October 5, 2018
As Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke spoke at an event at the Charlestown Navy Yard this morning, a crowd of protesters was there to call on him to protect our public lands from dirty fossil fuel development.
Press Releases
October 5, 2018
Washington, DC -- Today, Senate Republicans voted to move Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, forward. Multiple women have shared their stories of sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh, and he has been caught lying numerous times while under oath. For more than 200 years, the Senate have honored a 60 vote margin for Supreme Court nominees to be moved forward. Kavanaugh only received 51.
October 4, 2018
Today the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB) modified the widely criticized proposal by Governor Bruce Rauner’s administration to bail out Dynegy-Vistra coal power plants in Illinois. Dynegy and Vistra Energy recently merged in a deal worth $20 billion, yet still claimed financial hardship and urged state officials to ease clean-air rules. The proposed change would have led to worse air quality and detrimental health impacts in communities already among the hardest hit by pollution.
October 4, 2018
SPOKANE, WA -- Today, Cathy McMorris Rodgers was added onto the list of Congressional representatives the Sierra Club is working to oust as part of its “Fossil Fools 2018” campaign. Fossil Fools is an aggressive midterm electoral ad campaign, launched last week by the Sierra Club Political Committee, targeting nearly a dozen incumbent Congressional Republicans and candidates for defeat.
October 3, 2018
Donald Trump formally nominated his initial coal bailout architect, Bernard McNamee, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today in order to fill the seat of resigning commissioner Robert Powelson.
October 2, 2018
FORT COLLINS, CO – On Tuesday, October 2, the Fort Collins City Council voted 6-1 to approve a resolution committing the community to shift away from fossil fuels and transition to 100 percent clean, renewable electricity by 2030. The resolution can be found here.
October 2, 2018
Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated the permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers under the Clean Water Act for the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).
October 2, 2018
Gov. Rick Scott, in his role as head of the Florida Power Plant Siting Board, moved a controversial vote to after the election as he seeks a seat in the United States Senate.
October 2, 2018
Former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler held the nation’s only hearing for public comment in Chicago yesterday on the Trump Administration’s plan to repeal the historic Clean Power Plan (CPP) and move forward with its Dirty Power Plan. Indiana residents from across the state headed to Chicago, IL for the hearing.
October 2, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today advanced a host of public lands legislation including, Restore Our Parks, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act, Every Kid Outdoors Act and the Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act.