Washington, DC – Today, Congressman John Sarbanes and Senator Amy Klobuchar reintroduced the Freedom to Vote Act. This bill seeks to increase safe, secure, and equitable voting access for all, especially those who have historically dealt with the highest barriers to voting, including communities of color, people with disabilities, and students.
SANTA FE, NM – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham recently announced bold action which will give New Mexicans more electric car and truck options in the coming years, and a new report shows the state can deliver the most health, jobs, and energy savings benefits to New Mexicans by following the trend of fully adopting its new clean car standards through 2035.Â
Tatum, Texas – Yesterday the EPA agreed to settle a lawsuit with the Sierra Club over the agency’s failure to act on an inadequate Texas plan to reduce harmful sulfur dioxide pollution in East Texas. As part of the proposed settlement, EPA must either approve the Texas plan or reject it and issue a federal plan, as required by the Clean Air Act, no later than Dec. 13, 2024.
OAKLAND, CA — Under a legal settlement filed in federal court today, the Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Sierra Club, ACLU of Texas, and ACLU of Northern California, have successfully settled two long-running lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s illegal transfer of military construction and Treasury Department forfeiture funds to build sections of the U.S.-Mexico border wall that Congress explicitly refused to fund.Â
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than 410,000 people have submitted public comments to the U.S. Forest Service calling for the agency to adopt a rule that protects mature and old-growth trees and forests on federal land as a cornerstone of U.S. climate policy.
Yesterday, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM)—the official export credit agency of the U.S.— insured potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in revolving credit facilities for speculative global commodities trader, Trafigura. Trafigura is one of the largest independent traders of liquefied natural gas, and this loan would support export deals with American LNG producers, Cheniere and Venture Global.Â
“We’ve long known that Senator Joe Manchin is the coal baron’s favorite coal baron, but his efforts to lift up corporate polluters, block clean air, safe drinking water, and the clean energy industry go so much further,” said Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous.
Counselor, NMÂ - Responding to a Congressional hearing to be held today by the Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resource, the Greater Chaco Coalition (Frack Off Chaco) reaffirms its unwavering commitment to safeguard the culturally significant Greater Chaco Landscape.
'This crusade against sustainable investing is nothing more than a manufactured culture war backed by fossil fuel interests and dark money funders.'
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