Today, BlackRock released its 2020-2021 stewardship report. The report details BlackRock’s engagement and proxy voting record during Sandy Boss’s first year as Global Head of Investment Stewardship. In response, members of the BlackRock’s Big Problem network issued the following statements:
Casey Harrell, Senior Strategist with the Sunrise Project:
Del 17 al 25 de julio, el Sierra Club se unirá a las celebraciones de la Semana de Conservación Latina —una serie de eventos patrocinados por la Hispanic Access Foundation para promocionar el acceso a la naturaleza de la comunidad latina y participar en actividades que protejan los recursos naturales.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This morning, environmental groups including Sierra Club and members of Congress gathered at a press conference at the United States Capitol to call for the creation of a modern Civilian Climate Corps. Senators Chris Coons, Ed Markey, and Ron Wyden and Representatives Judy Chu, Marcy Kaptur, Joe Neguse, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered remarks.
Informes aseguran que la Bancada DemĂłcrata del Congreso presentará hoy un proyecto de ley que impondrĂa una tarifa a los materiales importados fabricados con un alto nivel de contaminaciĂłn climática.
BOISE, ID — Citing risk to federally protected species, today ten groups filed a notice of intent to sue the state of Idaho in response to the state’s newest wolf hunting laws.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, it’s reported that Congressional Democrats will introduce legislation to impose a border tax on imported materials made with a high degree of climate pollution.
Sierra Club President Ramón Cruz, Hip Hop Caucus President Lennox Yearwood, Interfaith Power and Light’s Rev. Susan Hendershot, Union of Concerned Scientists’ Johanna Chao Kreilick Holding News Conference To Lay Out What’s Needed from SAFE 2 Announcement
San Francisco, CA - Yesterday, the California Public Utilities Commission finalized a section of its transportation electrification framework, setting near-term priorities for transportation electrification that will guide investments by the state’s utilities over the next several years.
The Biden administration announced a plan today to fully restore environmental protections to Tongass National Forest in Alaska. The plan will not only reverse a Trump-era attack on the Tongass that would have put Alaska’s last vestiges of old-growth forest at risk of destructive logging and road-building, it will extend new safeguards for the forest as well as dedicating $25 million in federal spending on local sustainable development in Alaska.