March 23, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Sierra Club is mobilizing its 3 million members and supporters to attend March for Our Lives rallies across the country.
Press Releases
March 23, 2018
Washington, DC -- Today, Bloomberg is reporting that Scott Pruitt has sided with Ford and the Auto Alliance in undoing the clean car standards despite the fact that they could limit global warming pollution by 6 billion tons, save consumers $1.7 trillion dollars in fuel costs, and reduce oil consumption by up to 4 million barrels every day.
March 23, 2018
SEDRO WOOLLEY, WA -- Upwards of 65 people gathered today as Secretary Zinke visited Washington. With signs opposing Zinke’s monuments mistakes, offshore drilling proposals, park fee hikes, oil and gas leases, and his general disregard for our public lands, the message of opposition to the Secretary’s sell out was clear.
In response Alex Craven, Washington Organizer for Sierra Club’s Our Wild America campaign issued the following statement.
March 23, 2018
PLAINFIELD, N.H. -- On Saturday, March 17, the Town of Plainfield, New Hampshire voted to establish a goal of transitioning to 100% clean and renewable energy for electricity by 2030 and 100% renewable energy for heat and transportation by 2050. Plainfield is the 63rd municipality in the United States to commit to transition entirely to clean energy.
March 23, 2018
Pruitt's contempt for the taxpayer and their money knows no bounds. Yesterday, on Mark Reardon’s radio show Scott Pruitt said he was “dumbfounded by the kind of media narratives that these things are somehow not the focus,” he went on to try and justify his $120,000 first class trip to Italy on the basis of having a jam-packed schedule. Pruitt was so busy, he only had time for one pasta making class and a private tour of the Vatican. It’s not just “very important meetings” (and pasta making class) that Pruitt is recklessly spending our taxpayer dollars on. Earlier this year Pruitt brought his security detail with him to Disneyland and to watch the University of Oklahoma Sooners lose in the Rose Bowl. We’re a bit dumbfounded as to how he still has his job.
March 23, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has filed cloture to begin the process for a vote on a coal lobbyist and climate change denier, Andrew Wheeler, to be the #2 official at the Environmental Protection Agency. This vote comes at time when rumors and speculation swirl that Scott Pruitt could soon be fired from his job, which would likely render Wheeler the head of the agency if he is confirmed.
March 23, 2018
ATLANTA, GA -- Today, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt will join Vice President Mike Pence for an event called “Tax Cuts to Put America First” with America First Policies, a pro-Trump group that advocates for tax cuts for the wealthy.
March 22, 2018
Washington, DC -- Yesterday, Chair of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Trey Gowdy sent a letter to Ryan Zinke, demanding answers on his $139,000 doors.
In response, Sierra Club Our Wild America Director Lena Moffitt released the following statement:
March 22, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a rush to avoid another government shutdown, members of Congress have proposed an omnibus deal that fortunately falls short of Trump’s outrageous requests to fully fund his wall, but still includes $1.6 billion for border walls along the U.S.- Mexico border. A significant portion of the funding is designated for 33 miles of new barriers that can be built as levee-walls or existing “bollard fence.
March 22, 2018
WASHINGTON D.C.-- Congressional leadership have introduced an omnibus spending bill for the remainder of FY2018.