Advisory: D.C. Rally to Call Out Trump’s Plan to Dismantle Endangered Species Act

Event at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, December 18, outside Interior Department

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Conservation groups including Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity will deliver hundreds of thousands of comments on Thursday, December 18, to the Department of the Interior from people protesting Trump’s plan to dismantle the Endangered Species Act.

The groups, accompanied by Frostpaw the Polar Bear and members of Congress, will hold a rally and news conference urging the Trump administration to withdraw proposed rules that would dismantle the Act and drive hundreds of animals and plants closer to extinction.

The public comment period on the proposed rules ends December 22, just 30 days after they were issued.

• What: Rally and news conference opposing the Trump administration’s extinction plan.
• When: 8:30 a.m., Thursday, December 18
• Where: Outside the U.S. Department of the Interior, C Street Entrance, 1849 C St. NW, Washington, D.C., 20240 (map)
• Who: Members of Congress, Center for Biological Diversity, Endangered Species Coalition, Sierra Club, American Bird Conservancy, Oceana, Chesapeake Climate Action Network and other groups.

About the Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with millions of members and supporters. In addition to protecting every person’s right to get outdoors and access the healing power of nature, the Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal action. For more information, visit www.sierraclub.org.

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