CUPERTINO, Calif. – Sierra Club's successful lawsuit against Lehigh Southwest Cement Company will begin to show on-the-ground results as the company officially breaks ground on the Permanente Creek restoration project July 22. The project will remove thousands of tons of toxic mine waste that were dumped from Lehigh’s quarry into Permanente Creek upstream of Cupertino. Required by a federal court order signed by both Sierra Club and Lehigh, the company must restore 3.5 miles of the mining-ravaged watershed by 2030.
Oakland, CA – The Sierra Club has filed another lawsuit against the Trump Administration, this time seeking to hold the Office of Management and Budget accountable for its failure to respond to three Freedom of Information Act requests, which seek OMB’s records and communications related to freezing Congressionally appropriated funding, as well as communications between key OMB and the Department of Government Effi
Chicago, IL – Chicago’s Trump International Hotel & Tower has agreed to cease its illegal killing of aquatic life, bring its water intake structure into compliance with the Clean Water Act (CWA), and pay a record $4.8 million settlement after years of operating in violation of federal and state environmental law. The settlement is the result of a lawsuit filed by Friends of the Chicago River, the Sierra Club, and the Illinois Attorney General in 2018 after the Sierra Club discovered the Trump Tower cooling water intake violated state and federal law during a routine permit review.
Oakland, CA – The Sierra Club filed another lawsuit against the Trump Administration, this time seeking to hold the Department of the Interior accountable for its failure to respond to basic Freedom of Information Act requests within the timeline required by law, or even to provide estimates of when such requests may be fulfilled.
Oakland, CA – The Sierra Club has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy for unlawfully failing to respond to the organization’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Washington, DC – Today, the Sierra Club and a group of environmental and science organizations, represented by Sierra Club’s Environmental Law Program and Public Citizen Litigation Group, filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s removal of public information from climate and environmental justice federal agency websites.
Washington, DC – The Sierra Club filed a Freedom of Information Act request this week seeking all external communications of key Office of Management and Budget and United States DOGE Service personnel, including Elon Musk, Director Russ Vought, and known DOGE staff members. The request, part of the Sierra Club’s Environmental Law Program’s efforts to provide transparency to the general public, seeks to unearth more information on the work of Elon Musk’s team, their influence, and potential conflicts of interest.
Washington, DC – After attempts by the Administration to hide it from the American public for days, the Washington Post has reported that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is urging Donald Trump to further undermine bedrock environmental law and stri
CHICAGO, IL – Cook County Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus L. Wilson ruled Monday that the Trump International Hotel & Tower violated and is in violation of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act and committed a continuing public nuisance through a series of failures to comply with state and federal law dating back to 2008. The judge ruled that the evidence was uncontested that Trump Tower, operating as 401 N. Wabash, is liable on all remaining counts brought by Friends of the Chicago River, the Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, and the State of Illinois in this long-running litigation.
Groups submitted a request for rehearing to challenge the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of Venture Global’s proposed methane gas export facility, CP2 LNG. FERC made the highly controversial decision at its June meeting with a slim 2-1 vote and a strong dissent from former commissioner Allison Clements. Niskanen Center submitted the request on behalf of Sierra Club and a coalition of environmental organizations and impacted community members.