Sierra Club Live

That's a wrap on a very short Environment and Public Works Hearing. Not enough about the danger of increased uranium mining— which has already caused irreparable damage. Indigenous communities will likely suffer the most from the uranium reserve.

"... and this bill would contribute to an ongoing public health and justice crisis in the American west and most at risk the Indigenous communities already devastated by mining pollution.” @SenMarkey

“This would also prop up the dirty dangerous uranium mining industry by creating artificial federal demand for a toxic product..." @SenMarkey

“One of the urgent issues... is the severe reality that many Americans do not have access to clean air, clean water, live in toxic environments that cause them untold human suffering.” @SenBooker

We urge the committee to remove Title IV, Section 402 from the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020. This ANIA Section 402 is a bailout for the uranium mining industry and will hurt our communities!

Let's go @SenatorCantwell! Thanks for highlighting the importance of the recruitment and retention of women in fire.

Thank you @SenatorBennet for working to #ProtectPublicLands by introducing the #COREAct! This bill will conserve some of the most important public lands Colorado has to offer in a way that not only retains their conservation values but is supported by local communities.

Clearing the way for increased logging, mining, and other destructive development in forests will be doubly bad for our climate-- both increasing pollution and limiting our ability to reduce it. #ActOnClimate

The Tongass National Forest stores more carbon than any other forest in the US. @lisamurkowski's bill would transfer 115,000 acres of the Tongass to corporations, enabling logging of valuable old-growth trees in this carbon-sequestering forest. We CANNOT let this happen.

The Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act is one of the largest public land giveaways in recent American history— nearly 1 million acres of public lands in central Nevada. The damage if this legislation passes would be significant.

The Prescribed Fire Act makes investments in hazardous fuels management by increasing the pace and scale of controlled burns and creates a more robust controlled burn workforce to reduce catastrophic fires. Thank you @RonWyden for introducing this bill to protect our forests!