January 20, 2021
Washington, DC -- Today, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as President and Vice President of the United States.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
Press Releases
January 19, 2021
Biden will consider restoring protections for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine Monument
January 19, 2021
Sierra Club and Earthjustice filed a lawsuit against EPA after former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler (for the next 24 hours) declined to correct the legal limit for dangerous particulate matter pollution, also known as soot. Wheeler had instead decided to retain the flawed 2012 standard despite medical evidence that the 2012 standard fails to protect public health.
January 19, 2021
NEW YORK— National environmental groups filed a lawsuit today in the Southern District of New York challenging the Trump administration’s reinterpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which eliminated longstanding, vital protections for more than 1,000 species of waterfowl, raptors and songbirds.
January 19, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer designated the For The People Act as S.1, the honorary first bill the new Senate will take up this term.
19 de enero de 2021
La Corte Federal de Apelaciones del Distrito de Columbia invalidó la regla conocida como “Energía Limpia Asequible” y la envió de nuevo a la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA).
January 19, 2021
Hartford, C.T.--Governor Lamont’s Council on Climate Change released their final Phase 1 report on how the state can meet its climate goals of 45% carbon reductions by 2030.
January 19, 2021
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the ‘Affordable Clean Energy’ rule and remanded it to the EPA.
January 15, 2021
Washington, DC -- Today, President-elect Joe Biden announced his planned appointments to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). This office will provide scientific expertise on a number of critical issues, including the ongoing pandemic and the climate crisis.