March 22, 2023
Westlake, LA - This morning, the Louisiana Department of Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental Protection (OSHEP) ordered Westlake residents to shelter-in-place due to a chemical leak
Press Releases
22 de marzo de 2023
Los representantes Raúl Grijalva y Barbara Lee y los senadores Tammy Duckworth y Cory Booker presentaron hoy la Ley A. Donald McEachin de Justicia Ambiental para Todos.
March 22, 2023
LONG BEACH, CA – In a stunning reversal of a trend set by cities like Los Angeles and Culver City to phase out oil drilling, Long Beach’s City Council voted unanimously to extend neighborhood drilling and postpone a phaseout.
March 22, 2023
Today Reps. Raúl Grijalva and Barbara Lee and Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Cory Booker introduced the A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act, addressing environmental justice, health equity, and climate justice for underserved communities.
March 22, 2023
Environmental justice and public health advocates from Illinois, New Jersey, and Texas will deliver over 7,000 public comments to EPA urging the agency to eliminate all unlawful loopholes from federal clean air rules.
March 21, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC — Sierra Club executive director Ben Jealous joined Third Act founder Bill McKibben, Greenpeace USA co-director Ebony Martin, and Rev. Lennox Yearwood, president and CEO of Hip Hop Caucus, today in Washington, DC, as part of a national day of action to stop dirty banks.
March 21, 2023
SACRAMENTO, CA – Environmental justice and climate advocates are calling for greater transparency and representation in California's application to the Department of Energy to become a “hydrogen hub,” saying the process so far has been opaque and prohibitive to meaningful community engagement.
21 de marzo de 2023
La Casa Blanca anunció hoy que el Presidente Biden va a designar Avi Kwa Ame en Nevada y Castner Range en Texas como los nuevos monumentos nacionales del país.
March 20, 2023
VIRTUAL -- This afternoon, as a part of the 2023 United Nations Water Conference, the Sierra Club will be hosting a conversation about decolonizing our waterways featuring Indigenous voices from the Southeastern US. Water is sacred to many tribal communities, tribes, and nations. To be climate resilient, we must fundamentally transform how we value water. Tribes, states, and localities have long contested legal rights to water resources. There are challenges unique to Indigenous communities in the Southeastern United States, yet their voices are rarely heard.
March 21, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the White House announced President Biden would designate Avi Kwa Ame in Nevada and Castner Range in Texas as the country’s newest national monuments. The designation immediately provides permanent protection for roughly 512,000 acres of Nevada and Texas landscapes that have deep spiritual connections to multiple Tribes, historical importance to numerous communities including veterans, and environmental importance to the region.