Medhini Kumar is the Communications Manager for the Sierra Club's Our Wild America campaign. She is based in Washington, DC.
Washington, DC – Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced next steps for oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) per provisions outlined in the Inflation…
Washington, DC - Today, the Department of the Interior (DOI) outlined next steps for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to take related to oil and gas…
Washington, DC - Today, the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on the Public Lands and Waters Climate Leadership Act. This bill was introduced last week by…
Great Falls, MT—Conservation groups and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) yesterday reached a settlement agreement that will prevent new oil and gas drilling on 58,000 acres of public lands in…
WASHINGTON, DC — A federal judge in Wyoming affirmed the Biden administration’s decisions to postpone oil and gas lease sales in early 2021, holding that the federal government has broad authority to…
Washington, D.C. – Environmental groups delivered more than 122,000 public comments today urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to protect…
Denver, CO — Conservation groups and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management have finalized a legal agreement that will prevent new oil and gas leasing across 2.2 million acres of southwestern Colorado…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act, which includes the Environmental Justice for All Act, along with provisions to…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service initiated an emergency action to protect giant sequoias, in an area covering over 13,000 acres. In response, Athan…
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources moved forward Laura Daniel-Davis’ nomination to serve as the U.S. Department of the Interior’s assistant secretary for…