January 22, 2021
Sierra Club embraces the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) “Entering into Force” January 22, 2021.
Press Releases
January 22, 2021
Today marked the end of a two and a half year public input process by the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) to reevaluate and, potentially, modernize the state’s energy system. In August 2018, the ACC opened up a docket (RU-00000A-18-0284) colloquially known as the Arizona Clean Energy Rules, which could impact everything from updating energy use and efficiency standards to utilities’ resource planning rules. In November 2020, the ACC voted to advance the energy rules to formal rulemaking.
January 22, 2021
Today, a coalition of environmental and community groups brought a challenge to a Trump Administration rule designed to make it harder for communities impacted by coal mining to hold state regulators and mining companies accountable for violating environmental protections. The Trump rule inserts a new process which, at best, will significantly delay actions to address violations and, at worst, will allow regulators to avoid addressing these violations entirely.
January 21, 2021
Today, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) set an aspirational goal to reach “net zero carbon emissions” across its electric and gas operations by 2045, and to cut gas — for use in homes and buildings — 30% by 2030. However, the utility has no plans to stop distributing polluting-gas to customers, or even to stop plans for near-term expansion of gas infrastructure for electric generation.
January 20, 2021
With the inauguration of President Joe Biden, leading environmental groups are celebrating the end of the Trump administration’s assault on the Clean Water Act and the beginning of a new era of clean water safeguards. Some of the Trump administration’s most short-sighted attacks on public health and environmental laws rolled back critical clean water protections that enjoy overwhelming bipartisan support, hold polluters accountable, and protect our country’s precious waterways.
21 de enero de 2021
El Presidente Biden firmó ayer una orden ejecutiva que rescinde la declaración de emergencia nacional de Donald Trump que usó para imponer un muro fronterizo con fondos militares.
January 21, 2021
Arizona/ California/ New Mexico/ Texas— Yesterday, President Biden signed an executive order to rescind Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration that was used to rush the imposition of border walls with money from the military’s budget.
20 de enero de 2021
Entre las decisiones clave del hoy juramentado Presidente Biden es la orden de revertir la prohibición de viaje a Estados Unidos a personas procedentes de la mayoría de los países musulmanes.
20 de enero de 2021
En su primer día oficial, la administración Biden emitió una orden ejecutiva para anular varios debilitamientos de salvaguardas ambientales y de salud pública del gobierno previo.
20 de enero de 2021
El Presidente Biden firmó hoy una serie de órdenes ejecutivas y tomó otras decisiones, dando así una barrida completa al legado de la administración Trump y marcando el principio del proceso de atacar de lleno la crisis climática.