DENVER, Colo. - Just days after announcing the U.S. will exit the Paris climate agreement, the Trump administration today pushed ahead with plans for another damaging action: a plan to approve Arch Coal’s proposal to lease 1,700 acres of roadless wildlands in the Gunnison National Forest for mining 17 million tons of coal.
CHICAGO, IL -- Illinois state legislators announced today a series of legislative proposals that would block any weakened environmental and worker protection standards from taking effect in Illinois, and also respond to President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Secretary of the Interior Zinke has announced a review of federal and state plans for managing sage grouse across the West. The current plans are the result of years of collaboration between a host of stakeholders from ranchers to environmentalists, state and local agencies, and are intended to save the Greater Sage Grouse before it becomes endangered.
In response, Lena Moffitt, senior director of the Sierra Club’s Our Wild America campaign issued the following statement.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Attorney General Sessions has issued another anti-environmental directive, this time blocking money from going toward environmental cleanups and other community assistance projects as part of federal agency settlements.
Cincinnati, OH -- Today, Donald Trump delivered a speech on the banks of the Ohio River, the most polluted river in the country. Trump failed to mention the booming clean energy sector, which is the fastest growing job market in the country.
O’Neill, NE -- Today, Nebraska landowners and other pipeline opponents attended the second of two public hearings held by the state Public Service Commission (PSC) to voice their serious concerns about the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the media broke the news that Donald Trump’s EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, will illegally attempt to delay the implementation of the 2015 smog pollution standard by one year, yielding to the demands of polluters and their political allies.
In response, Mary Anne Hitt, Director of Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign, released the following statement:
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Santa Barbara, California today became the 30th and 31st cities in the country to commit to transition to 100 percent clean and renewable energy.
Harrisburg, PA--The Pennsylvania State Senate passed SB 624 today, which creates an exemption to an 80 year old law that protects streams and water supplies. The bill would allow mining companies to predictably damage or pollute streams based on a promise to clean them up later, instead of preventing the damage in the first place. Additionally a portion of the bill states that the act shall retroactively apply to permits that were the subject of an appeal and heard by the Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) after June 30, 2016.
ATLANTA, GA -- Today, the Sierra Club launched a new mail program in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District in support of Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff. The program is designed to reach 41,000 voters in advance of the June 20 run-off, particularly targeting those who did not vote in the general election.