OAKLAND -- Yesterday, authorities in Memphis released the video footage in the police killing of Tyre Nichols. While the five officers involved in the incident have been criminally charged, the Nichols family and Tyre’s community in Memphis are left to grieve the loss of yet another life at the hands of police.
Today, House Republicans passed the Strategic Production Response (SPR) Act, legislation that threatens our federal public lands and waters under the guise of promoting energy security. Senate Democrats are unlikely to take up the bill and President Biden would veto the legislation.
En el segundo aniversario del anuncio por parte de la administración Biden de la iniciativa “America the Beautiful” para proteger el 30% de los terrenos y vías acuáticas de Estados Unidos para 2030, una nueva coalición ha publicado su agenda política para alcanzar esta ambiciosa meta.
On the second anniversary of the announcement of the Biden Administration’s America the Beautiful initiative to protect 30 percent of lands and waters in the United States by 2030, a new coalition has released a policy agenda to help achieve this ambitious goal.
BOSTON, MA -- At her first State of the City address last night, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced she will be signing an Executive Order requiring all new municipal buildings and major renovations, including schools, to be fossil-fuel free.
Next week, Detroit Outdoors is hosting and facilitating a virtual panel discussion featuring Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) athletes and advocates to share their experiences and advice about engaging in outdoor recreation. Join us for a conversation, and come with any burning questions you have about the outdoors!
ELY, MN -- Today, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed a Public Land Order protecting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW or Wilderness), Voyageurs National Park (VNP), and 1854 Treaty Area from sulfide-ore copper mining. The PLO, called a mineral withdrawal, bans toxic mining on 225,504 acres of Superior National Forest land in the watershed of the BWCAW and upstream of the Wilderness.
NATIONWIDE - Today, the Sierra Club, Plug In America, the Electrification Coalition, and Forth released the latest version of AchiEVe: Model Policies to Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption, a national toolkit designed to accelerate the switch to clean, electric vehicles (EVs) in an effective and equitable way by providing various stakeholders with model EV policies at the state, local, and utility levels.
Reps. Casten and Vargas announce new initiative
La administración Biden restauró hoy la llamada “regla sin carreteras” para restablecer las protecciones ambientales al Bosque Nacional de Tongass en Alaska.