WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nine House Democrats have threatened to halt progress on the most important climate legislation in U.S. history, and the only potential vehicle for major action on climate, care, jobs, and justice in near term view. This comes during the very same week when the IPCC warned that the extreme weather events we’re already experiencing -- including historic droughts and floods, superstorms, record-breaking wildfires, and unprecedented coastal flooding -- will continue to rapidly worsen unless the world cuts all carbon pollution in half by 2031.
Today, the Sierra Club Board of Directors accepted the resignation of Michael Brune from his position as Executive Director of the Sierra Club after 11 years at the helm of the nation’s largest grassroots environmental organization. Brune’s resignation will be effective at the end of the year, but he will be focusing on supporting the incoming Acting Executive Director to ensure a smooth transition.
Affected community members testified last night at a public hearing on TPC Group’s proposed expansion of its polluting butadiene plant in the Houston Ship Channel.
El Sierra Club emitió hoy su informe sobre la campaña de cabildeo de Toyota en Estados Unidos para debilitar los estándares de limpieza y eficacia de vehículos y obstaculizar la electrificación de vehículos en todo el mundo.
Sabine Pass, LA -- Federal regulators have hit LNG operator Cheniere Energy with a $2.2 million fine over a dangerous gas leak from its Sabine Pass LNG facility in early 2018. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration determined that the leak was caused by “incorrect operations” and that the company knew the tank design was inadequate and allowed it to operate anyway.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, E&E reported on the Sierra Club’s latest report, which highlights Toyota’s lobbying in the US for weak federal fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards (informally known as “clean car standards”) and a slow global electrification strategy.
El Senado aprobó hoy una histórica resolución presupuestaria de $3,5 billones (trillons en inglés) con el potencial de ofrecer transformativas inversiones en la acción climática, al igual que cuidado de la salud, empleos y prioridades de justicia social en Estados Unidos.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Early this morning, the Senate passed a historic $3.5 trillion budget resolution with the potential to provide transformative investments in climate action as well as care, jobs, and justice priorities in the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Early this morning, Senate Republicans yet again blocked opening the debate on the For the People Act and two of its most broadly, bipartisan-supported elements -- fair redistricting and the DISCLOSE Act. The For the People Act is supported by 83 percent of US voters, and both the redistricting and Disclose Act components have broad bipartisan support in Congress. The For the People Act includes comprehensive, commonsense reforms to our democracy that ensure every American has the freedom to vote, regardless of their zip code or background. It also bans partisan gerrymandering, reduces government corruption, and curbs the influence of big money donors on elections and the electoral process.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency now says that Enbridge has had at least 27 spills of drilling fluid during the construction of the controversial Line 3 pipeline. Enbridge has polluted the water at 63% of their horizontal directional drilling (HDD) sites with drilling fluid containing numerous polluting chemicals, despite claiming that HDD is Enbridge the safest technology available.