OAKLAND, CA - The Sierra Club is proud to announce the results of it’s National Board Elections, as well as a new slate of National Board Officers for 2021. The National Board of Directors is democratically elected by the organization’s membership and serves its 3.8 million members and supporters.
The five Directors elected in 2021 are: Tony Fuller, Chad Hanson, Debbie Heaton, Ross Macfarlane & Meghan Sahli-Wells.
Washington, DC— This week, President Biden declared June National Ocean Month— calling on everyone to take action to protect, conserve, and restore our ocean and coasts. The Biden- Harris administration’s ‘America the Beautiful’ plan released last month includes a framework to conserve at least 30% of U.S.
On May 31, negotiations on a groundbreaking climate bill for Illinois broke down after Illinois’ largest climate polluter, the Prairie State Energy Campus (PSEC) coal plant, demanded a total exemption from pollution limits that would apply to Illinois fossil fuel power plants. PSEC is the single largest carbon polluter in Illinois, and the seventh largest carbon emitting power plant in the United States.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the EPA is hosting its public virtual hearing on a proposed rule that would regrant California its Clean Air Act waiver, reversing an illegal and unprecedented move by the previous administration that impacted communities across the country.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Starting today, the Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth US will be hosting a Global Grassroots Leaders Climate Summit to virtually bring together activists from around the world. The grassroots leaders, representing more than 30 organizations from 17 countries, will convene today-Friday to discuss the climate issues in their communities and elevate their demands for the US Government and its institutions. Too often, grassroots leaders are left out of the climate conversation and do not have a seat at the table; the goal of this summit is to bring attention to the voices and asks of the global grassroots leaders who were not present during the April 22 Climate Summit.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, President Joe Biden officially declared June 2021 as “Great Outdoors Month.” The annual recognition began in 1998 and has since expanded into a month-long celebration of America’s outdoors. This year’s celebration comes with the additional recognition of the importance of the outdoors in promoting mental and physical health and protecting the outdoors and our landscapes as we work to address the climate crisis and the extinction crisis.
WEC Energy Group is proposing to charge customers $370 million plus interest, totaling more than $460 million, to build storage tanks to store extra fossil gas, in case they need it on cold days in the winter. WEC’s proposal assumes increasing use of fossil gas, year over year, infinitely.
Tulsa, OK— Today, as President Biden visits Tulsa to memorialize the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, leaders called on his administration to designate the site, known as ‘Black Wall Street’ a national monument. For decades, Black people in our country have been under assault from systemic violence and an unfair political system more responsive to the voices of corporations than to community voices.
TOPEKA, KS -- Evergy, the largest electric utility in Kansas and the second largest in Missouri, filed its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with Kansas regulators today. As expected, the plan is substantially similar to the utility’s Missouri IRP, which was filed late last month.
Biden’s Request Includes Largest Investment in Environmental Justice Ever, Expands Key Climate Action, Equity, Healthcare and Pandemic Preparedness Funding