Press Releases

April 12, 2023

New letter urges the Biden Administration to oppose the Japan-led G7 efforts to support expansion of new Liquefied Natural Gas supplies.

April 12, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to strengthen federal clean car standards, which will cut emissions from the transportation sector and help protect our health and our climate. The EPA also announced a proposal to strengthen federal standards that would help clean up pollution from heavy-duty trucks and buses.

April 11, 2023

Media Briefing for Reporters Ahead of Annual General Meetings

April 11, 2023

PHOENIX – Today, Tribal Nations in Arizona announced a new federal effort to protect the greater Grand Canyon area.

April 11, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, the Department of Energy announced a proposal to update a two-decade-old calculation that determines the equivalent fuel economy of electric vehicles, calling the formula outdated and reducing it by more than 70 percent. The proposed rule is being published in the Federal Register today. The Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) petitioned the DOE in 2021 to update the calculation, which hasn’t been updated since 2000. 

April 10, 2023

Today, environmental organizations filed a petition for review in federal court challenging a recently issued new biological opinion (BiOp) and incidental take statement under the Endangered Species Act for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

April 7, 2023

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La Cámara de Representantes de Tennessee votó en favor de la expulsión de los representantes Justin Jones y Justin Pearson, dos jóvenes negros que representan a partes de Nashville y Memphis, respectivamente.

April 7, 2023

NASHVILLE -- Yesterday, Tennessee House Republicans voted to expel Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, two young Black men representing parts of Nashville and Memphis respectively, for joining their constituents to protest the state’s woefully inadequate gun safety legislation. An expulsion vote for Representative Gloria Johnson, a white woman representing part of Knoxville, did not pass.

April 7, 2023

Today, Ohio community and environmental groups filed a preliminary injunction to stop the leasing of Ohio state parks and other public lands to the oil and gas industry. On April 7, 2023, Ohio HB 507 will go into effect requiring the leasing of state parks for fracking, redefining methane gas as “green energy,” and a list of unrelated agricultural provisions.