July 10, 2019
Washington, DC -- Congressional Republicans are forming a so-called “Roosevelt Conservation Caucus” in an effort to make their party appear less aggressively anti-environment.
Press Releases
July 10, 2019
Washington, DC-- This morning, the Trump Administration issued a veto threat for the House of Representatives National Defense Authorization Act of 2020 (NDAA), citing two provisions that would improve safeguards against contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in our communities.
July 10, 2019
Washington, DC -- This afternoon, the Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled “Building a Sustainable and Competitive Economy: An Examination of Proposals to Improve Environmental, Social and Governance Disclosures.” The hearing will address the need for publicly traded companies to report their business’ impact on global climate change and the risk this poses to their shareholders and the public.&nbs
July 9, 2019
A new report released today highlights the reputational damage that would plague any bank or investor that supports three fracked gas export terminals proposed for Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.
July 9, 2019
Advocates for a Cleaner Tacoma filed a lawsuit today challenging the Washington State Department of Ecology’s issuance of a key permit for Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) proposed fracked gas facility in the Port of Tacoma. The Sierra Club is supporting the legal challenge to the project as an “interested party.”
July 9, 2019
Today, E&E reported that, amid widespread public disapproval of Donald Trump’s monumental environmental policy failures, deadly rollbacks, and anti-science agenda, the Trump Administration’s panel to justify gutting climate safeguards AKA the “Presidential Committee on Climate Security” is dead until after the election.
July 8, 2019
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump gave a speech attempting to change the narrative surrounding his rollbacks and attacks on clean air, clean water, and climate safeguards. While attempting to spin his deadly and dangerous policy and administrative actions, Trump, who entered office as the only world leader to deny climate science, failed to mention climate change even once.
5 de julio de 2019
Una corte federal negó hoy el intento del gobierno de empezar la construcción del muro de Donald Trump usando fondos no autorizados por el Congreso/A federal appeals court today denied the government’s attempt to begin construction of President Trump’s border wall using funds unauthorized by Congress.
July 8, 2019
July 3, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court today denied the government’s attempt to begin construction of President Trump’s border wall using funds unauthorized by Congress. The ruling upholds an earlier district court order that blocks the administration from building wall sections along the southern border in New Mexico and Arizona using illegally diverted military funds.