February 26, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Republicans began the process of overturning the management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of America's last truly wild places and must be preserved. | Photo by Loren Blackford
Public lands and waters should never be threatened by oil and gas drilling. We work to protect these special places from legislative assaults and federal regulatory rollbacks that threaten to open them up to exploitation by the fossil fuel industry.
Press Releases
February 25, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a confirmation hearing on Donald Trump’s nomination of Steve Pearce to run the Bureau of Land Management.During the hearing, Pearce was peppered with questions about his previous support for selling off vast swaths of federal public lands to private interests and opposition to national monuments. BLM manages approximately 245 million acres of public surface land and an additional 700 million acres of subsurface mineral rights.
February 25, 2026
DENVER - The U.S. Senate hearing for Steve Pearce, nominee for Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is triggering fierce push back from conservation and environmental groups this week.
February 6, 2026
Proposed changes at National Monument in Mississippi the latest in a string of censorship actions ordered by the Trump Administration
January 23, 2026
Washington, DC – Today, the Sierra Club is highlighting the transparency generated by the organization’s Environmental Law Program in the first year of Donald Trump’s second term in office.
December 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee considered 15 bills largely focusing on conservation, public lands, and wildfire prevention.Among the bills considered during the markup session, the committee's first legislative markup since September, were the following:
November 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republicans have approved resolutions intended to undermine the protection of millions of acres of public lands in Alaska and overturning guardrails on coal leasing in Wyoming.
November 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A broad cross-section of Americans voiced their support for protecting public lands and preserving the Public Lands Rule as the Trump administration's 60-day public comment period to rescind the rule closed today.
November 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Donald Trump announced his latest pick to run the Bureau of Land Management.
November 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, documents emerged suggesting the Department of the Interior was putting plans for orchestrated widespread layoffs on hold.