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Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration Approval of BP’s New Ultra-Deepwater Drilling Project in the Gulf of Mexico, 16 Years After Deepwater Horizon

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gulf and environmental groups sued the Trump Administration today over its approval of BP’s new ultra-deepwater oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico, which…

U.S. Senate Disapproves Mining Ban in Boundary Waters

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate voted to approve a controversial proposal, backed by the Trump Administration, to allow toxic sulfide mining in the watershed of one of the country’s most…

Indigenous and Environmental Groups Denounce Trump Administration Proposal to Revoke Greater Chaco Protections

Diné, Pueblo, and allied groups condemn the Trump Administration’s proposal to revoke Public Land Order (PLO) 7923, which withdraws federal minerals from future oil and gas leasing within…

MEDIA ADVISORY: Sources and new resources available in advance of fed statement on bulldozing public lands for roads

WHATThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expected to soon release a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for their plan to rescind the Roadless Area Conversation Rule.Enacted in 2001…

Sierra Club Statement on Trump Administration’s Attempt to Expand Drilling at Chaco Canyon

ALBUQUERQUE – This week, the Trump administration advanced the process of increasing oil and gas drilling on a landscape considered sacred by Pueblos and Tribes.On Tuesday, the Trump…

Trump Administration Shuts Public Out of National Forest Projects, Wildlife Killings

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration today finalized rules to fast-track approval of logging, mining, drilling, road building and other projects in America’s national forests by eliminating decades-…

Sierra Club Statement on Proposed Relocation of U.S. Forest Service Headquarters

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Trump Administration is proposing relocating the headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service thousands of miles away from Washington, D.C.In a press release Tuesday,…

Sierra Club Statement on Western Arctic Oil and Gas Lease Sale

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Trump Administration held a massive auction for oil and gas drilling rights in the largest contiguous area of national public lands in the United States.The auction…

ICYMI: Utah Sierra Club, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Call on Leaders to Reject Attacks on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

SALT LAKE CITY – Yesterday, Utah Sierra Club and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) held a press conference with community members speaking out against Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep.…

MEDIA ADVISORY: Utah Sierra Club, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance to Host Virtual Press Call Rejecting Attacks on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

SALT LAKE CITY — On Tuesday, March 17th, the Utah Sierra Club and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) will host a virtual press call with community members speaking out against Senator…