June 8, 2023
As insurers abandon communities facing rising climate threats from the Gulf Coast to California, fears of an uninsurability crisis in the US are growing.
Press Releases
June 9, 2023
BOSTON, MA. – On Tuesday June 6, nine influential state environmental groups hosted a well-attended legislative briefing covering bills that, if passed, will establish a moratorium on new, large gas infrastructure and a climate change superfund of $75 billion over 25 years from profits of Massachusetts’ big corporate polluters.
June 8, 2023
Washington, DC – Earlier this week, the chief economist of the AFL-CIO and former chair of the economics department at Howard University, assistant secretary for the Department of Labor, and advisor for Congress and the Federal Reserve, William Spriggs passed away.
June 8, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of Black voters in Allen v. Milligan, holding that Alabama’s racially gerrymandered 2021 voting map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), which prohibits voting rules that result in the denial or abridgment of the right to vote on account of race.
June 8, 2023
Washington, DC – Today, the Department of the Interior announced $63.8 million to plug and clean up orphaned oil and gas wells located in national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges, and on other public lands and waters.
June 8, 2023
Washington, DC – Today, the Department of the Interior announced $63.8 million to plug and clean up orphaned oil and gas wells located in national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges, and on other public lands and waters.
June 7, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced the Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act. This bipartisan bill directs the Department of Energy to undertake a study comparing the emissions intensity of certain goods produced in the United States to the emissions intensity of those goods produced in other countries.
June 6, 2023
Denver, CO - Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed SB23-198 "Clean Energy Plans'' into law this week, which will reduce air pollution from the electricity sector and advance the state's goal of 100 percent renewable energy by 2040. The bill was sponsored by Senators Winter and Cutter and Representatives Weissman and Lindstedt.
June 5, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Sierra Club welcomed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's Friday announcement of new actions to protect the Greater Chaco region and said it should be part of a new focus on prioritizing conservation on federal public lands. Haaland unveiled a new order withdrawing public lands within a 10-mile radius of Chaco Culture National Historical Park for a period of 20 years.
June 4, 2023
Lake Charles, LA — Over the weekend, residents of Southwest Louisiana experienced three industrial emergencies. A fire, reportedly caused by a lightning strike, burned from yesterday afternoon until early this morning at the Calcasieu Refining Company, an oil refinery in Lake Charles.