WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Currently, thousands of children are being separated from their families in the United States as they seek asylum from the violence in their countries. The U.N. Human Rights Office has deemed this practice against international law, but so far the Trump administration is ignoring them.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA—The Sierra Club and allies filed comments opposing the air permit for a fracked gas plant at TECO’s Big Bend Power Station, near Tampa, because the permit neglects critical public health safeguards and fails to evaluate, much less mitigate, the plant's contribution to climate damage over its proposed 30-year lifespan.
The Sierra Club and Ohio Environmental Council formally requested that the federal Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement take immediate action to address widespread violations of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (“SMCRA”) in Ohio.
Chicago, IL -- Today, the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club and Friends of the Chicago River provided notice of their intent to sue the Chicago Trump International Hotel and Tower over its continuing violation of the Clean Water Act. It appears that Trump Tower in Chicago has not fulfilled several legal requirements of the Clean Water Act over the past four years.
Chicago, IL -- Today, the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club and Friends of the Chicago River provided notice of their intent to sue the Chicago Trump International Hotel and Tower over its continuing violation of the Clean Water Act. It appears that Trump Tower in Chicago has not fulfilled several legal requirements of the Clean Water Act over the past four years.
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline following an investigation on June 6, 2018
A series of tweets between the Sierra Club and C. Renzi Stone, the subject of significant Pruitt related reporting this morning in the Washington Post and elsewhere, provide confirmation that not only did the Fossil Fuel industry PR Executive assist Pruitt in securing pricey football tickets -- he did so after he was contacted by a taxpayer-funded EPA staffer.
This afternoon a crowd will rally in Washington, DC to condemn the Trump administration’s shameful plan to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling.
Virginia residents have submitted more than 3,000 comments to their Water Control Board demanding the Nationwide Permit 12 for the fracked gas Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines be revoked.
Diné (Navajo) community organizations Black Mesa Water Coalition, Diné CARE, and Tó Nizhóni Ání, supported by the Sierra Club, filed a lawsuit seeking a plan for reclaiming the 44,000-acre Kayenta Coal Mine located on the Navajo Nation. The mine is the exclusive provider of coal for the Navajo Generating Station (NGS), which is retiring on December 22, 2019 in favor of cheaper sources of power.