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Sierra Club Reaction: New FERC Commissioners Confirmed in Package Vote

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm a pair of Trump nominees, David LaCerte and Laura Swett, as commissioners to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The nominations were…

House Republicans Pass Series of Dirty Energy Bills

WASHINGTON, DC - This week, Republicans in the House of Representatives passed three energy bills that will drastically increase pollution, harm public health, and lead to higher energy prices. The…

Attacks on Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards Are Bad for Grid Reliability & Consumers

Washington, DC - Today, during an Energy & Commerce Subcommittee hearing, Republican members of the subcommittee attacked appliance energy efficiency standards, a key tool to keep the…

Groups Ask Court to Block Trump EPA Rule That Delays Protections Against Oil and Gas Methane Pollution

Washington, DC - A dozen health, environment and community groups are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn a Trump EPA Rule delaying the 2024 methane standards for…

Permitting Legislation Introduced to Limit the National Environmental Policy Act & Boost Dirty Fossil Fuels

Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Bruce Westerman (R-AK) and Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) introduced permitting legislation that would dangerously restrict reviews of fossil fuel projects…

Groups file challenge against FERC’s unlawful, blanket suspension of own construction regulation

Washington, DC – A coalition of public interest groups, landowners, and fishermen filed a challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ‘waiver order’ that allows FERC to avoid its…

Trump’s Army Corps Hands Industry Blank Check to Harm Nation’s Waters

Washington, DC — The Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club and Waterkeeper Alliance today submitted comments strongly condemning the U.S. Army Corps of…

Sierra Club & Partners Submit Thousands of Comments as PHMSA Comment Period for LNG Safety Rulemaking Closes

Washington, DC - Today, the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ended its comment period following an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on…

In Attempting to Delay EPA Methane Rule, Trump Admin Wants to Give Polluters a Pass

Washington, DC - The Trump administration is moving ahead with a plan to delay implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s critical Clean Air Act protections against methane and…

SCOTUS Rules Against Vulnerable Communities in Favor of Corporate Polluters in Utah Railroad Case

Washington, DC - Today, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to require further analysis before permitting a railroad line in Utah that would…