Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is the oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892 in San Francisco, California by the well-known conservationist and preservationist John Muir, who became its first president. The Sierra Club has hundreds of thousands of members in chapters located throughout the US, and is affiliated with Sierra Club Canada.
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Friday, August 16, 2019 Colorado Becomes 10th State to Adopt Zero Emission Vehicle Program Today, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) voted 8-1 to adopt a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program, what could become a critical step in reducing transportation emissions from gas-guzzling vehicles, tackling the climate crisis, and protecting public health. In late July, automakers... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, August 12, 2019 Trump Extinction Plan Guts Endangered Species Act Today, against a backdrop of recent reports of global mass extinction, the Trump administration released final regulations weakening the Endangered Species Act, the nation’s most effective tool in saving wildlife from extinction. The Trump Extinction Plan would gut critical endangered species... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, July 08, 2019 Trump to Attempt to Greenhouse Gaslight Public on His Record of Dirtier Air and Dirtier Water Today, Donald Trump will reportedly try to defy reality by attempting to greenwash his toxic record on air and water issues. Elected as the only head of state in the world to refuse to accept climate science, Donald Trump has quickly established the worst record on the environment and climate... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, June 19, 2019 Thousands of Deaths Per Year, Billions of Dollars Lost: Trump Advances Dirty Power Plan In the midst of intense public pressure for action on the climate crisis , former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler did the opposite today by finalizing the Trump Administration's plan to roll back the Clean Power Plan - the first-ever safeguards from carbon pollution for existing... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, June 04, 2019 Trump Administration Continues Climate Denial in Selling Coal From Public Lands Yesterday the Bureau of Land Management released a new environmental review of the largest coal mine expansion in the history of federal coal leasing - Arch Coal’s Black Thunder and Peabody’s North Antelope Rochelle mines in Wyoming. A judge halted the leases and called for this new study in 2017... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, May 30, 2019 Pressure Mounts on Oil Companies and Banks to Reject Arctic Drilling As major financial institutions and oil companies gathered over the last six weeks for their annual general meetings, they faced questions and protests from shareholders and activists urging them not to engage in or give financial support for drilling in the coastal plain of the Arctic National... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, May 23, 2019 BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Faces Protest at Annual Shareholder Meeting for Lack of Action on Climate Change Today, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink faced criticism from community leaders, researchers, and legal experts at the company’s annual general meeting (AGM). During the meeting speakers from the Amazon and the U.S. called out Fink for the fact that his rhetoric on climate change does not match BlackRock’s... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, April 15, 2019 At Annual Meetings, Banks and Oil Companies to Face Questions About Arctic Drilling As major financial institutions and oil companies prepare to gather for their annual general meetings this spring, they’re facing growing pressure from shareholders and activists to commit not to engage in or give financial support for drilling in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Chicago Becomes the Largest City in the Country Committed to 100 Percent Clean Energy Today, the Chicago City Council unanimously voted to establish the goal of transitioning the entire city to 100 percent clean, renewable energy, like wind and solar, by 2035. Chicago becomes the largest city in the country to make this commitment, following cities like St. Louis, Madison, Atlanta,... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Climate Action Now Act Demonstrates Continued Climate Leadership by Democrats Today, Democratic House leadership—including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel, Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Frank Pallone and Select Committee Chair Kathy Castor—introduced H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act . Nearly two years after Donald Trump announced his... Read more |