Sierra Club Statement on Arctic Refuge CRA Vote - CleanTechnica

The article reports that Senate Republicans advanced a resolution using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to revoke a 2024 land management plan protecting millions of acres in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The resolution passed 49-45, with Republican Senator Susan Collins joining Democrats in opposition. The vote threatens critical habitat for species such as caribou, migratory birds, and polar bears. This marks an unprecedented use of the CRA, a Clinton-era law traditionally used to overturn administrative rules, now applied to resource management plans. A similar resolution targeting protections for the Western Arctic also passed recently and awaits presidential approval. Athan Manuel, Director of the Sierra Club’s Lands Protection Program, condemned the vote, accusing Senate Republicans and the Trump administration of prioritizing corporate interests over environmental and Indigenous concerns. He emphasized the Arctic Refuge’s importance as one of the last wild places in the U.S., vital to the Gwich’in people and wildlife like the Porcupine caribou herd. The Sierra Club, a