federal-policy

April 16, 2026

Washington, DC - Sixteen health and environmental groups have filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency outlining severe flaws in its rule to repeal the Endangerment Finding and motor vehicle climate pollution standards and describing how the Clean Air Act requires the agency to reconsider that damaging action. 

April 3, 2026

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

April 3, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the Department of the Interior announced a new scheme to downsize its workforce. 

April 2, 2026

Lawsuit claims Trump's use of 'Extinction Committee' violates law in numerous ways

March 31, 2026

Endangered Species Committee cites ‘national security concerns’ in unanimous vote to exempt all Gulf oil and gas activities from Endangered Species Act

March 27, 2026

Bill would provide grants to states to expand outdoor recreation programming for veterans

March 17, 2026

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March 16, 2026

Changes recommended at wildlife refuges, fish hatcheries, offices reveal Interior’s contradictory approach to implementing executive order

February 27, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Sierra Club released the first batch of communications and calendars received from the Department of the Interior in the wake of the organization’s lawsuit following the agency’s failure to respond to public records requests for the documents.

February 24, 2026

Washington, DC – Tonight, as costs for American families continue to soar and environmental and public health protections are weakened by his administration, Donald Trump delivered the first official State of the Union address of his second term.

In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Loren Blackford released the following statement:

February 12, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, in a brazen assault on the health and welfare of the American public, the Trump administration announced its rule revoking the Environmental Protection Agency’s longstanding greenhouse gas endangerment finding under the federal Clean Air Act. With the stroke of a pen at a White House, Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin have formalized climate denialism as official government policy and moved to eliminate EPA’s ability to directly fight the climate crisis. 

February 10, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, in a brazen assault on the health and welfare of the American public, the Trump administration announced that it will finalize its rule revoking the Environmental Protection Agency’s longstanding greenhouse gas endangerment finding under the federal Clean Air Act. With the stroke of a pen at a White House event this Thursday, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will formalize climate denialism as official government policy and move to eliminate EPA’s ability to directly fight the climate crisis.