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May 14, 2025

Salt Lake City, UT - Today, Rep. Blake Moore voted to advance the House Ways and Means Committee’s budget reconciliation proposal, which included drastic cuts to clean energy, vehicles, and manufacturing project tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to fund tax breaks for Trump and his billionaire friends. 

May 14, 2025

DETROIT, MI - Residents in Southeast Michigan have lived with unsafe levels of ozone pollution for nearly a decade, a dangerous problem that should have been addressed by Michigan’s State Implementation Plan under the requirements of the Clean Air Act. However, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)--the state authority responsible for implementing plans that would reduce ozone pollution–hasn’t followed through with its own plan. In response, the Sierra Club, on behalf of its impacted members, has filed a Notice of Intent (NOI) to sue Director Phillip Roos for the department’s failure to act.

May 13, 2025

A new analysis by the Sierra Club indicates that the Trump Administration’s deregulatory actions will have severe environmental and public health consequences across the country, particularly in Texas.

May 12, 2025

WYOMING - on Monday, May 5, the Sierra Club unveiled a new tool that shows the public health and environmental toll of the Trump Administration’s planned rollbacks of the Environmental Protection Agency’s safeguards against coal pollution. 

May 12, 2025

Washington, DC - Late last night, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released its portion of the budget reconciliation bill that will harm Americans in a variety of ways, from gutting Medicaid to slashing programs that protect clean air. The legislation is expected to be marked up in a committee meeting tomorrow.

May 9, 2025

ARIZONA - on Monday, May 5, the Sierra Club unveiled a new tool that shows the public health and environmental toll of the Trump Administration’s planned rollbacks of the Environmental Protection Agency’s safeguards against coal pollution. 

May 9, 2025

Columbia, S.C. – Lawmakers passed House Bill 3309 on the second-to-last day of session, omnibus legislation that favors financially healthy monopoly electric utilities and tech companies – like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta – over hard-working South Carolinians.  

May 5, 2025

CENTRAL APPALACHIA - People across Central Appalachia would be exposed to thousands of tons more of deadly air and water pollution if the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) follows through with threats to roll back rules limiting pollution.

May 5, 2025

MINNESOTA – Today, the Sierra Club released its new tool, the Trump Coal Pollution Dashboard, that shows the environmental toll of the Trump Administration’s planned rollback of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) safeguards on coal pollution.

May 5, 2025

WISCONSIN – Today, the Sierra Club released its new tool, the Trump Coal Pollution Dashboard, that shows the environmental toll of the Trump Administration’s planned rollback of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) safeguards on coal pollution.

May 5, 2025

Jefferson City, Mo - Today, the Sierra Club unveiled a new interactive tool that shows the environmental toll of the Trump Administration’s planned rollbacks of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) safeguards on coal pollution in Missouri.

May 5, 2025

ATLANTA, GA - Today, the Sierra Club unveiled a new interactive tool that shows the environmental toll of the Trump Administration’s planned rollbacks of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) safeguards on coal pollution in Georgia.