May 28, 2021
Biden’s Request Includes Largest Investment in Environmental Justice Ever, Expands Key Climate Action, Equity, Healthcare and Pandemic Preparedness Funding
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April 28, 2021
Washington, DC -- Tonight, President Biden will give his first joint address to Congress. In his address, the president is expected to speak about his administration’s response to the ongoing pandemic and the work that lies ahead.
January 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, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
January 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 following statement:
February 28, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Civil Liberties Union, Sierra Club, and Southern Border Communities Coalition today filed a new lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s transfer of an additional $3.8 billion in military funds for border wall construction. Congress did not authorize the funds.
February 19, 2020
Bakersfield, CA— Today, reports suggest that Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Bernhardt will officially grant a permanent contract to Westlands Water District to divert water from California’s Central Valley to wealthy agricultural interests. Sec.
January 13, 2020
Washington, DC-- Today,the Washington Post reported that Trump will “divert an additional $7.2 billion in Pentagon funding for border wall construction this year, five times what Congress authorized him to spend on the project in the 2020 budget.” Trump is using a national emergency declaration to continue moving tens of billions of dollars from national security budgets to fund
November 11, 2019
San Francisco, CA-- Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments on a challenge to President Trump’s abuse of emergency powers to take border wall funds Congress denied. The lawsuit, Sierra Club v. Trump, was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition.
November 5, 2019
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On Tuesday, November 12th, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments on a challenge to President Trump’s abuse of emergency powers to take border wall funds Congress denied. The lawsuit, Sierra Club v. Trump, was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition.
July 12, 2019
Washington, DC-- Today, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to lift a district court order permanently blocking the administration from building Trump’s border wall using military funds unauthorized by Congress.
June 19, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- In the midst of intense public pressure for action on the climate crisis, Donald Trump and his EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler nevertheless moved backward today by finalizing the Trump Administration's plan to roll back the Clean Power Plan, the first-ever safeguards to curb carbon pollution from existing power plants.
April 4, 2019
Calexico, CA-- Tomorrow, Donald Trump will visit the US-Mexico border in Southern California to promote his border wall.