As Congress considers the scale of investment in climate, jobs, and justice in the Build Back Better Act, it’s clear that voters in Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s home state of Arizona want climate and clean energy priorities to be fully funded. sierraclub.org/press-releases…
In new state polling conducted by @GSG, Arizona voters express overwhelming support for a robust Build Back Better Act.
Nearly two in three voters statewide (65%) say they want to see the $3.5 trillion package passed.
Arizona voters also reject efforts to dilute the Build Back Better Act to reduce its price tag.
If certain climate and health provisions were eliminated to reduce the cost to $2 trillion, almost half of Arizona voters (44%) would be less supportive of it.
In the new survey, @GSG found that a strong majority of Arizona voters believe that climate change is already having a serious impact on the state and think Arizona should be a leader in the development, deployment, and export of solar energy. ☀️
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"It is critical for the @EPA to listen to the hundreds of thousands of people urging the agency to deliver a strong clean cars rule for our health and our climate,"
-- Sierra Club President @RamonCruzDiaz
"For years, Donald Trump attacked our nation’s strongest climate policy - it’s time to get it back and go further than ever before. Cars and light-duty trucks are also a major source of air pollution that predominantly harms low-income communities and communities of color."
Polling shows that the U.S. public strongly supports efforts to close the funding gap on replacing lead pipes through the Build Back Better Act. 👇🏻 sierraclub.org/articles/2021/…
Polls demonstrate that the quality of drinking water is a top environmental concern for Americans. news.gallup.com/poll/347735/wa…
93% of U.S. voters say it’s important to fix outdated or unsafe drinking water systems as part of any economic stimulus plan. f.hubspotusercontent10.net/hubfs/6000718/…
Sierra Club and Others Sue Biden Administration Over West Virginia’s Grossly Underfunded Mine Reclamation Program. sc.org/3onoNyK (1 of 5)
Decades of industry-friendly oversight has set the stage for a reclamation crisis. Hopefully, under the Biden administration, OSMRE will be up to the challenge of requiring adequate and reliable reclamation funding not just in West Virginia but around the country. (2 of 5)
"For the last 9 years, we’ve looked out our windows onto a strip mine where neighboring farms used to be," said Betsy Lawson, a resident of western Monongalia County. (3 of 5)
VICTORY: Deb Haaland just became Secretary of the Interior with bipartisan approval in the Senate. She is the first Native American to hold a cabinet position in this country's history. 👏👏👏
“Haaland’s lived experiences are critical to reorienting Interior toward people, Indigenous rights and climate-focused, science-based conservation," said Chris Hill, acting director of Sierra Club’s Our Wild America campaign.
"We look forward to seeing our country’s lands and waters integrated with efforts to increase outdoors equity, mitigate climate impacts by protecting 30 percent of lands and water by 2030, and foster healthier communities."
"Sierra Club enthusiastically supports the Save Oak Flat Act to permanently protect Oak Flat, or Chi’chil Bildagoteel, an area sacred to the San Carlos Apache and numerous other Tribes."
"Allowing an international mining giant to turn these sacred and unique lands on the Tonto National Forest into a giant crater is not in the public’s interest and is frankly unconscionable."
THREAD: This is laughable. Wheeler is an ex-coal lobbyist working for TRUMP, meeting w/ & doing the bidding of corporate polluters. That's the definition of collusion.
Lives are at stake. We can't afford an EPA admin in cahoots w/ corporate polluters who lies to cover that up