Virginia Cramer is the communications manager for the Sierra Club's Our Wild America campaign.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The Senate today passed an emergency aid package as part of a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune issued the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A national emergency declaration was issued today to address the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The move should open the door to federal relief funding to assist state and local…
ALBANY -- The New York State Assembly unanimously passed the Outdoor Rx Act on February 13, 2020. The bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Didi Barrett (D-106), would lower barriers for veterans to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Westerman today introduced the Trillion Trees Act. The bill is one of three components of Republicans’ legislative attempts to address climate change. Trump has…
WASHINGTON— A federal judge on Tuesday overturned a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect northern long-eared bats as threatened rather than endangered under the Endangered…
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The Trump administration today will strip Clean Water Act protections for more than half the nation’s wetlands and millions of miles of streams-- numbers confirmed by the…
FT. LAUDERDALE-- Gov. Ron DeSantis today announced that the state will purchase 20,000 acres in Broward County from Kanter Real Estate. The state’s action follows tremendous public opposition to…
** Spanish-language version follows** Puerto Rico -- The earthquake of 6.4 that shook the island at dawn on January 7 again exposes the vulnerabilities of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (…
OAKLAND, CA -- Puerto Rico this morning was hit by a powerful earthquake that killed at least one person and injured many. It is the second large quake to strike the island in two days, part of a…
WASHINGTON, D.C -- Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), along with Representatives Steven Horsford (D-Nev.-04), Dina Titus (D-Nev.-01), Mark Amodei (R-Nev.-02) and Susie…