WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today marks 100 days since Andrew Wheeler took the reigns as acting Environmental Protection Agency administrator. On average since accepting the position, Wheeler has made decisions to attack public health, clean air and water, and our climate every three days.
The Hill reported that a Trump political appointee will soon take over as the head inspector general (IG) overseeing investigations at the Department of the Interior.
MIAMI, FLORIDA: The Florida Chapter of the Sierra Club today announced its endorsement of Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in Florida’s 26th District.
BALTIMORE, MD — The Center for Biological Diversity, the Sierra Club and the Center for Environmental Health filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today for failing to ensure that seven states, including Maryland, have effective plans in place for reducing harmful sulfur dioxide air pollution being emitted from coal-fired power plants.
Last night, on 60 Minutes, President Trump continued to deny climate science, questioning whether it is man made (it is)Trump’s denial comes in spite of scientific consensus from scientists at NOAA, NASA and the Pentagon, a recent IPCC report with dire warnings for our future if pollution goes unchecked, and a deadly hurricane season escalated by climate change.
New York, NY -- Acclaimed filmmaker Darren Aronofsky has teamed up with Generation Z activists from all over the country who are calling on their peers to vote in the midterm elections and the Sierra Club Voter Education Fund. Produced by Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures and Chromista, the video features people active in movements for indigenous rights, gun control, rights for the disabled, immigrant rights, climate justice, and transgender equality, among others, passionately advocating for participation in this November’s election.
Late Friday afternoon, Bloomberg News reported that the Trump administration is covering up a report commissioned by the Department of Energy that disputes the administration’s rationalization for planning to force electricity customers and taxpayers to pay tens of billions of dollars to bailout uneconomic coal plants heading for retirement.
Washington, DC -- In an interview with 60 Minutes yesterday, Donald Trump once again focused on conspiracy theories and denialism when pressed about climate change and protecting communities from its effects.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- From the Florida panhandle, through Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas, people are dealing with the destruction from Hurricane Michael just weeks after Hurricane Florence tore through the Carolinas. Never before has a Category 4 hurricane made landfall in the continental U.S. in October. Hurricane Michael has left at least sixteen people dead and more than 1.1 million homes without electricity -- with Panama City, Mexico Beach and the Florida panhandle area taking on the brunt of the storm.
On Tuesday, October 9, 2018, East Bradford Township and the Township of Haverford, Pennsylvania adopted resolutions establishing goals of transitioning to 100 percent clean, renewable electricity by 2035, and 100 percent renewable energy for heat and transportation by 2050.