of the Interior (DOI) will remove “sexual orientation” from the agency’s anti-discrimination guidelines. The change could have an effect on both LGBTQ people applying for jobs at DOI, as well as existing employees seeking to report discrimination internally. The decision could lead to more workplace discrimation.
Washington, D.C. — To confront the widening dangers of our climate crisis, leading U.S. environmental justice and national environmental groups today are advancing for the first time an Equitable and Just National Climate Platform.
Environmental justice advocates and residents of Robeson County traveled to Charlotte to urge DEQ and the NCDEQ Environmental Justice Advisory & Equity Board to scrutinize Duke Energy’s plans for a dirty, dangerous liquified natural gas (LNG) facility in their community.
Washington, D.C., -- Today, on the Day of Remembrance for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Sierra Club is joining the Native-Led movement for justice and endorsing Savanna’s Act.
Savanna’s Act is legislation introduced by Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). The legislation is designed to improve coordination and data collection among tribal, local, state and federal law enforcement in cases involving missing and murdered Native women.
New York, NY -- Today, ElectrifyNY, a new coalition of environmental justice, public transportation, public health, and good jobs advocates, launched its campaign for a clean, equitable electric transportation future for the state of New York.
Los Angeles, CA -- Today, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the State of the City, announcing a framework for a Green New Deal in Los Angeles. Garcetti is raising the ambition in the City’s sustainability plan, establishing a Climate Emergency Commission composed of frontline communities, and continuing leadership in phasing gas out of Los Angeles’ economy and transitioning to 100% clean energy.
Earlier this week, Norman, Oklahoma, was the target of Nazi graffiti, echoing similar acts of vandalism discovered last week in Oklahoma City. The Sierra Club as a whole, and the Norman-based Red Earth Group, condemns this hateful display of racism, anti-semitism, vandalism, and bigotry.
San Juan, Puerto Rico -- Yesterday, National Public Radio released an in-depth report on the ways in which federal disaster funding exacerbates economic inequality by favoring wealthy communities.
ATLANTA, GA—Today, the Atlanta City Council doubled down on its commitment to transition to 100 percent renewable energy for 100 percent of Atlantans by unanimously adopting “Clean Energy Atlanta,” a plan outlining how the city will achieve its goal for a just and equitable clean energy transition.
Last week, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey, along with 66 House representatives and 10 Senators, introduced their highly-lauded Green New Deal resolution, which seeks to tackle the climate crisis, create millions of good, high-wage jobs, secure clean air and water, and counteract systemic injustices.
Oakland, Calif., -- Today, community, labor and environmental organizations in cities across the U.S. are taking action for transit equity. The second Transit Equity Day commemorates civil rights icon Rosa Parks on her birthday. Her act of resistance by refusing to give up her seat on the bus in 1955 was a catalyst for the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the civil rights movement.