Press Releases

March 9, 2026

COLUMBIA, S.C. – A settlement agreement was reached by groups, including the Sierra Club, with Duke Energy on its proposed merger of its subsidiaries in South Carolina. A Sierra Club priority included in the settlement agreement is the commitment from Duke Energy to pursue at least 70 megawatts of new grid flexibility in the winter, known as demand response

March 6, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, the Trump Administration announced it would roll back recently enacted reforms to hold oil and gas companies accountable for cleaning up decommissioned offshore oil rigs.

March 5, 2026

SACRAMENTO - This week the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee voted 11-9 down party lines to move forward the nomination of Steve Pearce for Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Pearce is facing steep backlash from conservation, hunting and outdoor groups for his radical positions on land management.

March 3, 2026

Today, public interest groups filed a challenge in federal court to overturn an illegal emergency order issued by the Department of Energy (DOE) forcing Washington’s last coal plant to continue operating.

March 4, 2026

NASHVILLE - Today, seven Big Tech companies and Donald Trump agreed to an ‘affordability pledge’ that they claim will protect everyday Americans from soaring energy prices caused by the massive amount of power and infrastructure data centers require. 

March 4, 2026

ATLANTA - Today, seven Big Tech companies and Donald Trump agreed to an ‘affordability pledge’ that they claim will protect everyday Americans from soaring energy prices caused by the massive amount of power and infrastructure data centers require. 

March 4, 2026

DENVER - Today, National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and Sierra Club, represented by Earthjustice, filed a petition for review challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) illegal disapproval

March 4, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Department of the Interior announced not a single bid had been placed for the Trump Administration’s first Alaskan oil and gas lease sale. 

The Cook Inlet-focused sale was set to be the first of six required by Trump’s 2025 budget reconciliation law. More than a million acres of federal waters were available for bids – with no takers.

March 4, 2026

PORTLAND, Ore. – Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources advanced Donald Trump’s nomination of Steve Pearce to run the Bureau of Land Management.

By a party-line vote of 11-9, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources moved Pearce’s nomination to a vote by the full Senate. Oregon’s Senator Ron Wyden, a committee member, voted against the nomination.

March 4, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, seven Big Tech companies and Donald Trump agreed to an ‘affordability pledge’ that they claim will protect everyday Americans from soaring energy prices caused by the massive amount of power and infrastructure data centers require.