This week, the Outdoors Alliance for Kids is launching a week of advocacy with the goal of closing the nature equity gap and empowering youth and families across the country to make critical direct connections with nature. The week is highlighted by a Day of Advocacy and Outdoor Activities in Rock Creek Park led by young activists who are at the forefront of the effort to protect public lands, expand access to the outdoors, and improve health and wellbeing. During the series of events, OAK will also honor the efforts and works of decision-makers and advocates in the field of nature equity and outdoors access.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Sierra Club and Elders Climate Action filed an administrative appeal to challenge the Postal Service’s rejection of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to see the Oshkosh proposal for 165,000 gas-powered delivery trucks. The appeal demands that the USPS release more than 2,000 pages of records being withheld by the agency.
Boston, MA - Today, Mayor Wu announced a $2 billion plan to overhaul Boston Public School facilities, which includes new construction and renovation projects and district-wide upgrades. The plan will be initiated by a $605 million investment in the FY23 Capital Plan for major new projects, staffing and planning tools to deliver long needed improvements.
When JPMorgan Chase faces its shareholders this Tuesday, the bank will face votes on two key shareholder resolutions pushing the bank to clean up its act on climate.
El Departamento del Interior de la administración Biden anunció anoche que no va a celebrar tres ventas programadas de arrendamientos de perforaciones costeras en el Golfo de México y las costas de Alaska.
NEW YORK, NY– Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), CALSTART, NRDC, the Sierra Club and South Bronx Unite and WE ACT today
The Biden administration’s Department of the Interior announced last night that it will not hold three planned lease sales for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Tuesday May 17, a group of youth environmental leaders will be joined by officials from the Biden Administration for a day of outdoor activity in Washington’s Rock Creek Park to call for greater youth access to nature. The event, which includes hikes and a listening session with decision-makers from the Biden Administration, is the highlight of OAK Week 2022, a week of advocacy in support of eliminating the nature equity gap, sponsored by the Outdoors Alliance for Kids.
El Senado Federal fracasó hoy en su intento de aprobar la Ley de Protección de la Salud de la Mujer por segunda vez, ya que el Senador Joe Manchin (D-WV) votó junto con sus 50 colegas republicanos.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Senate failed to begin debate on the Women’s Health Protection Act for a second time, as Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) voted with all 50 Republicans to block the bill’s advancement. The Women’s Health Protection Act would codify the abortion and reproductive health protections of Roe v. Wade into federal law and block many of the extreme state-level restrictions on reproductive healthcare that have been recently passed.