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MEMO: Public Demands Concrete Path Forward for Climate, Jobs, and Justice Investments in State of the Union

*** Senior Sierra Club policy staff and leadership, along with grassroots volunteers, are available to discuss the urgent need for meaningful action on historic investments. *** 

Senate Can and Must Pass Bold Climate and Social Investments Without Delay

WASHINGTON, DC -- As the Senate returns from recess, the Sierra Club is making it clear this is a make-or-break moment for taking on the climate, economic, and health threats that working families and communities of color face. The organization is calling for Congress to swiftly pass a bold suite of investments, building on the broad array of historic climate and social investments in the Build Back Better Act that already have agreed-upon support from Senate Democrats. 

MEMO: We Can’t Afford Cost of Inaction on Climate, Jobs, and Justice

*** Senior Sierra Club policy staff and leadership, along with grassroots volunteers, are available to discuss the urgent need for Congress to take meaningful action on climate, jobs and justice. *** 

Every day, people in communities across the United States suffer immediate and worsening effects of the interlocking crises of climate, health, economic insecurity, and injustice -- impacts that could be addressed by swift passage of the Build Back Better Act. 

MEMO: Build Back Better Will Significantly Reduce Costs for Families

*** Senior Sierra Club policy staff and leadership, along with grassroots volunteers, are available to discuss the urgent need for Congress to pass the Build Back Better Act. ***

As the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics prepares to release its Consumer Price Index data for November on Friday, the Senate is slated to vote soon on President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, a bill that will greatly reduce costs for struggling families in communities across the country.

Bold Biden Executive Order Will Slash Emissions, Create Sustainable Jobs

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, President Biden announced an executive order to greatly reduce the federal government’s climate pollution. This order serves as a critical first step to cutting pollution from the government’s own vehicles, buildings, electricity usage, and construction materials while supporting family-sustaining manufacturing jobs.

TIME TO VOTE: Senate Must Swiftly Pass Historic Climate Bill

WASHINGTON, DC -- With the Senate back in session and communities’ need for investments only growing stronger every day, it’s time for senators to pass the Build Back Better Act. 

Sierra Club Celebrates House Passage of Build Back Better Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Sierra Club applauds House Democrats for passing President Biden’s transformational Build Back Better Act — historic legislation that takes greatly needed action on climate, childcare, jobs, and justice, and moves us toward President Biden’s goal of cutting U.S. climate pollution in half by 2030. 

MEMO: Real-World Benefits of the Build Back Better Act’s Historic Climate Investments

*** Senior Sierra Club policy staff and leadership, along with grassroots volunteers, are available to discuss the urgent need for Congress to pass the Build Back Better *** 

MEMO: House Slated to Pass Build Back Better Next Week As Prior Holdouts Keep their Word

*** Senior Sierra Club policy staff and leadership, along with grassroots volunteers, are available to discuss the urgent need for Congress to pass the Build Back Better Act. ***

Next week, the House will pass the Build Back Better Act, which will provide historic levels of investment to communities across the country dealing with the interlocking crises of climate change; public health; economic inequity; and racial, gender, and environmental injustice.

Moderates Are Expected to Keep Their Word

House Vote Puts Us on Path to Winning Historic Climate Action

WASHINGTON, DC -- Last night, Congress moved closer to fully realizing President Biden’s historic climate agenda, as the House held a procedural vote to advance the Build Back Better Act and five moderate Democrat holdouts committed to voting for the bill, without cutting any of its investments, no later than the week of Nov. 15. 

Sierra Club: Congress Must Hold the Line AGAINST a Premature Bipartisan Deal Vote — AGAIN!

WASHINGTON, DC -- House leadership announced a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill today that would separate it from voting on the Build Back Better Act, a bill with unprecedented levels of investment in climate action, clean energy jobs, and environmental justice. 

New Data Finds American Public Strongly Supports Specific Climate Provisions in the Updated Build Back Better Act

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Sierra Club and Data for Progress released the results of a new nationwide survey that finds broad public support for specific climate investments that were unveiled in the new text of the Build Back Better Act released yesterday.