December 13, 2018
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the US Forest Service’s federal approval for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross two national forests and the Appalachian Trail.
Press Releases
December 13, 2018
Today the Sierra Club and environmental allies argued in U.S. District Court that the Trump Administration violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it unilaterally halted a comprehensive review of federal coal leasing on public lands.
December 13, 2018
Washington, DC -- Earlier today, Donald Trump tweeted about his calls for a border wall and sought to save face from his constant claims that Mexico would pay for it by falsely claiming they will through the proposed trilateral trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
December 13, 2018
Last week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Farmington Field office removed approximately 2,500 acres in the Greater Chaco region from a lease sale that was held last week that allows multistage horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracking in the region and in southeastern New Mexico.
December 12, 2018
To mark Secretary Ryan Zinke’s imminent departure from the Department of the Interior, activists drove a decked-out moving truck around Washington, DC today to help pack up his scandal-plagued tenure and send him on his way.
December 12, 2018
Yesterday, coal lobbyist and acting EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler once again bowed to the whims of corporate polluters by rolling back the Waters of the U.S (WOTUS) safeguards, attacking the drinking water of 117 million people -- roughly ⅓ of all Americans.
December 11, 2018
On December 10, the Evanston City Council unanimously approved its new Climate Action and Resilience Plan, which includes a commitment to achieve 100 percent renewable electricity supply community-wide by 2030, along with other bold goals to act on climate change. It is the first city in Illinois to make this commitment.
December 11, 2018
Washington, DC-- Today, in a 17-minute exchange with Democratic leadership at the Oval Office, President Trump said he’d be “proud” to shut down the government if he fails to get billions of dollars for his border wall. This is the latest in a long series of episodes in which the Trump Administration recklessly and dangerously attempts to push the border wall boondoggle. In the past 24 hours, the Trump administration has manufactured yet another unnecessary and facetious drama about border security.
December 11, 2018
Charleston, S.C. – Leading environmental groups sued the federal government today to prevent seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean. This extremely loud and dangerous process, which is used to search for oil and gas deposits deep below the ocean’s surface, is the first step toward offshore drilling. If allowed, seismic airgun blasting would harm marine life, including whales, dolphins, fish and zooplankton – the foundation of the ocean food web.
December 11, 2018
Today, Tribal leaders from across the country were joined by members of Congress to mark the 58th anniversary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and stand with the Gwich’in Nation in opposition to destructive drilling there.