WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, a five-Justice conservative majority of the Supreme Court ruled to gut clean water protections for millions of Americans. The case, Sackett v. EPA, is a corporate polluter-backed effort to dismantle the Clean Water Act by narrowing the definition of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS). The Court’s decision will open millions of acres of wetlands – all formerly protected by the Clean Water Act – to pollution and destruction, including by negating many of President Biden’s wetland protections in his new WOTUS rule released last year. The majority decision – delivered by Justice Alito and joined by Justices Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, and Barrett – puts the drinking water supplies of millions of Americans at risk.
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WASHINGTON, DC -- This week, House Republicans voted to nullify the Biden-Harris Administration’s federal standard to reduce smog- and soot-forming pollution from heavy-duty vehicles through the Congressional Review Act (CRA).
St. Louis, MO – A report released by the Sierra Club today reveals that by strengthening and enforcing federal air quality standards, the owners of 64% of remaining coal plants would be required to more stringently address harmful pollution from their facilities.
A report released by the Sierra Club today reveals that by strengthening and enforcing federal air quality standards, the owners of 64% of remaining coal plants would be required to more stringently address harmful pollution from their facilities.
Organizations Challenge FERC for Approving Several LNG Projects in the Rio Grande Valley and Southwest Louisiana
Proposal receives 10% support from investors, the highest of all shareholder resolutions filed at the asset manager this year
Over the weekend, global leaders at the G7 summit announced their continued support for global Liquefied Methane Gas (LNG) investments. The decision to back LNG directly undermines goals to phase out fossil fuels, transition to clean energy, and limit global warming to 1.5ºC. Additionally, this decision contradicts last year’s G7 commitment to end international public finance for fossil fuels by the end of 2022.
Este fin de semana, Allison Chin fue elegida para servir como presidenta de la Junta Directiva del Sierra Club (tres años). Este es el cuarto mandato de Chin como presidenta.
This weekend, Allison Chin was elected to serve as president of the Sierra Club’s Board of Directors.
This year, 12 people were celebrated for their leadership and work to get more youths and families in nature, whether it was through starting outdoors clubs in their schools, organizing field trips, or working to enact important legislation.