Oakland, CA — The Sierra Club has filed another lawsuit against the Trump Administration after its Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, failed to provide materials in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the organization.
Washington, DC – As the Trump administration continues to undo federal regulations that protect our air and water, including proposals to eliminate standards for vehicle emissions and revoke the 2009 endangerment finding, the Sierra Club today released 952 pages of emails between EPA officials and external organizations provided in response to the environmental organization’s Freedom of Information Act request.
CAMERON PARISH, LA – A Louisiana state court terminated the coastal use permit for the proposed Commonwealth LNG export facility, finding state officials violated the Louisiana Constitution by failing to consider the environmental impacts on the surrounding communities of color and low-income communities.
Washington, DC – Amidst explosive news reports this week of more than 40 administration staffers having direct ties to fossil fuel companies and the existence of a “concierge, white glove service” set up by the Trump Administration to cater to fossil fuel companies’ demands across gover
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Local fishermen, community members and leaders, and public interest organizations filed a motion in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit seeking to halt harmful construction of Venture Global’s massive Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and pipeline in southwest Louisiana.
Washington, DC – A review of official Trump administration documents obtained by the Sierra Club shows further opposition to Donald Trump’s attempt to whitewash history on public lands.
NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 21, 2025) - Three environmental groups have filed a lawsuit, asking the court to cancel the Clean Air Act permit and stop the construction of Venture Global’s highly controversial liquefied methane gas export project CP2 LNG.
Washington, DC – Today, in its most direct assault thus far on the movement to mitigate the climate crisis, the Trump administration will formally propose a plan to rescind the Environmental Protection Agency’s longstanding greenhouse gas endangerment finding. If finalized, this action will devastate the EPA’s ability to carry out its primary authority to limit climate pollution under the federal Clean Air Act.
Today, nine public advocacy groups led by the Sierra Club and Earthjustice filed a petition for review at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in response to the Department of Energy’s unlawful and unreasonable extension of the J.H. Campbell coal plant, and the department’s failure to respond to the groups’ earlier request for rehearing on the department’s emergency order.
Oakland, CA — The Sierra Club has filed its latest FOIA-related lawsuit against the Trump Administration, this time seeking to hold the Department of Transportation accountable for its failure to respond to two Freedom of Information Act requests for DOT’s records related to withholding of federal funds and communications with external parties.