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Sierra Club Statement on the Trump-Burgum Gift Bag to Big Oil CEOs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Late Monday night, Interior Secretary Burgum posted new Secretarial Orders focused on implementing Donald Trump's flurry of Day One Executive Orders declaring an “energy…

Sierra Club Statement on Confirmation of Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Department of the Interior.Burgum’s confirmation comes after a flurry of actions by Donald…

Sierra Club Statement on Trump’s Threats to Dismantle FEMA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a visit to areas devastated last year by Hurricane Helene, Donald Trump suggested he would dismantle the federal agency tasked with organizing disaster response…

Sierra Club Statement on Trump Blocking Clean Energy Approvals Nationwide

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As one of his first acts of the new administration, Donald Trump’s Interior Department issued a secretarial order effectively pausing approvals for all clean energy…

Sierra Club statement on Trump order revoking Tongass Roadless Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a flurry of executive orders declaring a “national energy emergency” and aiming to "unleash American energy,” Donald Trump acted to slash environmental protections in …

Sierra Club statement on Trump’s Alaska giveaway to Big Oil CEOs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a flurry of executive orders declaring a “national energy emergency” and aiming to "unleash American energy,” Donald Trump acted to slash environmental protections in Alaska,…

Sierra Club statement on Trump’s revocation of protections for offshore ocean waters

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of a series of executive orders seeking to "unleash American energy” via a “national energy emergency,” Donald Trump overturned protections for more than 625 million acres…

Sierra Club statement on Trump efforts to rename Denali

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Moments after taking the presidential oath of office, the White House confirmed that Donald Trump would seek to rename Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. The…

Sierra Club Statement on Confirmation Hearing for Doug Burgum’s Nomination as Secretary of the Interior

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is scheduled to hold hearings on the nomination of North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Department of the…

Sierra Club Celebrates Ash Meadows Mineral Withdrawal

AMARGOSA VALLEY, NEVADA— On Tuesday, January 14th, the Biden-Harris administration announced the administrative withdrawal of public lands from new mineral entry for a temporary period of 20 years in…