Washington, DC – Today, the House Ways and Means Committee included H.R. 9495 in their section of Donald Trump’s absurdly named “Big Beautiful Bill”.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous released the following statement:
WYOMING - on Monday, May 5, the Sierra Club unveiled a new tool that shows the public health and environmental toll of the Trump Administration’s planned rollbacks of the Environmental Protection Agency’s safeguards against coal pollution.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee released its portion of the federal budget reconciliation bill that will devastate Americans in a variety of ways, from gutting Medicaid to slashing programs that fight climate change and protect clean air and water. The legislation will be marked up in a committee meeting tomorrow. In response, Sierra Club state chapters in oil and gas producing states released statements.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee released their draft budget reconciliation proposal, which included drastic cuts to clean energy, vehicles, and manufacturing project tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act to fund tax breaks for Trump and his billionaire friends.
Washington, DC - Late last night, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released its portion of the budget reconciliation bill that will harm Americans in a variety of ways, from gutting Medicaid to slashing programs that protect clean air. The legislation is expected to be marked up in a committee meeting tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released its supplemental environmental impact statement for the highly controversial liquefied methane gas export project Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) LNG.
ARIZONA - on Monday, May 5, the Sierra Club unveiled a new tool that shows the public health and environmental toll of the Trump Administration’s planned rollbacks of the Environmental Protection Agency’s safeguards against coal pollution.
Columbia, S.C. – Lawmakers passed House Bill 3309 on the second-to-last day of session, omnibus legislation that favors financially healthy monopoly electric utilities and tech companies – like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta – over hard-working South Carolinians.
Washington, DC —Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted to advance the nomination of Tristan Abbey to lead the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to the full Senate. All Democratic members except Senator King voted against Abbey's nomination. President Trump’s pick to run the Energy Information Administration (EIA) – our nation’s primary fuel and power forecasting agency – works for a think tank that bolsters fossil fuel interests over renewable alternatives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After an all-day markup, the House Committee on Natural Resources advanced its portion of the Republican reconciliation package in a vote in the dead of night.