November 19, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on the Trump Administration’s illegal attempt to erode section 401 of the Clean Water Act.
Press Releases
November 19, 2019
WASHINGTON,D.C. -- Today the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed the Restore Our Parks Act (S. 500), the Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act (S. 1081) and the Conservation of America’s Shoreline Terrain and Aquatic Life (COASTAL) Act out of committee.
November 19, 2019
On Thursday at 11am PT, local Baldwin Hills residents will be joined by environmental advocates to deliver thousands of petition signatures to the LA County Department of Regional Planning calling for stronger protections for communities living near the Inglewood Oil Field.
November 18, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC - Tax writers in the House of Representatives have released a package of clean energy tax credits for critical technologies which must be brought to scale. The Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act includes incentives for clean, renewable energy solutions including solar, offshore wind, battery storage, energy efficiency, and electric vehicles.
November 18, 2019
ANNAPOLIS, MD. - Today, the Sierra Club, joined by the Maryland League of Conservation Voters, Interfaith Power & Light and Delegate Kumar Barve, released a bipartisan poll showing Marylanders overwhelmingly want to move beyond coal and into a clean energy future. The poll, conducted by Ferguson Research and Hart Research Associates, found that 70% of Marylanders want to transition the state off dirty coal and move to clean energy sources like wind and solar.
November 18, 2019
Washington, DC -- This morning, just ahead of tomorrow’s Democratic debate in Atlanta, Georgia, the Sierra Club Political Committee unveiled its first political television ad of the 2020 cycle.
November 17, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Sierra Club’s Executive Director Michael Brune, Attorney General of Connecticut William Tong, Assistant Attorney General of Michigan Peter Manning, and local voices will speak against the Trump Administration’s illegal attempt to erode section 401 of the Clean Water Act during a telepresser the morning of a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing.
November 17, 2019
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The Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, will be in federal court in Oakland, California, on Wednesday, November 20, at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) to block imminent border wall construction using $3.6 billion in unauthorized military construction funds. Construction using the funds is expected to begin as soon as next Friday, November 22nd.
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November 15, 2019
[WASHINGTON, DC] -- Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and fracked gas pipeline. This project has faced fierce opposition for more than a decade by a grassroots coalition of impacted landowners, anglers, small business owners, tribal members, health professionals, and communities across Oregon and Northern California.
November 15, 2019
The Sierra Club filed an amicus brief with the Ingham County Circuit Court today in support of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit seeking to permanently decommission part of Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline.