SELMA, AL -- Fifty-eight years ago today, future Congressman John Lewis, Reverend Hosea Williams, and civil rights leaders led a peaceful march for voting rights across the Edmund Pettus Bridge when state and local police brutally attacked them. Dozens of peaceful protesters were hospitalized. The events of what became known as Bloody Sunday are credited as a turning point in the fight to pass the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Over the weekend, President Biden, Civil Rights leaders, the Sierra Club, and more marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the anniversary.
A diverse coalition of leading climate, environment, and human rights organizations announced today the launch of an auto supply chain industry Leaderboard and global campaign calling on automakers to capitalize on the unprecedented opportunity offered by the electric vehicle (EV) transition to clean up their supply chains. The Leaderboard analyzes the publicly available official reporting of 18 of the leading automotive manufacturers in the world, ranking their efforts to eliminate emissions, environmental harms, and human rights violations from their supply chains while supporting workers’ rights.
A diverse coalition of leading climate, environment, and human rights organizations announced today the launch of an auto supply chain industry Leaderboard and global campaign calling on automakers to capitalize on the unprecedented opportunity offered by the electric vehicle (EV) transition to clean up their supply chains. The Leaderboard analyzes the publicly available official reporting of 18 of the leading automotive manufacturers in the world, ranking their efforts to eliminate emissions, environmental harms, and human rights violations from their supply chains.
Freeport, Texas - Sierra Club filed a
WASHINGTON, DC -- Last Friday, Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn passed away. The Sierra Club has worked closely with Karen and Common Cause to protect and strengthen our democracy.
More than 1,400 clients send letters to asset management company asserting violation of duty of care, loyalty
Eugene, OR -- Students and community members from across Eugene marched out of school and work converging in downtown Eugene on Friday to protest a first-in-the-nation effort from NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility, to roll back a local climate policy to phase out fossil fuels in new homes.
Washington, D.C.: The Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (FERC) granted a request for a rehearing and set aside its order approving Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) discriminatory capacity accreditation approach for wind and solar. The decision is in response to a lawsuit filed by a coalition of clean energy advocates.
Cameron Parish, Louisiana - Southwest Louisiana residents voiced their opposition to the Commonwealth LNG export terminal, the CP2 LNG export terminal, and the CP2 Express Pipeline - which are methane gas infrastructure proposed for construction in the area - because of these facilities’ imminent risks to their safety, public health, environment, and even the local economy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland issued a secretarial order creating a new program to restore bison herds and preserve large landscapes throughout the iconic species’ traditional range. The Department also announced a major new policy aimed at restoration and resiliency for public lands nationwide.