Proposed rules would undermine nation’s most successful conservation law Washington D.C. — More than 380,000 Americans, including 17,000 Sierra Club supporters, submitted comments in opposition to a set of proposed rules from the Trump administration that would roll back protections for imperiled animal and plant species across the United States and undermine … [continued]
Flawed Fish and Wildlife Service Opinion Underestimates Effects on Threatened Species WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Sierra Club, represented by its Environmental Law Program, and allied organizations represented by Trustees for Alaska filed a notice flagging ESA violations by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife … [continued]
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 … [continued]
The proposed rules would undermine extremely popular law; public has 30-days to submit comments. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration is proposing to fundamentally weaken implementation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in ways that could bring imminent harm to imperiled species. If finalized, the rules would bias listing decisions with … [continued]
At a time when COVID-19 cases are topping a million globally and thousands of Americans have died from the pandemic, the Trump Administration is planning a celebration — of sorts.
The results are in from a CleanTechnica survey which chronicled reader concerns over recent weakening of environmental protections.
The Interior Department announced this week it will hold America’s second-ever competitive lease sale for offshore wind on 112,800 acres located 23.5 miles from Virginia Beach with 2,000 megawatts potential renewable energy capacity.
