November 2, 2017
WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, the AP reported that Sam Clovis, Donald Trump’s nominee for the Department of Agriculture’s Chief Science Adviser decided to withdraw his nomination.
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October 26, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on the FY18 budget resolution (216-212) which advances drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
October 11, 2017
The House Natural Resources Committee today will take up legislation by Rep. Bishop that would essentially gut the Antiquities Act. The bill, HR 3990, would create a de-facto ‘no more parks’ policy. The legislation is a continuation of the Trump administration’s ongoing attempts to sell out public lands to corporate polluters-- attempts also to be addressed by the committee today as it takes up legislation from Rep. Grijalva, H. Res. 555, to force President Trump and Interior Secretary Zinke to make public information related to Zinke’s sham review of national monuments across the country.
October 9, 2017
WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt made a statement that federal tax credits for the wind and solar industries should be eliminated.
In response, Jodie Van Horn, Director of Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 Campaign, released the following statement:
October 5, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC -- Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate budget committee both passed budget resolutions that open the door to oil drilling in the sensitive coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.The resolution includes instructions to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to generate $1 billion over 10 years for the federal budget, instructions that will likely lead to drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic Refuge.
September 14, 2017
WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an omnibus bill to address funding the government through next year. Among the many ways it puts American families and their well-being at risk, the deal slashes funding for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Interior.
In response, Sierra Club’s Associate Legislative Director Kirin Kennedy released the following statement:
September 12, 2017
The House Natural Resources Committee today will take up a series of anti-wildlife and endangered species bills. The extreme bills undermine the role of science in endangered species decisions, reduce government accountability and collectively gut the Endangered Species Act, one of the country’s most successful conservation laws.
January 3, 2017
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are expected to take up a slurry bills this week aimed at stripping away vital clean air and water protections that safeguard public health.
January 10, 2017
Today, President Elect Donald Trump held his first press conference since July 27, 2016 while the Senate Foreign Relations committee held a hearing on his nominee for Secretary of State, former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson.
January 5, 2017
In Response to comments made by Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) about Donald Trump’s EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt, Bill Price, a Sierra Club organizer and public health advocate in Charleston, West Virginia, released the following statement.
March 20, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a move championed by Rep. Young and Senator Murkowski, the Senate today passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Alaska National Wildlife Refuges Rule. Voiding the rule undermines the management of public lands in Alaska, ceding control of wildlife management on national public lands to a narrow set of extreme hunting interests.
March 14, 2017
Los Angeles, CA -- Today, the Sierra Club, the California League of Conservation Voters and the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund announced their joint endorsement of Jimmy Gomez in the special election for California’s 34th congressional district, scheduled for April 4th.