Trump to Gut Rule Protecting America’s Clean Water
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump will sign an executive order to review and ultimately undo the Clean Water Rule. The rule protects millions of acres of wetlands and streams across the country…
Adam Beitman is the Sierra Club's deputy national press secretary, covering federal policy, politics, and international issues.
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Trump’s Attack on Clean Air and Climate Action Targets Policy that Saves Thousands of Lives & Billions of Dollars
Sep 12 2017
WASHINGTON, DC - Tomorrow, Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to begin the process of repealing several Obama-era actions tackling the climate crisis and protecting clean air and…
SCIENTISTS RESIGN FROM EPA IN PROTEST
Sep 12 2017
WASHINGTON, DC - As reported by POLITICO Pro, scientists resigned today from an EPA advisory panel in protest of Administrator Scott Pruitt’s recent decision not to reappoint nine members of the…
Statement: Exiting or Weakening Paris Agreement Would Be a Disaster for U.S.
Sep 12 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following reports that Donald Trump is considering pulling out of the Paris agreement at the behest of the nationalist and fossil fuel factions of his administration, Sierra Club…
Trump Wants to Put Lobbyist for Polluters in Charge of Enforcing Anti-Pollution Laws
Sep 12 2017
WASHINGTON, DC - According to reporting from The Intercept, Susan Bodine, whom Donald Trump nominated on May 12 to be assistant administrator for the EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance…
What Happened to Reverend Yearwood at the Science March was an Injustice, Plain and Simple
Sep 12 2017
WASHINGTON, DC - Environmental Justice champion Reverend Lennox Yearwood posted to Huffington Post today and described in graphic detail how he was “assaulted, roughed up, and detained” by a police…
Despite WH Briefing, Trump Absolutely Not Serious on Climate Change
Sep 12 2017
Washington, D.C. -- White House Homeland Security Advisory Tom Bossert, when pressed on the increased severity and frequency of Hurricanes by a White House reporter, just told the American people…
Pruitt Eliminates Climate Adaptation and Threatens Recovery Efforts Amid Two Massive Hurricanes
Sep 12 2017
Washington, D.C. -- In the wake of Hurricane Harvey’s devastation along the Gulf Coast and Hurricane Irma’s havoc in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean and pending threats in Florida, Scott Pruitt has…
Trump Speech Exposes Ignorance or Malice on Environment
Sep 12 2017
Mandan, ND -- Donald Trump’s tax speech showed that he continues to deceive the public about his own environmental policies when he claimed, in contrast to everything he has done in office, that he…