Today, the US House of Representatives passed the Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act in a xx-xx vote— a package of conservation bills that will collectively protect 2.7 million acres of wild lands, waters, green space and recreation areas across the country. Read the bills included in the package and support from organizations here. The bill now heads to the Senate.
The Nevada Assembly introduced yesterday AJR3, a resolution in support of protecting 30 percent of the lands and waters in Nevada by 2030 as a necessary step to protect natural systems and mitigate the climate and extinction crises. The resolution also calls for the establishment of the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument and the permanent protection of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge from the threat of military expansion.
California-- Today, the Biden administration announced that its Department of the Interior will not go forward with an eleventh-hour Trump-era plan to eliminate millions of acres of protections for California’s deserts within the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP).
In response, Jenny Binstock, Senior Campaign Representative for Sierra Club’s Our Wild America Campaign in California, released the following statement:
El secretario del Interior en funciones, Scott de la Vega, rescindió una orden que eliminó efectivamente el programa de Asociación del Legado de Recreo en la Naturaleza (ORLP).
The U.S. Senate is gearing up for a confirmation hearing on President Biden’s pick for Interior Secretary, Rep. Deb Haaland. The Department of the Interior manages the country’s national parks and approximately 450 million acres of public lands, oversees wildlife and other conservation efforts, and upholds Federal trust responsibilities to Indigenous communities. Haaland would be the first Indigenous Interior Secretary. Her professional and lived experience and her clear-eyed view of the choices facing our public lands should win her confirmation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Acting Secretary of the Interior Scott de la Vega rescinded a Trump-era secretarial order that effectively eliminated the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program. In one of its final acts under former President Donald Trump, the Department of the Interior quietly eliminated the ORLP program, which uses funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to support parks and greenspace projects in cities, urban areas, and historically underserved communities, directing resources where they were most needed.
Utah— Today, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Sierra Club released a report that highlights how the America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act would play a vital role in slowing the extinction and climate crises.
Utah— On Thursday, Feb. 4, climate experts will host a telepresser to release a new report on how the America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act would play a vital role in slowing the extinction and climate crises, and helping to achieve the Biden administration’s goal of protecting 30% of America’s lands and waters by 2030.
El Presidente Biden emitió una orden ejecutiva para avanzar la conservación, agricultura y reforestación. Una parte crucial es el Cuerpo Climático Civil —inspirado en el Cuerpo de Conservación Civil de Franklin D. Roosevelt.
As part of promised swift action on the climate, today the Biden Administration is expected to announce it will pause new oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters, review existing leases and permits, and increase offshore wind renewable energy development. Taken together with the existing 60-day pause on fossil fuel development, which includes an examination of the federal coal leasing program, the order makes significant progress in addressing climate emissions from public lands.
El Presidente Biden firmó ayer una orden ejecutiva que rescinde la declaración de emergencia nacional de Donald Trump que usó para imponer un muro fronterizo con fondos militares.