SAN FRANCISCO (April 11, 2019) – This Earth Month, the Sierra Club -- the nation’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization -- has partnered with the stop-motion animated film, Missing Link. The partnership is designed to inspire audiences to visit sc.org/missinglink to join a Sierra Club outing near them. Missing Link opens nationwide April 12
Today, the Senate voted to confirm former fossil fuel lobbyist David Bernhardt as Secretary of the Interior.
Duke's claim that the appeal is in the interest of its ratepayers rings hollow given the company's intention to profit off its cleanup costs. And the ratepayers Duke pretends to care so much about include the same people whose waters have been polluted by coal ash.
Today, only miles from two recent environmental tragedies, Donald Trump signed an executive order that would erode bedrock protections for water and communities while seeking to roll back commonsense safeguards contained in the Clean Water Act
Despite assurances from disgraced former Trump Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that offshore drilling would be off limits in Florida, POLITICO reports that Donald Trump was “upset” by that announcement, and that industry lobbyists have confirmed that “For all intents and purposes, it’s done” -- and drilling in Florida is included in Trump’s upcoming nationwide plan.
CHICAGO, IL -- On Wednesday, the Chicago City Council unanimously voted to establish the goal of transitioning the entire city to 100 percent clean, renewable energy, like wind and solar, by 2035. Chicago becomes the largest city in the country to make this commitment, following cities like St. Louis, Madison, Atlanta, and San Francisco.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate voted to approve the nomination of Patrick Wyrick to a lifetime seat on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Congressman Matt Cartwright (D-PA) and Hal Rogers (R-KY) introduced the bipartisan RECLAIM Act today in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Members of the Greater Chaco Coalition are applauding New Mexico Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and New Mexico Congressman Ben Ray Lujan and Congresswoman Deb Haaland for re-introducing the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019 in the U.S. Senate and House, and for their efforts to safeguard cultural resources, community health, and environmental justice.
MISSOULA, MT -- Last night, the Missoula City Council unanimously voted to adopt a resolution to move the city’s electricity to 100 percent clean, renewable sources by 2030. Missoula becomes the first city in Montana, a state whose energy mix is 49 percent from coal, to adopt the goal.