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Gulf and Environment Groups Respond To Public Waters Sell-off To Oil Industry

NEW ORLEANS — Gulf and environmental groups responded to the Trump administration’s latest large-scale sell-off of public waters to the oil-and-gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico today.The Trump…

Lawsuit challenges Trump’s massive public lands giveaway in Alaska

Ten Alaska and national groups sued the Interior Department today for unlawfully  removing federal protections over public lands in an area stretching from the Yukon River to the  Brooks…

Sierra Club Statement on Roll Back of Offshore Bonding Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, the Trump Administration announced it would roll back recently enacted reforms to hold oil and gas companies accountable for cleaning up decommissioned offshore…

Sierra Club Statement on the Failure of the Cook Inlet Lease Sale

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Department of the Interior announced not a single bid had been placed for the Trump Administration’s first Alaskan oil and gas lease sale. The Cook Inlet-focused…

Sierra Club Statement on Senate Committee Vote on Nomination of Steve Pearce

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources advanced Donald Trump’s nomination of Steve Pearce to run the Bureau of Land Management.By a party line vote of 11-…

Sierra Club Statement on Trump Administration’s Attack on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Republicans began the process of overturning the management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.These members of Congress are…

Sierra Club Statement on Confirmation Hearing on Nomination of Steve Pearce to Lead BLM 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a confirmation hearing on Donald Trump’s nomination of Steve Pearce to run the Bureau of Land Management.…

Sierra Club Statement on Trump Administration Opening Millions of Acres of Protected Public Lands to Mining

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of the Interior announced today it would revoke two public land orders to open more than two million acres of public lands in Alaska to drilling and mining.In…

Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Public Blackout on National Forest Projects, Wildlife Killings

 SAN FRANCISCO— Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today for tossing out decades-old rules requiring public participation before approving logging, mining, drilling, road building…

Sierra Club Statement on Trump’s Attacks on Marine National Monument

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald Trump has signed a proclamation attempting to allow commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, off the coast of New England.The…