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.
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