WASHINGTON, DC - POLITICO is reporting that President Donald Trump's most senior advisers will meet next week to discuss the Administration’s position on the Paris agreement. Some of the most extreme options being discussed include pulling out of the accord and weakening the United States’ national emissions reduction commitment.
ATLANTA, GA -- Today, the Sierra Club launched a new voter engagement program in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, in support of Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff. Starting this week, the new peer-to-peer texting program will have Sierra Club volunteers reaching out to more than 14,000 voters in the district, in advance of the special election on Tuesday, April 18. Voters will receive a persuasion text this week and reminders to vote on Saturday and Monday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sierra Club today released an inspirational video promoting the Peoples Climate March on April 29 in Washington, D.C. and 85 sister cities across the globe.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Environmental Protection Agency has made available on its website the plan for the first tranche of Volkswagen’s National Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Investment sp
The House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee advanced a bill to the House floor that parents and science teachers believe will compromise science education in the state.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Late yesterday, Donald Trump’s EPA Administrator accepted polluter requests to attempt to halt crucial clean water protections that prevent coal plants from dumping large amounts of toxic industrial waste into America’s waterways, putting the health of communities who depend on those waterways at serious risk.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Earlier today, Axios reported that climate denier and former EPA transition lead Myron Ebell may be pushing to weaken the United States’ commitments to the Paris Agreement, reporting that, "he prefers the administration pull out [of the Paris Agreement] entirely, but his rhetoric is softening oh so slightly, and he's saying now that no matter what decision is made, it'll be portrayed as withdrawal.
Media Release
April 12, 2017
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Melissa Williams, 828-545-0443, melissa.williams@sierraclub.org
Emily Driscoll, Southern Environmental Law Center, 678-686-8482, edriscoll@selcga.org
A chemical spill from U.S. Steel has closed three beaches in Lake Michigan's Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Wastewater containing hexavalent chromium was discharged into a nearby waterway that feeds into the lake. People have been warned not to come into contact with the contaminated water.
In response Bowden Quinn, director of the Hoosier Chapter, issued the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - At the request of the Trump EPA, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals this evening suspended proceedings in a lawsuit over stronger clean air protections against smog pollution to give Trump’s EPA Administrator time to decide whether to rewrite them.