Jonathon Berman is a Sierra Club communications manager.
Mar 6 2021
Washington, DC -- Today, after hours of failed delay tactics from Senate Republicans, Democrats advanced H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package. The bill, which…
Feb 27 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Earlier this morning, House Democrats advanced H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package. The package, which the Sierra Club and partner…
Feb 25 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm was confirmed by the United States Senate to be Energy Secretary in the Biden Administration. In response, Melinda Pierce,…
Feb 4 2021
Washington, DC -- Today, after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy refused to act, Congress passed H.Res. 72, stripping Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14) of her assignments to the Education and…
Jan 27 2021
Washington, DC -- Today, President Biden will take significant executive action to marshal the entire federal government to address the climate crisis in a just and equitable manner. In response,…
Jan 20 2021
Washington, DC -- Today, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as President and Vice President of the United States. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the…
Jan 15 2021
Washington, DC -- Today, President-elect Joe Biden announced his planned appointments to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). This office will provide scientific expertise on a number…
Jan 13 2021
Washington, DC -- Today, every single House Democrat and 10 Republicans voted to impeach Donald Trump for the second time. Following last week’s attack on our democracy, the Sierra Club called for…
Jan 7 2021
“Yesterday, the world watched as armed white supremacists -- fueled by Donald Trump, Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, and Congressional Republican leadership’s actions and rhetoric -- mounted a failed coup.…
Jan 6 2021
“This country belongs to all of us. When our Black friends and neighbors put their bodies on the line in the pursuit of justice, militarized police forces are immediately deployed and encouraged to…