As part of promised swift action on the climate, today the Biden Administration is expected to announce it will pause new oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters, review existing leases and permits, and increase offshore wind renewable energy development. Taken together with the existing 60-day pause on fossil fuel development, which includes an examination of the federal coal leasing program, the order makes significant progress in addressing climate emissions from public lands.
Washington, DC -- Today, President Biden will take significant executive action to marshal the entire federal government to address the climate crisis in a just and equitable manner.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, the Senate introduced S. 51, the companion bill to Congressmember Eleanor Holmes Norton’s House bill to establish D.C. statehood. The District’s only member of Congress, Congressmember Eleanor Holmes Norton, has no voting power on the floor of the House of Representatives. During the deadly insurrection at the Capitol earlier this month, D.C.’s Mayor Bowser was unable to call in the National Guard to protect the city because she is not a Governor.
MVP announced it will seek individual stream crossing permits after a federal court issued an order last November staying previous approvals under the blanket Nationwide Permit 12
This month, First Lady Jill Biden made moves toward reviving the Joining Forces initiative, a program to support military service members, veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors, naming Rory Brosius as executive director of the initiative. Biden and then-First Lady Michelle Obama originally launched the program in 2011, focusing on three areas: employment, wellness, and education.
Washington, DC -- Yesterday, President Joe Biden announced immediate action to ensure the federal government is investing U.S. taxpayer dollars to support U.S. jobs. This executive order strengthens existing Buy American rules by closing loopholes to direct investment to domestic manufacturers and service providers.
This week, Sierra Club released a groundbreaking report and research tool, which grades utilities based on their plans to retire coal plants, stop building new gas plants, and invest in clean energy -- allowing readers to judge each utility’s climate progress and how it compares to what science demands.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Sierra Club and Radium Girls, are launching #StopForeverChemicals, a new social impact campaign aiming to ban toxic forever chemicals that never break down and are still used in household products today.
Sierra Club and partners including the Ohio Environmental Council, and individual Ohio residents represented by the AltmanNewman law firm, took action to stop the rollback of a critical environmental and public health rule instigated by the former Trump Administration.