December 13, 2019
Today, the nation's largest and most influential environmental groups sent a joint letter to members of Congress urging them to vote no on Trump's NAFTA 2.0.
December 11, 2019
Following yesterday’s release of Trump’s revised NAFTA 2.0, the Sierra Club evaluated the newly-updated text against the fundamental changes the environmental community has repeatedly called for. (See here for a two-page environmental analysis of the revised deal.) The revised deal fails on each of the 7 core environmental priorities that the Sierra Club and other leading environmental organizations have consistently named, most recently in a joint letter to Congress sent on Monday.
December 10, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, the Trump administration signed a tentative deal with Mexico and Canada to make revisions to Trump’s NAFTA 2.0. While details of the deal are still pending, a factsheet from the House Ways and Means Committee indicates that the deal’s core environmental failures have not been resolved.
June 27, 2019
GENEVA -- Today, the World Trade Organization (WTO) sided with India in response to the country’s 2016 WTO complaint against U.S. buy-local policies in eight state-level clean energy programs.
April 18, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) released its analysis on the economic consequences of Donald Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 trade deal.
March 26, 2019
Washington, DC -- Today, Mitch McConnell’s rushed political ploy to force a vote on Senator Markey and Representative Ocasio-Cortez’ nonbinding Green New Deal resolution prior to formal legislation being drafted or any hearings being held backfired. Rather than creating a political wedge, the theatrics and misinformation pushed by Senate Republicans exposed their lack of a sensible plan to combat climate change.
February 12, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Senator Mitch McConnell announced that, in a cynical political ploy, he will rush a vote on the Green New Deal resolution proposed by Senator Markey and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rather than allowing it to go through the hearings and legislative process it was intended to have. This news comes after McConnell pushed to keep a costly and unreliable coal plant open, at the expense of his own constituents.
February 11, 2019
Last week, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey, along with 66 House representatives and 10 Senators, introduced their highly-lauded Green New Deal resolution, which seeks to tackle the climate crisis, create millions of good, high-wage jobs, secure clean air and water, and counteract systemic injustices.
February 7, 2019
Today, Senator Markey and Representative Ocasio-Cortez released their highly anticipated Green New Deal resolutions in the House and Senate. This bold plan seeks to tackle the climate crisis, create millions of good, high-wage jobs, secure clean air and water, and counteract systemic injustices. The resolution, which already has more than 60 original resolution cosponsors, has been overwhelmingly positive across the board. Here’s just a snapshot of what people have been saying.
February 6, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Senator Ed Markey and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced joint resolutions in the Senate and House, respectively, that unveiled a bold plan for a Green New Deal to tackle the climate crisis, create millions of good, high-wage jobs, secure clean air and water, and counteract systemic injustices. The Sierra Club endorsed these Green New Deal resolutions and is mobilizing its more than 3.5 million members and supporters to encourage broad congressional backing for the resolutions.