Brian Willis is the deputy press secretary for federal affairs for the Sierra Club.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Trump administration invited fresh controversy when it announced it will abandon environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to allow oil…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Sierra Club and partners around the country announced that more than one million public comments were submitted in opposition to the Trump administration’s proposed…
EL PASO, TX - Today, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone issued an emergency injunction to block border barrier and road construction across the Big Bend region. The emergency injunction was…
ATLANTA — Less than one week after proposing a land swap and private access to Yosemite National Park, the Trump administration’s Department of the Interior announced plans for similar land exchanges…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Bureau of Land Management proposed a new process that would allow some oil and gas development in the Western Arctic to move forward without additional, project-specific…
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Conservation groups today challenged Trump’s July 2026 unlawful decimation of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Southern Utah. The groups filed suit in…
LAS VEGAS— A federal panel today halted construction on a massive data center near Boulder City, Nevada, granting environmental groups and local residents a stay in their fight against the hyperscale…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A miles-long sheen reported near an inactive oil and gas platform in Cook Inlet is raising renewed concerns about the risks posed by aging offshore infrastructure as the Trump…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its latest step to eliminate protections under the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, claiming the move is necessary to reduce…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The public was forced to navigate five separate comment processes across three federal agencies as the Department of the Interior launched a sweeping review of longstanding…