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Texans Urge Trump’s EPA to Back Off of Regional Haze Rule

Dallas – More than 1,000 people and nine organizations have submitted comments urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rethink plans to weaken regional haze pollution standards in the Lone Star State.

EPA Eliminates Office of Research and Development

Washington, D.C. - Today, Lee Zeldin announced the Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating its Office of Research and Development. The office played a critical role in improving air quality, reducing life-threatening chemicals in the air and water, and protecting Americans from illnesses and preventable deaths. 

EPA To Delay Cleanups of Georgia’s Toxic Coal Ash Landfills

ATLANTA - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will side with the coal industry over our communities and delay the required cleanup of toxic coal ash landfills until 2030.

EPA Places 100+ Employees on Leave for Dissenting Donald Trump

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency placed 139 employees who signed onto a letter dissenting the Trump Administration on administrative leave. 

In response, Sierra Club Climate Policy Director Patrick Drupp issued the following statement: 

Lee Zeldin Intends to Allow More Heavy Metals in Our Waterways

Washington, D.C. - Today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s intention to gut the Effluent Limitation Guidelines.

Trump and his EPA Sued for Creating Email Shortcut Around Clean Air Protections

Washington, D.C. — Today, community and environmental groups represented by Earthjustice sued the Trump administration over its unlawful decision to exempt dozens of coal-fired power plants from stronger pollution limits set in the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, or MATS.

Trump Administration Formally Proposes Repeal of Bedrock Greenhouse Gas Standards, Sells Out Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa — Today, the Trump Administration issued a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency to repeal the agency’s Clean Air Act Section 111 carbon pollution standards, which limit climate-disrupting greenhouse gas emissions from gas- and coal-fired power plants.

Trump Administration Formally Proposes Repeal of Bedrock Greenhouse Gas Standards, Sells Out Americans

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Trump Administration issued a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency to roll back the agency’s Clean Air Act Section 111 carbon pollution standards, which limit climate-disrupting greenhouse gas emissions from gas- and coal-fired power plants.

Trump Administration Begins Repeal of Mercury Emission Standards As Part of Anti-Health Agenda

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Trump Administration announced a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency—one of several attacks in its anti-public health agenda—to roll back the agency’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards that limit mercury and other heavy metal emissions from coal- and gas-fired plants. 

MILESTONE: Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign Prevents 1 Million Asthma Attacks, Saves 60 Thousand Lives

Washington, D.C. - According to new Sierra Club analysis, its Beyond Coal Campaign has helped successfully prevent one million asthma attacks through its work to retire toxic coal plants across the country. The campaign’s efforts have also saved over 60,000 lives and prevented nearly 100,000 heart attacks. 

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

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 other harmful pollution from the oil and gas industry.

Republicans Advance Energy & Commerce Committee Budget Bill that Will Harm Americans to Give Handouts to Polluters

The legislation cuts programs to reduce pollution, innovate industrial sector & includes “pay to pollute” provisions