Brian Willis


Press Releases


Conservation Groups Challenge Trump’s Decimation of Two National Monuments in Utah

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…

Appeal Halts Public Lands Data Center in Nevada Before Construction Begins

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…

Oil Sheen in Cook Inlet Underscores Risks of Offshore Drilling

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…

Sierra Club Statement on USDA Announcement to Remove Roadless Rule Protections

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…

Interior Faces Widespread Backlash Over Effort to Weaken Wilderness Protections Across Millions of Acres of Public Lands

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…

Sierra Club: Reports of Doug Burgum's Smug Incompetence are No Surprise

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recent reporting has raised serious questions about Interior Secretary Doug Burgum's leadership of the Department of the Interior, describing an agency plagued by dysfunction…

Appeal Challenges Public Lands Data Center in Nevada

LAS VEGAS— The Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter today filed an administrative appeal challenging federal approval of the Townsite Data Center in Boulder City,…

Stop Trump from Desecrating the Greater Chaco Landscape

SANTA FE — The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter is joining our Pueblo, Diné, and Tribal neighbors as well as other environmental and community groups in opposing Trump’s plan to expose the Great Chaco…

Sierra Club Statement on Reports that President Trump Will Dismantle Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, news media outlets have begun reporting that Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order as soon as Monday, July 13 to dismantle the Bears Ears and Grand…

Trump Administration Opens Door to Weakening Longstanding Wilderness Protections

Washington, D.C. — Last week, the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced a nationwide review of federal wilderness stewardship policies, including policies governing Wilderness Areas, Wilderness…