Little Rock, AR. - The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) has finalized new regulations that would roll back emission standards for power plants in Arkansas. The state plan replaces strong federal standards that were issued years ago by the U.S. EPA to protect the air we breathe with a weak state plan.
The Trump administration today ordered the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to prioritize water use in California for fire fighting. The move follows a tweet from Donald Trump blaming a lack of water for ongoing fires, despite repeated declarations from fire experts in the region that they have all the water needed to fight the blaze.
The Oregon Public Utilities Commission-- the same commission that required PacifiCorp to do an economic analysis of it coal fleet—just decided to keep the results of that analysis secret. Sierra Club had challenged the company’s request to hide the study from the public.
Governor Rauner is scheduled to headline at a rally today alongside coal company executives that have been instrumental in creating Trump Administration policies aimed at reversing many American initiatives to promote clean energy, reduce air and water pollution from coal, and fight climate change. Rauner is to be introduced at the Marion event by billionaire coal baron Joseph W. Craft III, a close confidant of departed USEPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, and staunch proponent of Pruitt's and Trump's efforts to benefit his and other coal corporations.
LARGO, Fla. - On Tuesday, the Largo City Commission approved the city’s commitment to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy. Largo now represents the fourth Florida city and 75th in the United States to establish a goal to transition entirely to clean, renewable energy.
Colorado Springs, CO-- Community members and several representatives from the from across the region testified at and rallied outside the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Listening and Working Sessions,” meant to address the state’s severe (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances - PFAS) drinking water crisis.
DETROIT, MI - Last night, Gretchen Whitmer secured the Democratic Nomination in the Michigan Gubernatorial Primary. The Michigan Sierra Club Independent Action PAC ran a campaign in support of Whitmer that sent mailers to 100,000 Democratic primary voters highlighting Whitmer’s strong progressive environmental record. Whitmer is committed to standing up to corporate polluters and protecting the public’s health by prioritizing clean drinking water for all.
Trump Administration Expected to Exclude Legal Immigrants from Citizenship
Mission, TX-- On Sunday, families in the Rio Grande Valley will gather to celebrate the Rio Grande River, a vital resource and the region’s only source of fresh water for nearly one million residents of Hidalgo County. Access to the river will be eliminated by the upcoming wall border wall construction that will seize private land, cut residents off from the Rio Grande and tear through state parks and tourism spots.
Pasadena, CA-- Today, attorneys for the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and California Attorney General’s office argued before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the Trump administration illegally waived dozens of laws to build replacement walls and prototypes south of San Diego. The appeal challenged the administration’s use of the long-expired waiver provisions to sweep aside more than 30 laws that protect clean air, clean water, public lands and endangered wildlife.