Long Beach, CA – On Saturday, October 15, 2022 an oil slick was discovered off the coast of Alamitas Beach in Long Beach, California near the four THUMS islands – artificial islands formed by five oil companies to produce tens of thousands barrels of oil every day.
Today, Sierra Club launched Breaking the Cycle, a new podcast that features interviews with frontline community leaders and environmental advocates that live along the fracking cycle in the Permian Basin and Gulf Coast.
Milwaukee, WI – We Energies, one of the largest utility companies in Wisconsin, has requested a massive increase in its electricity and gas rates to the Public Service Commission (PSC), a government branch which must approve its plan for rate increase.
The Sierra Club is pleased to award its prestigious Environmental Service Award to retiring Ward 3 DC Councilmember Mary Cheh. The Environmental Service Award, awarded jointly by the Sierra Club national organization and Sierra Club Chapters, honors persons in public service for their long-term commitment to the environment and environmental justice.
More than 100,000 comments in support of the Department of Transportation’s proposed greenhouse gas rule were submitted during the comment period that ended yesterday.
La Comisión sobre el 6 de Enero celebró hoy su última audiencia para investigar la insurrección de Donald Trump y la conspiración criminal para derrocar una elección libre y justa.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the January 6 House Select Committee held its final hearing to investigate Trump’s insurrection and the criminal conspiracy to overturn a free and fair election. The Committee has held eight hearings since June, focusing on all aspects of the lead-up to January 6 and the events at the Capitol that day. Today’s hearing provided new evidence of that criminal conspiracy and recapped all of the key facts and evidence uncovered by the committee and in previous hearings. The Committee also unanimously voted during the hearing to subpoena Donald Trump.
Today, on a press call with impacted residents and legal experts, national and Ohio-based community organizations and environmental groups discussed their petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that would revoke Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) primacy for Class II injection wells.
As part of an ongoing investigation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights found evidence that key Louisiana state agencies are failing to protect Black communities from toxic air pollution released by petrochemical companies, like Denka Performance Elastomers.
La Casa Blanca anunció hoy la primera designación de monumento nacional del Presidente Biden, Camp Hale-Continental Divide.