Vallejo, CA, September 16, 2022 — Today, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1137, which will protect California communities by requiring a health-protective, science-based 3,200-foot buffer zone between new oil and gas operations and homes, hospitals, schools, parks, prisons, and other sensitive areas. With the signing of this legislation, communities will be protected from adverse health […]
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Sierra Club California Releases 2021 Legislative Report Card
SACRAMENTO October 27, 2021 – Today, Sierra Club California released its annual legislative report card, which tracks the performance of legislators and the governor on environmental issues and key climate bills. The theme of 2021 for environmental legislation was incrementalism. The most impactful, transformative bills that Sierra Club California supported, such as Senate Bill 467 […]
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Trump Administration Tries to Bully Banks into Funding Fossil Fuels
Washington, DC, Nov. 20, 2020 – Today, the Trump administration’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a new proposal aimed at forcing banks to fund fossil fuel companies. Over the last year, five of the six biggest American banks — Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Wells Fargo, and Morgan Stanley — have […]
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Mayor Garcetti Tells MWD to Focus on Affordability, Local Water Investment
LOS ANGELES, October 20, 2020— Mayor Eric Garcetti has released to Southern California’s largest water wholesaler a list of water priorities for the City of Los Angeles that departs from the path the wholesaler has taken in recent years. The list calls for the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) to focus its policies to “(1) invest […]
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In Yet Another Blow to Keystone XL, Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Revive Key Water Crossing Permit
Washington, DC, July 6, 2020 – Today, the United States Supreme Court declined a request from TC Energy and the Trump administration to allow Keystone XL to proceed under Nationwide Permit 12, a key water crossing permit for pipelines that a district court found unlawful. The court also issued a partial stay of the district […]
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Arctic Drilling Booster Joe Balash Seeks to Profit From Destruction He Created at Interior
Washington, DC, Sept. 4, 2019 – Joe Balash, former assistant Interior secretary for land and minerals, is reportedly joining a foreign oil company that stands to benefit from Balash’s push to open the Arctic Refuge for drilling. During his time at Interior, Balash was a main driver of the Trump administration’s rushed attempt to sell […]
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Trump Skips Global Climate Meeting as the Lungs of the Planet Burn
WASHINGTON, D.C. Aug. 26, 2019 – Today, Donald Trump skipped the G-7 climate session with other world leaders where they discussed climate solutions and the Amazon rainforest fires, claiming he had scheduled bilateral meetings with Germany and India at that time. Both German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the climate […]
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Michael Brune: Trump Keeps Lying about the Reality of his Dangerous Clean Cars Rollback
WASHINGTON, DC, Aug. 21, 2019 – Today, Donald Trump took to Twitter to lie in defense of his dangerous clean cars rollback. A recent Consumer Reports study shows that the rollback will cost American consumers an additional $460 billion, which comes out to an added $3300 per new vehicle, compared to keeping the current standards. […]
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Report Highlights Cement Pollution in California
SACRAMENTO, CA, Feb. 5, 2019 – California’s cement factories are the largest consumers of coal and petroleum coke in the state, and are more polluting per ton of cement than many of their counterparts in India and China, according to a new report released today. The report, “California Cement Industry: Failing the Climate Challenge,” was […]
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San Luis Obispo Opposes Plans to Send Offshore Oil Along California Coast
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. Jan. 16, 2019 — The San Luis Obispo City Council last night voted to oppose two proposals that would restart ExxonMobil’s dormant offshore drilling platforms and transport that oil up California’s coastline. Plains All American Pipeline has applied to build a new coastal oil pipeline to replace its corroded pipeline that […]
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Nevada: Conservation Organizations Oppose Military Expansion into Desert National Wildlife Refuge
Las Vegas, Nevada, October 18, 2018 – Conservation organizations are outraged by the US Air Force’s lack of respect to the public interest with the release of its final Environmental Impact Statement on a plan to expand its Nevada Test and Training Range into the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. The military already controls 2.9 million […]
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The Wild after Wildfire – Sierra Club presentation on Thursday October 4
NEVADA CITY, Calif. September 27, 2018 – Daniel Shaw Senior Environmental Scientist for the Sierra District of California State Parks and Christy Sherr Wildlife Biologist and Education Coordinator for the John Muir Project of the Earth Island Institute will be speaking at Seaman’s Lodge on October 4, 2018 at 6:30 pm. This event is sponsored […]
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Rushed, Secret NAFTA Deal Unlikely to Deliver for North America’s Communities
WASHINGTON, D.C. Aug. 27, 2018 – Today, various outlets are reporting that negotiators from the United States and Mexico announced they reached a preliminary agreement on a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that excludes Canada. Both Mexico and Canada have said that they will not finalize a bilateral deal with the U.S. but […]
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Sierra Magazine Announces 2018 Ranking of America’s “Cool Schools”
OAKLAND, CA, Aug. 27, 2018 – Today, Sierra magazine, the national magazine of the Sierra Club, released its twelfth annual “Cool Schools” ranking of North America’s greenest colleges and universities. Sierra received submissions from a record-breaking 269 schools in 36 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. Each of the schools ranked in the top […]
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VIDEO: Emmy Nominee Yvonne Strahovski Calls for Permanent Protection of Grand Canyon
GRAND CANYON, AZ, Aug. 21, 2018 – Emmy-nominated actress Yvonne Strahovski (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) stars in a new video out today calling for protection of the Grand Canyon from toxic uranium mining. The actress recently joined a Sierra Club outing to the Grand Canyon region with her husband, actor Tim Loden, to experience the wonder […]
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Tent Cities Proposed for Migrant Children Have Poisoned Water
Washington, DC, June 26, 2018 – Per Donald Trump’s orders, the Department of Defense is scouting military sites to detain migrant children separated from their parents as a result of the administration’s “Zero Tolerance” policy. However, several of the potential sites are contaminated with chemicals in the Perfluoroalkyl family (PFAS), as revealed by a report […]
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Sierra Club, Friends of Chicago River to Sue Trump Tower For Knowingly Violating Clean Water Act
Chicago, IL, June 18, 2018 – 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 […]
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Reporters Banned, Forcibly Ejected from Toxics Summit While Pruitt Keeps Public in the Dark on Water Safety
WASHINGTON, D.C. May 22, 2018 – After keeping Americans in the dark on a number of deadly chemicals contaminating our water, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt is now violently barring The Associated Press, CNN and E&E news from a national summit on harmful water contaminants. The event is being held after Politico exposed that Pruitt’s EPA […]
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Sierra Club’s Reinventing Power Documentary Highlights Clean Energy’s True Backstory
LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2018 – Today, the Sierra Club announced the completion of its latest documentary, Reinventing Power: America’s Renewable Energy Boom, which takes the viewer across the country to hear directly from the people making our clean energy future achievable. These individuals are working to rebuild what’s broken, rethink what’s possible, and revitalize […]
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Michael Brune: Zinke Facing Congress for His Private Email Usage to Conduct Official Business
Washington, DC, March 15, 2018 – Today, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke faces 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. In the past, Zinke has been widely critical of former Secretary of State […]