Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump’s Department of Justice filed a motion announcing its intention to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s safeguards for hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The DOJ has asked the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to hold the Obama administration's appeal defending the rule in abeyance while they rescind the rule.
SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz and Sen. Mike Lee on Monday announced that they would use an extreme and obscure legislative maneuver called the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overrule common sense clean air protections for Utah national parks. Chaffetz began by introducing legislation in the House to repeal the Regional Haze Rule for Utah.
WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, new findings revealed the Environmental Protection Agency programs that will be most affected by the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts, including a 97% budget cut for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI).
Washington, DC -- Today, in a vote along party lines, Senate Republicans used the Congressional Review Act to scrap the Obama administration’s Bureau of Land Management’s Planning 2.0.
In response, Sierra Club Lands Protection program Director Athan Manuel released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate voted to confirm Rep. Ryan Zinke as Secretary of the Department of the Interior.
His confirmation will be followed by a rally today at noon outside the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. The rally will demonstrate people’s love of the outdoors and the fierce expectation that Secretary Zinke stand firm against those seeking to undermine the new Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Donald Trump will release a budget outline that will reportedly slash funding for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Interior.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
The U.S. House of Representatives 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, including not only national wildlife refuge lands, but also national park lands in Denali and other places.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Environment and Public Works committee today is scheduled to hold a hearing on ‘modernizing’ the Endangered Species Act.
The House Homeland Security Committee today is holding a hearing to discuss security at the Southern border of the United States. Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly is expected to testify about his plans for the border.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Senate today confirmed Gov. Sonny Perdue as head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In addition to farming, agriculture, and food programs, the U.S.D.A. is responsible for the nation’s forests, including the U.S. Forest Service.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
Deadhorse, Alaska -- A British Petroleum (BP) oil and gas well on Alaska’s Northern Slope that blew out on Friday continues to spill crude oil and gas uncontrollably. No one was injured when the well blew out.
This disaster comes on the heels of two spills in Alaska’s Cook inlet and less than a week before the seven year anniversary of BP’s Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico.