February 9, 2018
Montana makes right choice on grizzly hunt.
Press Releases
February 9, 2018
San Diego, CA-- Today, advocates gathered in Southern California near a federal courthouse before a federal judge heard a legal challenge against the border wall. The U.S. District Court in Southern California listened to Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and Animal Legal Defense Fund's arguments against the administration’s waivers of key health and environmental safeguards for wall construction.
February 9, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Sierra Club and the Gulf Restoration Network filed a lawsuit in D.C. Circuit Court challenging the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to consult with wildlife agencies to ensure that its 2018 renewable fuel volume standards do not jeopardize federally listed species. The dramatic land conversion that has occurred as a result of federal mandates to increase corn-based renewable fuels has had adverse impacts on habitat and species, including exacerbating the “Dead Zone” off the Gulf of Mexico.
February 9, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency has told employees at the National Exposure Research Lab (NERL) in Las Vegas that they are moving up the closure date for the lab by two years, which is forcing employees to quickly decide between resigning, retiring, or relocating across the country. NERL focuses on monitoring and preventing human exposure to pollution and toxic chemicals. This is just the latest attack from Trump's EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt in favor of a corporate polluter agenda and against the scientists and research that protects Americans from pollution.
February 9, 2018
Oakland, CA -- It is clear that the housing crisis is extreme in California and in many cities across the country. It is also clear that we need to act now to fight the climate crisis. Smart, walkable, and affordable housing is a way to fight both beasts.
February 9, 2018
Hartford, CT -- The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) released the final version of the Connecticut Comprehensive Energy Strategy (CES) today which details increased electric vehicle infrastructure, rapid expansion of renewable energy including solar and increased energy efficiency investments.
February 9, 2018
Oakland, CA -- The Sierra Club has launched a campaign encouraging people to call on their utilities to reject dirty fuels that may be mined in Grand Staircase Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments. Following Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Donald Trump illegally shrinking and dismantling these national monuments, corporate polluters can now bid on leases to mine, frack, and drill in these public spaces for dirty fuels.
February 8, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democrats outlined an infrastructure plan, A Better Deal to Rebuild America, which stands in stark contrast to the leaked Trump plan by actually proposing real solutions to fix the degraded state of infrastructure in the United States. The plan is five times larger than the rumored Trump proposal, and includes comprehensive investments in areas like clean energy and improving the grid, as well as proposes forward thinking solutions that take into account “stronger, more resilient transportation networks and public infrastructure to withstand rising sea levels, a changing climate, extreme weather and predicted seismic events”.
February 8, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Sierra Club announced that Jackie Ostfeld will serve as the new director of its campaign to ensure access to the outdoors for all. Under her leadership Sierra Club Outdoors will deepen its advocacy for equitable access to nature for kids and communities, facilitate outings for all people, including members of the military and veteran community, and work to support community-driven conservation at the local level to ensure all people can explore and enjoy the outdoors.
February 8, 2018
Boston, M.A. — Independent System Operator New England (ISO-NE), the regional electric grid operator for Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and most of Maine announced the results of its capacity auction yesterday. The auction will ensure that the region has enough electricity generating capacity to keep the lights on through 2021.