Donald Trump mintió hoy sobre su historial ambiental y de conservación. En 2017, la administración Trump publicó su plan de cinco años de explotaciones petroleras, el cual incluyó abrir las costas de Florida a las perforaciones. Además, el presupuesto de este año fiscal de Trump dedica solo $63 millones a la restauración de los Everglades.
Jupiter, FL -- Today, Donald Trump lied on his environmental and conservation record. In 2017, Trump’s administration released its five year offshore drilling plan, which included opening Florida’s coastline to drilling. Separately, Trump’s original FY2020 budget proposal set aside only $63 million for Everglades restoration.
MEMPHIS, TN - The Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club today announced its endorsement of Marquita Bradshaw for the 2020 U.S. Senate election in Tennessee.
(Oakland, California) – A female anti-poaching unit in South Africa, a tribal leader who is fighting to protect Chaco Canyon, and a governor who made climate change the focal point of his presidential campaign are among those receiving national awards from the Sierra Club this year.
NATIONWIDE – Today, Uber announced a commitment to reach 100% electric vehicle rides by 2030 in the US, Canada, and Europe, and by 2040 for the rest of the world. In June, ride-hailing company Lyft committed to 100% electric vehicle rides on its platform by 2030.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a new [Biological Opinion] for the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The 303-mile project is stalled while awaiting necessary authorizations, including from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Forest Service, and Bureau of Land Management.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, a memo came to light detailing the Pentagon’s shuttering of the Stars and Stripes military newspaper effective by September 30. The Pentagon’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2021 slashed the $15.5 million in federal funding for the newspaper. Stars and Stripes has provided objective news coverage for servicemembers since the Civil War.
WASHINGTON, D.C— The Trump administration today announced a new proposed rule to circumvent establishing habitat protections for endangered species. The rule follows a string of other proposals to weaken the Endangered Species Act, including another rule proposed just last month putting additional restrictions on designation of critical habitat.
[Lacey, WA] -- Today, the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) released a new draft environmental analysis to evaluate the greenhouse gas impacts of the world’s largest fracked gas-to-methanol refinery, proposed in Kalama, Washington. The methanol refinery would use up to 320 million cubic feet of fracked gas per day, more than all of Washington’s gas-fired power plants combined.
Today, the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Sara Gideon in the race for US Senate. Gideon, the current Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, is the leading challenger facing off against four-term incumbent Susan Collins.