El Sierra Club lanzó hoy una campaña de anuncios digitales que urgen al liderazgo del Congreso a que apruebe asistencia económica para los trabajadores de la energía limpia como parte del próximo paquete de rescate económico en medio de la pandemia de COVID-19.
Sierra Club members and partners today will kick off a statewide week of action through an online screening of the documentary “We Neighbors,” this evening which focuses on the experiences of residents living near We Energies’ coal-fired power plants in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The week of action intends to engage people across the state through a series of virtual activities as unprecedented challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic have forced climate activists to rethink how the environmental movement operates. In July, activists at home from across Wisconsin advocated for an extension to the utility shut-off moratorium and won.
The Sierra Club launched a five figure digital advertising campaign today, targeting Congressional leadership to pass significant relief for clean energy workers in the next COVID-19 economic relief package.
Boston, M.A.-- The Massachusetts House voted on H.4912, a proposed rewrite of a Senate bill passed in January. The bill would create carbon emissions targets for 2030 and 2040, requiring the state to reduce emissions by 50% and 75% below 1990 levels respectively. The bill also would establish a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, create a clean energy equity workforce, and fund energy efficiency and weatherization upgrades for public housing, just to name a few. It was amended to include essential protections for environmental justice communities that are already suffering from environmental pollution and climate impacts.
La administración Trump emitió hoy una nueva propuesta que limitaría gravemente las protecciones de hábitat de especies en peligro de extinción.
La Corte Suprema rechazó variar una orden previa que permite a la administración Trump continuar temporalmente la construcción del muto fronterizo mientras que el proceso legal contra dicha construcción avanza en estamentos inferiores.
AUSTIN, TX - Today, the Sierra Club learned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requiring the State of Texas to finally submit a plan to address the sulfur pollution from Vistra Energy’s Martin Lake Power Plant in Rusk County, Texas.
WASHINGTON,D.C. --- The Trump administration today released a new proposal that would severely limit critical habitat protections for endangered wildlife. The proposal runs counter to warnings of scientists around the world who have identified habitat loss as the single largest driver of species imperilment and a major contributing factor to pandemics, such as COVID-19. The new proposed definition of “habitat” seeks to prevent former habitat from being designated as critical habitat, even when that habitat has irreplaceable characteristics vital to the recovery of a species. It would also prevent areas that will be the last refuge for species harmed by climate change from being designated as critical habitat until it’s too late.
Washington, DC -- Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R.7617, The Fiscal Year 2021 Minibus II, which provides $210 billion in emergency funding to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, invests in the clean energy industry, and provides funding for vote by mail. The bill also will prohibit the Army Corps of Engineers from finalizing its Record of Decision for the Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska.
In response, Sierra Club Deputy Legislative Director Kirin Kennedy released the following statement: