WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Sunday, for the first time in the Sierra Club’s 125-year history, an all female executive committee was elected. The Sierra Club Board of Directors elected Loren Blackford of New York as the new board president. Aaron…
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Lower 9th Ward: Rightfully Returned
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the D.C. Circuit Court put a temporary 60 day suspension on any decision on litigation over the Clean Power Plan, asking for additional briefings on the question of whether the Court should remand the case to the EPA…
Annapolis, MD -- Green For All, Free Your Voice, GreenLatinos, Maryland Environmental Health Network, Chispa Maryland of the Maryland League of Conservation Voters, Dr.
SB 393--a bill which would have allowed non evidence-based information to be taught in the K-12 science classroom and would have blocked school boards from intervening to stop science miseducation-- was pulled from the House floor agenda and will…