Press Releases

March 3, 2026

MADISON, Wis. -- The Public Service Commission (PSC) is considering an Individual Contract Rate Agreement (Docket 6680-TE-115) in which Alliant Energy is attempting to gain approval of a contract with a data center developer building a large facility in Beaver Dam, widely assumed to be its customer, Meta.

March 4, 2026

LOUISVILLE, KY. -  This week, the Kentucky legislature introduced a dangerous bill that would eliminate the opportunity for Sierra Club and other organizations to intervene in proceedings at the Kentucky Public Service Commission on behalf of Kentuckians, kneecapping the groups’ ability to defend local people from increasingly high energy bills and corporate interests. 

March 3, 2026

NEW YORK – Today, the United States District Court-Southern District of New York rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to wipe out New York City’s proven-successful Congestion Pricing program.

March 3, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental groups filed a request for rehearing for the dangerous, expensive, and unnecessary Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, or SSEP.

March 2, 2026

OMAHA, Neb. — In his first letter to shareholders as Berkshire Hathaway CEO, Greg Abel acknowledged that rising electricity demand and more frequent wildfires will impact the delivery of affordable and reliable energy to customers.

March 2, 2026

GREAT FALLS, MONTANA — The Sierra Club has joined multiple conservation groups in suing the Bureau of Land Management to challenge its final plans governing greater sage grouse management across 71 million acres of federal public lands in nine Western states. The lawsuit covers the dwindling species’ habitat in Montana, Idaho, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nevada, California, Utah and Wyoming.

March 2, 2026

Omaha, NE – Today, the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of State Senator John Cavanaugh in the 2026 election for the office of House of Representatives in Nebraska’s Second Congressional District.  

February 27, 2026

Event is Thursday, March 5, at 10:30 a.m. in Capitol Visitor Center Room 268 in Washington, D.C.

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 26, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Republicans began the process of overturning the management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.