January 20, 2021
Washington, DC -- After taking the oath of office, President Joe Biden will take swift action on the climate crisis, including executing a moratorium on all oil and gas operations in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Press Releases
January 20, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Biden is signing a series of executive orders and actions that immediately launch a sweeping rebuke of the Trump administration and begin the process of tackling the climate crisis. In addition to bringing the United States back into the international community by re-joining the Paris Agreement and rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline, a slew of other strong executive actions spanning the whole of government includes:
January 20, 2021
Hastings, NE – Following President Joe Biden’s executive action on the proposed TC Energy Keystone XL pipeline announced on Wednesday, the unlikely coalition of Indigenous groups, affected landowners, and environmental groups that have been fighting the proposed project for more than ten years released the following statements:
January 20, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, President Joe Biden will fulfill his promise to start the process of rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement on day one of his presidency. According to the terms of the agreement, the U.S. will legally re-enter in 30 days, on February 19, 2021. Nearly 70 percent of Americans, including a majority in all 50 states, support the U.S. participating in the Paris Agreement.
January 20, 2021
Washington, DC -- Today, President Joe Biden will begin taking immediate action on the climate crisis, including rescinding the “presidential permit” for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, killing the controversial proposed project once and for all.
January 20, 2021
Washington, DC -- Today, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as President and Vice President of the United States.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
January 19, 2021
Biden will consider restoring protections for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine Monument
January 19, 2021
Sierra Club and Earthjustice filed a lawsuit against EPA after former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler (for the next 24 hours) declined to correct the legal limit for dangerous particulate matter pollution, also known as soot. Wheeler had instead decided to retain the flawed 2012 standard despite medical evidence that the 2012 standard fails to protect public health.
January 19, 2021
NEW YORK— National environmental groups filed a lawsuit today in the Southern District of New York challenging the Trump administration’s reinterpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which eliminated longstanding, vital protections for more than 1,000 species of waterfowl, raptors and songbirds.