“To really make America healthy, the administration should strengthen, not weaken, air quality protections."
Read more from @cece248.bsky.social, the National Campaign Director of Sierra Club ⬇️
The Department of Energy just canceled $3.7B in funding for clean energy projects, including green cement.
The Trump Administration is killing investments in U.S. competitiveness, good jobs & cleaner air to support tax cuts & line the pockets of billionaires.
$14 billion investment sounds like a lot but consider that the current coal-based steelmaking inflicts between $7 and $13 billion in health-related costs every year in the U.S.
If Nippon extends coal-based steelmaking, then it will do more harm than good.
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NEW REPORT: @sierraclub.org & @evergreenaction.bsky.social reveal a major opportunity to slash industrial pollution: boiler electrification. 🏭⚡
Industrial boilers are a massive, but often overlooked, contributor to air pollution & climate emissions in the U.S.
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The Trump administration reportedly has a new "template trade agreement" it is pushing with other countries. Use the link below to demand the right to review and comment on that template before any trade negotiations continue!
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“Transitioning these coal-burning furnaces to cleaner alternatives reduces [health-harming] emissions. This is a key step that these communities can take toward getting off the worst-25 list and moving toward cleaner air.” #CleanSteel #CleanAir
by @alexckaufman.bsky.social via @canarymedia.com
Do you like paying more for energy while also getting sick from pollution while also being at risk from climate change and extreme weather? Then repeal the IRA.
1 SEC. 112209. TERMINATION OF TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF 2 TERRORIST SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 501(p) is amended by 4 adding at the end the following new paragraph: 5 ‘‘(8) APPLICATION TO TERRORIST SUPPORTING 6 ORGANIZATIONS.— 7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 8 subsection, in the case of any terrorist sup9 porting organization— 10 ‘‘(i) such organization (and the des11 ignation of such organization under sub12 paragraph (B)) shall be treated as de13 scribed in paragraph (2), and 14 ‘‘(ii) the period of suspension de15 scribed in paragraph (3) with respect to 16 such organization shall be treated as begin17 ning on the date that the Secretary des18 ignates such organization under subpara19 graph (B) and ending on the date that the 20 Secretary rescinds such designation under 21 subparagraph (D). 22 ‘‘(B) TERRORIST SUPPORTING ORGANIZA23 TION.—For purposes of this paragraph— 24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—the term ‘terrorist 25 supporting organization’ means any orga26 nization which is designated by the Sec-
1 retary as having provided, during the 3- 2 year period ending on the date of such des3 ignation, material support or resources to 4 an organization described in paragraph (2) 5 (determined after the application of this 6 paragraph to such organization) in excess 7 of a de minimis amount. 8 ‘‘(ii) MATERIAL SUPPORT OR RE9 SOURCES.—The term ‘material support or 10 resources’ has the meaning given such 11 term in subsection (g)(4) of section 2339B 12 of title 18, United States Code, except that 13 such term shall not include— 14 ‘‘(I) support or resources that 15 were approved by the Secretary of 16 State with the concurrence of the At17 torney General for purposes of sub18 section (j) of such section, or 19 ‘‘(II) humanitarian aid provided 20 with the approval of the Office of For21 eign Assets Control. 22 ‘‘(C) DESIGNATION PROCEDURE.— 23 ‘‘(i) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—Prior to 24 designating any organization as a terrorist 25 supporting organization under subpara-
There are many horrible things in the Ways & Means draft, but let me alert you to this underappreciated horror: They want to expand the Treasury Secretary's power to unilaterally designate nonprofits as "terrorist supporting organizations."
“It is deeply concerning to see the biggest potential investment in moving toward clean iron and steelmaking in the U.S. falter. We will not relent in advocating for an industry-leading transformation in Middletown and throughout the coal-based steelmaking industry.”
House Republicans waited until the middle of the night to pass a measure that gives away millions of acres of public lands to private developers and oil and gas, mining, and logging corporations.
As we seek to revitalize American manufacturing and build clean energy supply chains in the US, we cannot let unfettered pollution slowly kill fenceline communities and workers.
"In 2022, for example, an EPA inquiry found that Black residents along the Mississippi River petrochemical corridor often dubbed “Cancer Alley” faced disproportionately high health risks because of industrial pollution allowed by Louisiana permitting authorities."
Lack of attention to disparate impacts is why places like Cancer Alley have been allowed to exist.
Apparently it's okay for the government to green light corporations spewing toxic pollution industrial communities, many of which are low-income and communities of color, but not to acknowledge or do anything about it.
Agencies have been directed to consider disparate impacts for years--the Biden admin just tried to do a better job of it than what was done in the past.
This really grinds my gears.
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Pending #CriticalMinerals trade deals are likely to accelerate dirty, exploitative models of resource extraction if negotiated in the shadows.
Let's work together for a just & sustainable clean energy transition.
Learn how at: CriticalMineralsJustice.org
Come listen to me say things about stuff! Tomorrow at 3pm ET.
Important update! In addition to the Sierra Club, we will also be joined by our Executive Director, Arthur Stamoulis, to give everyone a quick update on tariffs at the end of the meeting. We hope to see you on Thursday!
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Tariffs and trade are all over the news, but how exactly did we get here? Decades of bad trade deals that prioritized corporate profits led to an outsourcing of good manufacturing jobs in the US and an increase in pollution and human rights concerns at factories overseas.
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"This really reads like a bunch of 24-year-olds at DOGE are working through this.”
Again, 10/10 for buffoonery. No notes.
Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us. So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is.
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
You can’t make this shit up. Well, they literally made it up, but the buffoonery is next level.
Tariffs and trade are all over the news, but Trump's chaotic strategy jeopardizes green jobs and threatens our pocketbooks. So how do we push for a climate-friendly trade policy that benefits people and the planet?
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Global trade influence how we make goods around the world. Trade agreements have long been used to maximize private profits to the detriment of workers and the environment. We need to rewrite the rules of trade to work for people and the planet.
Join @sierraclub.org today @ 6pm ET to learn more👇
SEC voted to end its defense of the climate disclosure rule, which required companies to report climate-related financial risks.
@sierraclub.org's @bmcushing.bsky.social calls the move "a dangerous retreat from investor protection" at a time it is needed most.
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The road to good jobs is investment in new tech. Deregulation will just paper over the problems that these facilities are facing, kill more Americans, and we will wake up in 10 years with fewer jobs.
This is lethal foolishness from people who never looked seriously at our industrial sector. (end)
Trump is dead wrong here. Regulation is not holding back US steel facilities. They are under performing because they are falling apart.
Ex. See the 2018 fire that tore through the Mon Valley Works after persistent underinvestment. This is what is holding us back.
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Trump plans to allow industries to seek exemptions from enviro regulations, including integrated iron & steel facilities and coke ovens.
This will kill more Americans without creating a competitive manufacturing sector or long-term employment.🧵
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