Los Angeles, CA -- This morning, local Baldwin Hills residents and environmental advocates delivered thousands of petition signatures to the LA County Department of Regional Planning calling for stronger health and safety protections for communities living near the Inglewood Oil Field.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Donald McEachin (VA-4) introduced the 100% Clean Economy Act, a bill that seeks to move America to a 100 percent clean economy with net-zero emissions by 2050 across all sectors of the economy, including transportation, buildings, and manufacturing, as specified by the IPCC. The bill would also create a commission representative of workforce and environmental justice issues to provide recommendations to Congress.
Washington, DC -- Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced federal approvals of three controversial fracked gas export terminals - Texas LNG, Rio Grande LNG, Rio Bravo Pipeline, and Annova LNG - proposed for Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. Despite today’s approval from FERC, the proposed facilities still do not have all the necessary approvals to begin construction. All three projects still require approval from the Army Corps of Engineers, Texas LNG is still awaiting a Biological Opinion from the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As reported in Forbes today, the Sierra Club joined a coalition of European NGOs, including Europe's leading clean transport campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E), in the launch of a global campaign targeting ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft for their worsening environmental footprint.
The Trump administration released its Unified Agenda, a timeline of rollbacks it is hoping to achieve by the end of the term. The agenda provides a timeline for finalizing attacks on methane and PFAS pollution protections to the dirty power scam, the clean car standards and public lands protections.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the House Natural Resources Committee took up legislation to designate new wilderness in California, Washington, and Colorado. Included in the bills passed out of committee are the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act (H.R. 2199); San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act (H.R. 2215); Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act (H.R. 2250); Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (H.R. 2642); the Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019 (H.R. 2546); and the Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act (H.R. 1708).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Sierra Club launched online ads drawing attention to automaker hypocrisy and greenwashing this week during the Los Angeles Auto Show, which opens to the public on Nov. 21.
WASHINGTON, DC - The race to capture Climate Voters is steady as the three leading candidates maintain stable positions, including Joe Biden (32%, +1 point from last month) Elizabeth Warren (24%, -1 point) and Bernie Sanders (18%, -1 point). The most significant movement in the 5th round of the Morning Consult poll for the Sierra Club finds Mayor Pete Buttigieg rising to fourth place (11%, +6 points).
Minneapolis, MN— Today, The Beautywell Project and the Sierra Club’s Gender, Equity & Environment Program launched a media campaign targeting major online retailer Amazon to stop selling skin lightening creams that contain illegal levels of mercury.
NEW YORK CITY--Today, the Sierra Club with the North American Megadam Resistance Alliance, UPROSE and Indigenous community members hosted a panel discussing the negative impacts of large hydropower dams. The forum brought stories from the frontlines of Canadian megadam resistance to New York at a time when the state is considering Hydro-Quebec as part of the OneNYC plan to address climate change.