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monica embrey of the sierra club's beyond dirty fuels campaign said quote "how many of these oil disasterso we have to witness before our elected leaders understand that there is no safe way to drill or transport dirty fossil fuels? " in related news, the biden administration is moving ahead with a plan to open up 80 million acres of the gulf of mexico to new oil and gas drilling. an auction for drilling rights is scheduled for mid-november but a coalition of environmental groups have sued to block the sale from moving forward. inclement news, a major knit -- in climate news, a u.n. study found that the world has lost 14% of its coral reefs between 2009 and 2018 due to rising temperatures. coral reefs phase in existential crisis. the biden administration has reversed a trump-era ban that blocked federally-funded family planning clinics from referring patients for abortions or even mentioning abortion as an option. the so-called domestic gag rule had threatened healthcare for millions who rely on title x health centers for primary and preventive care. planned parenthood president alexis mcg

>> wind power is not the miracle solution with our energy needs that the democrats and sierra club and for years and to your point it has serious health consequences and disproportionately hurts the poor who can't fight back. people don't want these wind farms anywhere near their homes. unfortunately the poor don't have resources to push back on big wind. elizabeth: not fair, root? talking about root causes, right? what about root causes how this will hit the poor. to your point forbes is reporting 317 wind projects have been rejected in 2016 as being bad for people's help, disruptive, sleep, headaches, north dakota, montana, nevada, that is how you pronounce it, the poor can't afford to fight the gigantic noisy industrial energy facilities in their backyards. they can't make it go away. this is even happening outside of poor neighborhoods like san francisco. >> well, to your point, emac, basically 317 wind projects have been pushed back since 2015 from hawaii to maine, mostly in the wealthy communities which see like marin, california, princeton, new jersey. unfortunately a lot of tim

it seems mother nature come back to the sierra club., people are excited to get back onto the slopes. what would be your advice to drivers coming up that way, especially with these changing road closures and changing tire control? great question. get your robe cats together. have your change your change. attention is in your car. have that extra shovel in the car, have some extra water in the car, bring some extra layers up here and give yourself some time, especially during these big storms. you don't need to drive 55 miles an hour. pay attention to the chain controls 25 miles an hour. i call it slow your roll and you'll get here safely. give yourself that little bit of lead time. and also if you're snowing, you need to get out of here. give yourself that extra day for sure. but just be prepared. slow your roll. you'll get here you'll be safe and you're going to have a great winter season. that's great advice. coupe one last one for you. we have heard that with all this ran the water level like tahoe is back to the natural rim. how exc

for years, nevadans from the nevada conservation league, the league of conservation voters, the sierra club, the environmental defense fund, and battle born progress, and so many other hardworking organizations have come together to demand climate action. now, thanks to your hard work, i'm confident that we will pass historic investment in clean energy infrastructure and the build back better act for our future. the time to act on climate is now. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition. >> i rise to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. williams: madam speaker, president biden and the democrats promised back in march their $1.8 trillion american rescue plan would end the pandemic and get us on a path of economic recovery. well, it was a lie. it's now eight months later and neither has been accomplished. what democrats failed recovery plan has done has caused the highest inflation

that resolved by the supreme court just a couple of years ago in sierra club versus county of snowma. excuse me, county of fresno. the supreme court found that the adequacy of any eir is a question of law which means that it is up to this body to figure out if based on the requirements of ceqa, this eir is adequate. and i note that in the recent letter that we have received from the applicant's lawyer that there was a statement that, in fact, the question of eir adequacy was argued is substantial evidence because the only question that is a question of law is whether procedural or statutory criteria of ceqa were satisfied. yes, that is the rule but there are a lot of requirements of ceqa -- procedural and statutory, substantive, i guess, that is what is meant that, must be followed. and there's a lot of case law that indicates what should happen. i did argue this case in the supreme court and there was dispute by the opponents that, in fact, it should be a substantial evidence, unless, in fact, there's a whole portion left out and the court said no. so it is a question of law. and tho

that resolved by the supreme court just a couple of years ago in sierra club versus county of snowma. excuse me, county of fresno. the supreme court found that the adequacy of any eir is a question of law which means that it is up to this body to figure out if based on the requirements of ceqa, this eir is adequate. and i note that in the recent letter that we have received from the applicant's lawyer that there was a statement that, in fact, the question of eir adequacy was argued is substantial evidence because the only question that is a question of law is whether procedural or statutory criteria of ceqa were satisfied. yes, that is the rule but there are a lot of requirements of ceqa -- procedural and statutory, substantive, i guess, that is what is meant that, must be followed. and there's a lot of case law that indicates what should happen. i did argue this case in the supreme court and there was dispute by the opponents that, in fact, it should be a substantial evidence, unless, in fact, there's a whole portion left out and the court said no. so it is a question of law. and tho