January 16, 2017
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today is holding a hearing to examine the nomination of Rep. Ryan Zinke to serve as Secretary of the Department of the Interior.
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April 15, 2017
Santa Barbara, CA -- On Monday, April 17, the Sierra Club and other local organizations will protest Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s speech at the Reagan Center.
April 10, 2017
Leaked documents from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) outline the agency’s priorities for America’s public lands under the Trump Administration. The priorities include speeding leasing and permitting for dirty fuel development on public land, reforming the implementation of bedrock environmental laws to limit public input on projects and minimize accountability for companies that pollute our air and water or harm wildlife, and opening up new areas to development.
April 2, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- According to news reports, Donald Trump has donated his first quarter salary of just over $78,000 to the National Park Service. The move comes after Trump proposed slashing the Department of the Interior’s budget by 12%, which includes the National Park Service.
In response, Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club,issued the following statement.
March 15, 2017
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March 16, 2017
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Sierra Club Response To Trump’s Rigged Budget Proposal
March 14, 2017
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump’s Department of Justice filed a motion announcing its intention to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s safeguards for hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The DOJ has asked the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to hold the Obama administration's appeal defending the rule in abeyance while they rescind the rule.
March 13, 2017
SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz and Sen. Mike Lee on Monday announced that they would use an extreme and obscure legislative maneuver called the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overrule common sense clean air protections for Utah national parks. Chaffetz began by introducing legislation in the House to repeal the Regional Haze Rule for Utah.
March 7, 2017
WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, new findings revealed the Environmental Protection Agency programs that will be most affected by the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts, including a 97% budget cut for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI).
March 6, 2017
Washington, DC -- Today, in a vote along party lines, Senate Republicans used the Congressional Review Act to scrap the Obama administration’s Bureau of Land Management’s Planning 2.0.
In response, Sierra Club Lands Protection program Director Athan Manuel released the following statement:
February 28, 2017
More than 450 Groups Oppose Trump’s Executive Order to “Review” America’s National Monuments
May 1, 2017
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 and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in opposition to any effort to remove or decrease protections for any national monuments.