Oakland, Calif. -- The Sierra Club announced today that it has hired Lucy Mayo to serve as Sierra Club's new Deputy Executive Director, overseeing people-related internal operations and initiatives.
Mayo has more than 20 years of experience as a leader in the non-profit, public policy, and government sectors. Previously, Lucy was Senior Vice President for Organizational Development at Dēmos, a national policy and advocacy organization working at the intersection of political, economic and racial inequality.
San Francisco, CA-- Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments on a challenge to President Trump’s abuse of emergency powers to take border wall funds Congress denied. The lawsuit, Sierra Club v. Trump, was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition.
A federal judge blocked the 2,000-acre expansion of a coal mine in the wildlands of Colorado’s Gunnison National Forest today, ordering the Trump administration to consider limiting methane emissions and address potential harm to water and fish.
Washington, DC-- Today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler released an update on the agency’s per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Action Plan. In the update, the agency said it would begin the process to set a legal limit on the amount of PFAS allowed in drinking water. The process of completing an enforceable water standard could take up to ten years. In addition, the announcement only mentions implementing these safeguards on two of the thousands of chemicals in the PFAS family. The agency released its full Action Plan February.
LAS VEGAS, NV -- On Tuesday, November 12th, the Sierra Club and partner organizations will host a rally to denounce the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) plans to allow oil and gas development across Nevada and especially in the watersheds that drain into our Southern Nevada’s community waters.
Visuals: People with signs, mock oil derrick, and oil spill
WHO: Speakers include:
Sierra Club Organizer Christian Gerlach
WHAT:
On Tuesday, November 12th, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments on a challenge to President Trump’s abuse of emergency powers to take border wall funds Congress denied. The lawsuit, Sierra Club v. Trump, was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition.
Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler capitulated twice to his former employers in the coal industry today by rolling back important clean water protections against dumping industrial sludge into our waterways and properly disposing of coal ash.
LAS VEGAS, NV -- On Friday November 8th, the City of Mesquite Nevada Mayor Al Litman, the Moapa Band of Paiutes, local businesses and the Sierra Club will host a press conference to denounce the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) plans to allow oil and gas development in local Southern Nevada community waters.
WHO: Speakers Include:
City of Mesquite Mayor Al Litman
Moapa Band of Paiutes Former Chairman Greg Anderson
Founder of Most Digital Justin McAffee
WASHINGTON — Today, Donald Trump formally began the process of withdrawing the United States from the historic Paris Climate Agreement. The earliest the U.S. will be able to complete the withdrawal is one year from today, November 4, 2020, which is the day after the next Presidential election. It would only take 30 days for a new administration to rejoin the deal.