Cindy Carr is a Deputy Press Secretary for the following Sierra Club campaigns and programs: Democracy Program; Clean Water, Toxic Chemicals, and Climate Resilience Program; International Climate and Policy Campaign.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. and South Korea reached an agreement “in principle” on the six-year-old U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) in which, among other things, South Korea has…
LINK TO REPORT WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the second year in a row, the number of coal-fired power plants under development worldwide dropped steeply in 2017, led by major declines in China and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, reports broke that Matthew Masterson, the chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission -- which helps to protect U.S. election systems from possible cyber attacks…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, Cooke Aquaculture, a Canadian fish farm corporation, explicitly threatened to use the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to sue the U.S. government in a…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Earlier this week, France’s Foreign Minister and the European trade commissioner both said that the European Union will not negotiate any new trade agreements with any country…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump proclaimed that he had “ended the war on American energy,” the Washington Post reported Trump will be asking for a 72 percent budget cut for…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Supreme Court heard opening arguments in the Husted v. APRI case, which is seeking to illegally purge Ohio voting rolls. This case stands to set a nationwide precedent…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge John Michael Vazquez ruled that the 1982 consent decree limiting the Republican National Committee’s ability to challenge voters inside…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 along party lines to dismantle Net Neutrality, opening up the internet to be sold off to the highest corporate bidder. The…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Earlier today, reports indicated that the Koch brothers’ planned acquisition of the State Department is well underway with Trump’s imminent replacement of Secretary of State and…