Plus attacks to the Arctic Refuge, stories from the invisible workforce cleaning up after the oil and gas industry, and how we're working to protect critical wolf protections.
Trump and the billionaires who bought access to him are systematically undermining our land management agencies, unjustly firing the workers who steward these lands, and leaving America's national treasures unprotected. But we can help stop it! Our Public Lands Action Hour will walk you through how to take focused, effective action to protect our public lands and ensure that we can continue to enjoy and explore them for generations to come. Join us tomorrow at 3 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. ET!
Trump wants to lease the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas developers in order to pay for more and bigger tax cuts. Besides being a terrible idea from a dollars and cents perspective, it's a huge threat to the wildlife and people who depend on the refuge to simply exist. The Gwich'in people depend on reliable and robust caribou migrations to live, and without an intact, unindustrialized Arctic Refuge, those caribou are at risk.
Each year, public companies hold shareholder meetings to vote on critical issues, including the climate crisis. At these meetings, public pension funds are among the most influential investors. While they serve public sector workers, they are funded by taxpayers, meaning that all of us can help influence these votes!
The Endangered Species Act is our nation's most effective law for protecting wildlife in danger of extinction. Yet Trump, Congress, and the corporate polluters that bought access to them want to weaken the Endangered Species Act or get rid of it entirely. Science -- not profit -- should be driving decisions about which species need protection.
The new leader for the nation's largest land manager is poised to set a new course for an agency that has historically prized balancing conservation and utility. Kathleen M. Sgamma, an oil lobbyist, will shepherd the Bureau of Land Management through the Trump administration, and likely will try to sell off the public lands we all share to private corporations.
The case for Ambler Road had been settled. Regulators would not cleave through Alaska's Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, one of the last untouched wild areas of America. However, with President Trump in office, all bets are off.
The oil and gas industry has experienced record profits in recent years, and its CEOs take home multimillion-dollar earnings. Meanwhile, its working muscle -- the people who perform the jobs supporting the industry -- face a harm that few in the public see.
We have no time to waste. We must act at unmatched speed on an unprecedented scale to confront the crises facing our country and our planet. We can only be successful by building a movement that works for everyone. Learn more about the Sierra Club.
