15 de junio de 2020
La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos dictó hoy que los trabajadores LGBTQ están protegidos en virtud del Título VII de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964.
Press Releases
June 15, 2020
SAN DIEGO -- Late last week, the Sierra Club and six other environmental groups won an important case involving the County of San Diego’s Climate Action Plan.
June 15, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that LGBTQ workers are protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
June 15, 2020
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision that limited the U.S. Forest Service’s authority to issue a permit to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP)
June 8, 2020
Hop Hopkins, Director of Strategic Partnerships for Sierra Club is out with a powerful piece in Sierra Magazine detailing the inextricable connection between the climate crisis and white supremacy. In the piece, he details the intersectionality between the white colonizermentality, slavery, ongoing structural racism, the modern plundering of our planet, and the murder of George Floyd by Minneappolis police.
June 5, 2020
Washington, DC— Today as the country faces an uprising for racial justice and ongoing pandemic, the Trump administration’s Department of the Interior released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in efforts to strip critical protections in the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
June 5, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of four organizations from across the progressive spectrum released the following statement today demonstrating unity and support for protecting Black lives and protestors who have taken to the streets. The following statement can be attributed to Service Employees International Union International President Mary Kay Henry, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson, Planned Parenthood Acting President Alexis McGill Johnson and Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune:
June 5, 2020
Boston, MA— Today as the country faces an uprising for racial justice and ongoing pandemic, President Trump announced he will effectively eliminate protections for Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast. The rollback will allow commercial fisheries to operate in the marine sanctuary— home to endangered coral and fish— and comes on World Environment Day.
5 de junio de 2020
William Barr ha demostrado su incompetencia para servir como el principal funcionario jurídico del país desde el día en que fue confirmado.
June 4, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC -- Earlier this week, reports revealed that Attorney General William Barr gave the order to forcibly remove peaceful protesters outside of the White House. Barr’s directive led to a violent attack on the peaceful protesters, including the use of tear gas, pepper bullets, and batons. Barr has a well-documented record of opposing civil rights and in 2019, the Sierra Club released a statement opposing Barr’s confirmation as Attorney General.