February 14, 2019
Washington, D.C.– The U.S. Senate voted to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) as part of the Natural Resources Management Act (S. 47). The bill now moves on to the House of Representatives.
Press Releases
February 14, 2019
For decades, Michigan frontline environmental justice communities have suffered some of the worst effects of state pollution safeguards not being enforced, lack of infrastructure maintenance, and industry friendly interpretation of federal environmental regulation. Appalling neglect by state officials of their duties to these communities has resulted in some of the worst tragedies in recent memory, felt across the country. Michigan’s new Governor wants to change that with her first executive order, but now Republicans in the state legislature are attempting to derail her environmental agenda, with the Senate today voting to reject the executive order.
February 14, 2019
Yesterday, The Sierra Club filed testimony in NIPSCO’s rate case (Cause No. 45159) currently pending before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC).
February 14, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate voted to to confirm William Barr as Attorney General.
February 14, 2019
On February 14, Mayor Emanuel released Resilient Chicago, a roadmap for addressing the city’s most pressing challenges through the lens of urban resilience. As one of the 50 actionable initiatives detailed in Resilient Chicago, Mayor Emanuel announced the bold goal of powering the entire city with 100 percent clean, renewable energy by 2035.
February 14, 2019
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors voted today to retire the remaining coal unit at the Paradise power plant in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and the Bull Run coal plant in Anderson County, Tennessee. The vote was a clear repudiation of President Trump’s inappropriate and unusual tactic to block the TVA staff’s recommendation to phase out the units over the next several years.
February 13, 2019
The Sierra Club asked the public to write climate valentines to the EPA for delivery and today it will deliver hundreds to former coal lobbyist and acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler for the sole hearing on his effort to roll back life-saving climate standards for dirty power plants.
February 13, 2019
Philadelphia, PA -- Today, Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the EPA’s national action plan on PFAS. PFAS chemicals are widely detected in drinking water and toxic at very low levels. However they are currently exempted from most environmental safeguards. Still, EPA has the power to mandate water testing, stop on-going pollution, and clean up contaminated places.
February 13, 2019
Washington, D.C.– Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed the Every Kid Outdoors Act as part of the Natural Resources Management Act (S. 47). The bill now moves on to the House of Representative for House consideration.
February 13, 2019
Tomorrow at 10:00 am at the Riverfront Community Center, the EPA Region 7 office is hosting a press conference in Leavenworth, Kansas where they will announce their PFAS national action plan.