The Sierra Club has launched an aggressive digital ad campaign in The Reno Gazette Journal calling out Congressman Mark Amodei, who represents Nevada’s second congressional district. Amodei recently voted twice against climate action and clean air.
The Sierra Club has launched an aggressive digital ad campaign in NJ.com calling out Congressman Tom MacArthur, who represents New Jersey’s third congressional district. MacArthur recently voted repeatedly against climate action and clean air.
The Sierra Club has launched an aggressive digital ad campaign in The Los Angeles Times calling out Congressman Steve Knight, who represents California’s 25th congressional district. Knight recently voted repeatedly against climate action and clean air.
The Sierra Club has launched an aggressive digital ad campaign in The Modesto Bee calling out Congressman Jeff Denham, who represents California’s 10th congressional district. Denham recently voted repeatedly against climate action and clean air.
The Sierra Club has launched an aggressive digital ad campaign in The Portland Press Herald calling out Congressman Bruce Poliquin, who represents Maine’s second congressional district. Poliquin recently voted repeatedly against climate action and clean air.
Media outlets reported today that the Trump Administration is planning to nominate Department of Energy official Bernard McNamee to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in order to fill the seat of resigning commissioner Robert Powelson. McNamee helped roll out Energy Secretary Rick Perry's failed coal and nuclear bailout proposal last year, which would have cost electricity customers billions of dollars, and has been a lifelong proponent of dirty fossil fuels.
The Sierra Club has launched an aggressive digital ad campaign in leading news outlets across five congressional districts. The ads call out a series of Congressional Republicans who recently voted repeatedly against climate action and clean air. The ad campaign targets flagship publications in each of the four states and five Congressional districts represented by these members, including the Los Angeles Times, The Modesto Bee, The Portland Press Herald, The Reno Gazette Journal, and NJ.com.
Greensboro, PA-- A public hearing was held today at the request of The Center for Coalfield Justice (CCJ) and the Sierra Club to allow residents to express their concerns about a drafted water pollution permit for the Contura Cumberland Mine submitted to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). In the updated version of the permit, DEP would allow pollutants such as selenium, sulfate and total dissolved solids (TDS) which includes heavy metals, to be dumped into the Monongahela River at harmful levels.
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.