15 de junio de 2022
La Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) anunció hoy una dramática revisión de los límites en los niveles en el agua de cuatro venenos químicos llamados PFAS.
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June 13, 2022
Today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the license for SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy Vehicle, which would result in a large expansion of the launch facility’s operations in South Texas’ Boca Chica Beach, despite the Rio Grande Valley community and environmental advocates' consistent and vocal opposition to the destructive rocket project.
June 10, 2022
A new report on the potential impacts of Plaquemines LNG was released and sent this morning in a set of joint comments from Sierra Club and Healthy Gulf to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which urge the agency to deny the facility’s request to produce an additional 3.2 MTPA (million metric tons per year) of fracked gas. The organizations also argue that FERC must prepare a new Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that fully analyzes the facility’s potential impact on the environment, climate, and environmental justice communities in the construction of the Plaquemines LNG export terminal.
June 8, 2022
Sierra Club and other public health and environmental groups sued EPA to ensure that the agency takes timely action to reduce ozone pollution across the country. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, on behalf of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, Downwinders at Risk, HEAL Utah, and Sierra Club, represented by Earthjustice.
June 6, 2022
ARIZONA – Today the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) reaffirmed its April decision in a 3 to 2 vote, denying a rehearing for a certificate of environmental compatibility for Salt River Project's proposed expansion of the gas-fired Coolidge Generating Station. In May, SRP filed for a rehearing, and today's renewed decision closes out the saga at the ACC. Any further action by SRP will need to be pursued in Superior Court.
June 2, 2022
ARIZONA – Sierra Club has filed a suit against Arizona utility Salt River Project (SRP) in the Superior Court of Arizona for violating Arizona's Public Records Act by withholding critical information about the utility's power generation and planning process. SRP's lack of transparency harms Arizona's communities, eroding trust customers may have had in their utility.
May 22, 2022
During its first meeting since adding five newly-elected members, the Sierra Club’s Board of Directors advanced a forward-thinking agenda of climate justice, environmental protection and social transformation this weekend – and passed a new policy endorsing “comprehensive, voluntary reproductive health care for all.”
10 de mayo de 2022
El Sierra Club aplaude la inversión del Servicio Nacional de Parques de $61 millones en cruciales parques y espacios verdes urbanos en 26 ciudades de todo el país.
May 5, 2022
The Sierra Club and Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas joined local environmental group SaveRGV in suing the Texas General Land Office, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, and Cameron County for closing Boca Chica Beach for SpaceX operations. Restricting access to a public beach, as the defendants have done, violates the Texas Constitution.
May 5, 2022
Washington, D.C. - Today, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced the appointment of Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome to be CEQ’s Senior Director for Environmental Justice. In this historic role, Dr. White-Newsome will advise Chair Mallory on environmental justice policy and help advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s bold and historic commitment to leverage the force of the full federal government in advancing environmental justice.
25 de abril de 2022
El Sierra Club lanza su primer calculador bilingüe que permite a consumidores latinos calcular el impacto energético en sus hogares. El calculador bilingüe está disponible para el celular y la computadora.
21 de abril de 2022
Este Día de la Tierra, miles de miembros del Sierra Club y sus aliados y activistas se van a lanzar a las calles y por medio del arte e instarán al Presidente Biden y al Congreso a que cumplan sus promesas de invertir seriamente en el combate contra la crisis climática, la dificultad de pagar por bienes y servicios, y la rampante injusticia social.