Press Releases

Groups Launch Ads Targeting Colorado’s 3rd District Over Big Oil Immunity Effort

DENVER – This week Sierra Club and Make Polluters Pay released a series of ads targeting Rep. Jeff Hurd and raising awareness in Colorado's 3rd district about a congressional Republican effort to give fossil fuel corporations immunity from climate damages. 

Widespread Pressure Causes Duke Energy to Reduce Proposed Rate Increase

RALEIGH, N.C. – Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced yesterday that Duke Energy lowered its proposed rate increase from 18 percent to 11.6 percent, demonstrating that the monopoly utility – which raked in nearly $5 billion in profits last year – will respond to robust public pressure and rein in its efforts to make even more money at the expense of captive ratepayers.

LDEQ Must Conduct Full Environmental Justice Analysis of Hyundai Steel Facility

Sierra Club and its Delta Chapter called on the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) to conduct a project-specific environmental justice analysis of Hyundai Steel’s proposed facility in Louisiana. The request comes after the company largely removed an initial environmental justice analysis from its revised permit application.

Trump Administration Illegally Extends Operations of the Culley and Schahfer Coal Plants for Third Time

INDIANAPOLIS — Today, the Trump Administration and Department of Energy (DOE) announced yet another extension for the Culley and Schahfer coal-fired power plants since they were ordered to stay open at the end of 2025.

Court Should Order Restart of Wind Project Reviews, Environmental Groups Say

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental groups today urged a federal court to move quickly in forcing an end to the Defense Department’s de facto ban on new wind energy projects. 

FERC Will No Longer Complete Cumulative Impact Analyses in Environment Reviews

During its monthly open meeting today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) indicated that it no longer plans to complete cumulative impact analyses when conducting environmental reviews of projects. The change was announced in an order approving the Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage Project.

Clean Energy Groups Challenge Utility Commission Cancellation of N.C. Solar Development

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a motion for preliminary injunction today in Wake County Superior Court and challenged the N.C.

Sierra Club Connecticut, State Representatives Host Black Lungs Matter: Juneteenth Press Event

HARTFORD, Ct. --Today, Sierra Club Connecticut and State Representatives Minnie Gonzalez, Maryam Khan, and Jilian Gilchrist hosted Black Lungs Matter, a Juneteenth Press Conference, at the Connecticut Legislative Office Building. 

New FERC Large Load Order Reflects Sierra Club Requests 

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued five show-cause orders to six regional grid operators throughout the United States following the public’s input regarding how power grids across the country should manage rapidly growing demand for energy from large electricity customers (known as “large loads”), including data centers. 

Trump Administration Opens Door to Weakening Longstanding Wilderness Protections

Washington, D.C. — Last week, the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced a nationwide review of federal wilderness stewardship policies, including policies governing Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, recommended wilderness, and lands with wilderness characteristics managed by the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.