Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it will block the flood-protection standard promulgated by the Obama administration, which sought to protect Department-backed properties -- including Federal Housing Mortgages -- from repetitive losses caused by flood events.
In response, Sierra Club Legislative Director Melinda Pierce released the following statement:
On Tuesday, Cathy Stepp was named by the Trump administration to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s regional office in Chicago. Stepp was once the director of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources under Republican Gov. Scott Walker where she built a track record of rolling back environmental regulations.
Local consumers and clean energy advocates will gather for a holiday-themed protest in front of Indianapolis Power & Light (IPL) headquarters, because 2017 was a bad year for clean energy in Indiana and Indianapolis Power & Light is on the Clean Energy naughty list.
ATLANTA, GA —The state’s Public Service Commission today failed consumers by approving Georgia Power’s proposal to finish Plant Vogtle, a slipshod nuclear project plagued by multi-year construction delays, bankruptcy, and a cost that has ballooned to more than $25 billion.
Hartford, CT -- Today, 26 Connecticut legislators from both sides of the aisle sent a letter to Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Robert Klee urging DEEP to to fast track recommendations that will accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs).
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Sierra Club responded to the release of a bipartisan poll that found that sixty-eight percent of Americans oppose the Trump administration’s plan to more than double entry fees at some of our nation’s most iconic national parks.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn (R-TX) voted for and actively championed the deeply regressive congressional tax scheme, which authorizes drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge for the first time and slashes taxes for corporations and the richest Americans.
In response, Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter Reggie James released the following statement:
Washington, DC-- Bipartisan poll results released by the Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK) demonstrate that the public has major concerns with a proposal to raise entry fees at major national parks across the country. The proposed fee increase would affect some of the U.S.’s most beloved parks including Yellowstone, Shenandoah and Joshua Tree. Entrance fees would more than double, increasing to $70 per vehicle from $30.
A half dozen local consumers and clean energy advocates gathered in front of their electric utility’s headquarters to Carol for Clean Energy, telling Vectren they want renewable energy this holiday season, not fracked gas
Washington, DC -- Today, Scripps News reported that Donald Trump’s nominee for the Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Hartnett White, is distancing herself from her testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee.