March 26, 2026
‘God Squad’ federal panel to meet next week to address exemption request
Press Releases
March 26, 2026
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Following two postponements, the West Virginia Department of Commerce has informed Sierra Club’s West Virginia Chapter that there are, “no non-exempt records” responsive to the Club’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request pertaining to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans to loan local utilities $1.44 billion to fund refurbishment projects at six unnamed West Virginia coal-fired power plants.
March 25, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - In a proposed decision last week, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recommended denying a SoCalGas application that would charge customers $266 million to study and plan the controversial Angeles Link Project pipeline. A final vote on the decision is expected in the coming months.
March 25, 2026
HAMPTON ROADS, Va. – This week, the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project (CVOW) began delivering affordable, reliable, and renewable offshore wind power to Virginia. When construction is complete, CVOW’s 176 wind turbines will power up to 660,000 homes. It is anticipated that the project—the largest offshore wind farm in the country—will save customers $3 billion during its first decade of operations.
March 25, 2026
ATLANTA, GA — Environmental organizations and faith communities filed an appeal today asking a Fulton County Superior Court to review the Georgia Public Service Commission’s December decision to approve Georgia Power’s proposal to add an additional 10 GW of energy generation to the grid at customers’ expense without proving a need for such a major investment.
March 23, 2026
Washington, D.C. - Today, Donald Trump’s Department of the Interior paid TotalEnergies $1 billion for the energy company to abandon its offshore wind projects.
March 23, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Friday, the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit that the Sierra Club and its partners brought against Trump’s EPA over its repeal of the endangerment finding and vehicle emission standards.
March 25, 2026
COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce and the Sierra Club are hosting a webinar, on background, for reporters in South Carolina on the importance of large load tariffs in protecting existing utility customers from rate shock due to power-hungry data centers.
March 20, 2026
On Tuesday, March 24, the Sierra Club is hosting a virtual panel discussion with conservation, wildlife, tribal, and legal experts to highlight the growing movement working to defend our public lands from the impacts of border walls and detention centers.
WHAT: Virtual panel hosted by the Sierra Club, open to the public and media
WHEN: 4pm PT / 7pm ET on Tuesday, March 24, 2026
March 19, 2026
NATIONWIDE–Diesel prices have surged even faster than gasoline, the national average hit $5.10 per gallon on March 19. Higher diesel means higher costs for trucking, shipping, and groceries; a full supply chain hit.
Truck manufacturers must step up to help the U.S. trucking industry transition to electric trucks as diesel prices surge past $5 a gallon, by providing more affordable trucks and ending their opposition to regulation underpinning the shift, say industry experts and clean transport advocates.