15 de marzo de 2021
El Senado confirmó hoy a Deb Haaland para liderar el Departamento del Interior. Haaland es la primera indígena en ser miembro del gabinete federal.
Press Releases
March 15, 2021
New York, NY - Today, Citigroup issued an updated environmental policy that makes it the first major US bank with a plan to restrict financing for companies expanding coal power and to phase-out financing for nearly all coal power companies over the next two decades.
March 15, 2021
The Senate today confirmed Deb Haaland to lead the Department of the Interior. Haaland is the first Native American to hold a cabinet position.
March 15, 2021
Today Rep. Grijalva introduced the Save Oak Flat Act to permanently protect the Oak Flat area of Tonto National Forest from destructive mining proposals.
March 12, 2021
TOPEKA, KS -- Climate + Energy Project, Sierra Club, and Vote Solar filed a limited Petition for Reconsideration of the Kansas Corporation Commission’s February 25, 2021 order, to give greater effect to the Commission’s intent and the Kansas Supreme Court’s decision rejecting discriminatory solar charges. The Commission’s February 25th order unanimously rejected Evergy’s proposed rate changes for residential solar customers, as well as the utility’s propos
March 11, 2021
Chicago, Illinois — A historic campaign to combat environmental racism is playing out in Chicago, led by community members from the Southeast Side of Chicago who are fed-up with decades of racist zoning and permitting laws that leave their community with contaminated air and water, and their loved ones struggling to breath.
March 11, 2021
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— Community and environmental groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Kern County’s adoption of an ordinance that would fast-track permitting for oil and gas projects and eliminate future environmental reviews and public participation.
March 11, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, AR -- Today, Sierra Club and the National Parks Conservation Association’s settlement with Entergy Arkansas to close two massive coal plants and a gas plant and build solar power was finalized by a judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
March 10, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate has confirmed Michael Regan to serve as President Biden’s Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
In response, Sierra Club Legislative Director Melinda Pierce released the following statement:
March 10, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate confirmed Merrick Garland as attorney general, in a 70-30 vote. Garland was previously the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals in D.C. and a former Obama Supreme Court nominee. The Sierra Club supported Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court in 2016 but the process was unjustly stalled by then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Garland has been described as having “an uncommon level of environmental law expertise,” having served as Chief Justice of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit which decided dozens of federal air, water, and energy policies during Garland’s tenure.