Washington, DC – Today, Donald Trump released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2027, which seeks to increase defense spending to a massive $1.5 trillion while slashing non-defense discretionary spending by more than $73 billion, including a 52 percent cut in funding for the Environmental Protecti
House Republicans passed a pair of bills this week that would undercut energy affordability and decrease energy reliability.
Today, the House of Representatives passed the “Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act,” or the SPEED Act. Rather than fixing the real barriers slowing clean energy projects, the SPEED Act weakens the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in ways that would do little to lower costs or accelerate clean energy, while making it easier for polluting projects to move forward without accountability.
Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Representative Suzan DelBene (D-WA) introduced the Clean Competition Act of 2025. The bill would boost clean, American manufacturing and cut industrial pollution in the United States and abroad.
RALEIGH, NC – Today, the Sierra Club, the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization, announced its endorsement of Roy Cooper for United States Senate in North Carolina, citing his outstanding record as Governor of North Carolina to strengthen the state’s clean energy economy and commitment as a Senator to help lower costs and deliver for working families.
Washington, DC - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources is considering legislation proposed by Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) called the “Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act,” or the SPEED Act. This bill will undermine the National Environmental Policy Act, a bedrock environmental law, in order to rush through infrastructure projects without adequate review or safeguards.
Washington, DC – Today, the Trump administration announced that it has begun the process of laying off thousands of federal workers via reductions-in-force (RIF) notifications sent out across agencies. “The RIFs have begun,” Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought wrote on X shortly after Noon Eastern.
Washington, DC – Despite having control of the White House and majorities in both chambers of Congress, Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are preparing to allow the federal government to shut down tonight at midnight. The shutdown comes as agencies are already experiencing massive funding cuts and reductions in staff as the Trump administration continues its mass firing efforts and illegal rescissions across government.
Washington, D.C. — Today, environmental groups including the Sierra Club, Climate Action Campaign, Climate Power, Earthjustice Action, Evergreen Action, Friends of the Earth Action, League of Conservation Voters, and NRDC Action Fund issued the following statement in response to continued threats of a government shutdown from President Trump and Republicans in Congress:
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 bills – H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015, and H.R. 3062 – would clear the way for more dirty fossil fuel infrastructure and development and stymy investment in clean, affordable energy. Sierra Club joined more than 30 groups in signing a letter to Members of Congress opposing the bills.
Today, Representatives Bruce Westerman (R-AK) and Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) introduced permitting legislation that would dangerously restrict reviews of fossil fuel projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and would limit the ability of communities to legally challenge a project.
JUNEAU, Alaska — Senate Republicans are supercharging an effort to sell huge swaths of public lands to private developers in Alaska to pay for extending Donald Trump’s tax cuts for billionaires.