Washington D.C.-- Today the Second Global Grassroots Leaders Climate Summit concluded after four days of virtual conversations among grassroots leaders from 44 organizations and across 20 countries in the Global South. Leaders and activists offered first-hand accounts and insight into how the climate crisis is threatening the health and safety of their communities and delivered specific demands directly to US officials ahead of the Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders’ Summit and the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow (COP26).
WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a CNN Town Hall last night, President Biden advanced his position of preserving $150B in climate funding that had been dedicated to a Clean Electricity Performance Program and potentially repurposing the funds for other climate action priorities to reduce emissions as part of his negotiations with Senator Joe Manchin.
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Reuters reported that Toyota’s Chief Scientist made remarks casting doubt on the need for a full transition to all-electric vehicles at the Reuters Events Automotive Summit, a global meeting that unites CEOs and board members from auto manufacturers to set the stage of the automotive industry.
Today, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), led by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, released a highly anticipated report laying out recommendations for mitigating climate risks to the economy, as directed by President Biden’s May Executive Order.
Conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service today to stop exploratory drilling in California’s eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains that threatens an endangered fish and a dwindling population of bi-state sage grouse.
The Maine Chapter of the Sierra Club endorsed Our Power’s groundbreaking effort to put power back in people’s hands by creating a statewide, consumer-owned utility (COU). The 2022 ballot referendum would create The Pine Tree Power Company, a locally-owned, not-for-profit electric utility for parts of Maine currently served by Central Maine Power (CMP) and Versant.
Today, the Outdoors Alliance for Kids called on Congress to maintain full funding for critical outdoors programs in the final version of the federal reconciliation bill. The package drafted by the House of Representatives includes nearly $35 billion in funding for federal programs to support community tree planting, urban parks development, nearby nature access, and youth access to the outdoors and nature. While these programs are popular and necessary for taking on the climate crisis, their full funding is being threatened by potential cuts to the $3.5 trillion package.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - In the wake of a New York Times report on the uncertain fate of a major climate provision of the Build Back Better Act relating to Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the Sierra Club once again urged Senator Sinema today to make her position on funding for climate initiatives in the bill public and clear for her constituents.
This week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources held a hearing on a series of bills, including Senator Padilla’s PUBLIC Lands Act (S.1459). The legislation would protect more than one million acres of public lands and well over 500 miles of rivers in California’s Northwest, Central Coast, and Los Angeles regions. Senator Padilla testified in support of the legislation in the hearing.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Senate Republicans filibustered a procedural vote on critical voting rights legislation for the third time this year. The Freedom To Vote Act, which is an updated version of the wildly popular For The People Act, is regarded as the most significant anti-corruption and voting rights bill in generations.