Ben Jealous
Executive Director of the Sierra Club
A bill to create a national monument to Tulsa’s Greenwood District, once known as Black Wall Street, now sits in Congress. There’s also a movement for a national monument to the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois.
In Iowa, opposition to the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline is growing. Meanwhile, Illinois recently passed a moratorium on carbon capture pipelines of up to two years.
There’s power in challenging stereotypes about who “belongs” in nature and the outdoors.
Naysayers wrongly portray policies to reduce carbon emissions and other pollution as an attack on consumer ‘freedom.’ Most Americans know green energy is the wave of the future. Illinois and EV manufacturing is one example.
The president’s tariffs will help ensure the aluminum, steel, solar panels, and other components and materials for electric vehicle charging stations are American-made.
Author Rachel Carson’s book about the threat posed by the pesticide DDT ultimately led to the creation of the EPA and other environmental milestones.
A rougher allergy season and the prevalence of wildfires will make the summer especially tough for people with asthma.
Power plant owners will be forced to clean up their coal ash pollution under new rules recently issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
On Earth Day 2024, companies have a chance to show genuine support for the transition to an economy based on green energy. Federal tax credits and other incentives for manufacturing are helping to fuel the transition — and create thousands of new jobs.