March 15, 2018
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order reinstating certificate authorization for the fracked gas Sabal Trail pipeline. This decision effectively means the pipeline can continue operating.
Press Releases
March 15, 2018
Washington, DC -- Today, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is facing the House Natural Resources Committee as his list of scandals continues to grow with the breaking news last night that he is using private email to conduct official business.
March 14, 2018
Washington, DC -- Last night, Politico is reporting that the American Petroleum Institute is holding its board meeting at Trump International Hotel just before its executive committee goes to lobby Donald Trump and his administration. Cabinet officials Rick Perry and Ryan Zinke are slated to speak at the meetings
In response, Sierra Club Resist Campaign Director Maura Cowley released the following statement:
March 14, 2018
Washington, D.C., -- Yesterday Ryan Zinke blamed veterans, disabled people, “the elderly,” and fourth graders for funding issues in our national parks, telling the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee: "When you give discounted or free passes to elderly, fourth graders, veterans, disabled, and you do it by the carload, there's not a whole lot of people who actually pay at our front door.
March 14, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, in the wake of the Parkland shooting, students across the country are walking out of class to advocate for gun violence prevention.
March 14, 2018
Virginia ratepayers could pay as much as $2.3 billion for Dominion’s planned Atlantic Coast Pipeline, according to evidence the State Corporation Commission accepted for consideration after the SCC rejected Dominion’s request to strike the testimony of an expert.
March 13, 2018
Washington, DC -- Today, Mayor Bowser, following the Council of the District of Columbia’s unanimous support for the legislation, signed the Fair Elections Act of 2017. This bill incentivizes those seeking political office to reject corporate contributions in favor of contributions from District residents by providing a five-to-one match for small individual campaign contributions available only for those only accepting donations from individuals.
In response, Rebekah Whilden, Organizer, Sierra Club DC Chapter, released the following statement:
March 13, 2018
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that he is severely weakening the Clean Air Act’s New Source Review (NSR) program for air pollution, which will make it possible for industrial polluters to avoid installing state-of-the-art, cost-effective pollution controls. The Clean Air Act, and EPA’s NSR regulations, require major sources of air pollution, like dirty coal burning power plants, to add modern pollution controls when they undertake projects that produce an increase in air pollution. Pruitt’s announcement today opens a major loophole in those requirements by allowing polluting facilities to claim that planned decreases in pollution will offset any immediate increase in pollution, while abandoning the procedures by which EPA has, in the past, ensured that such claims are accurate and enforceable. The practical result will be an increase in air pollution, with especially harmful impacts in the communities that surround major industrial facilities.
March 13, 2018
Trump spews lies about border communities in San Diego.
March 13, 2018
A new report released today by Physicians for Social Responsibility and Concerned Health Professionals of New York further highlights the serious threat fracking poses to public health, noting that, “our examination…uncovered no evidence that fracking can be practiced in a manner that does not threaten human health.”