Press Releases

Groups File Promise to Challenge Idaho’s New Harmful Wolf Hunting Laws

BOISE, ID — Citing risk to federally protected species, today ten groups filed a notice of intent to sue the state of Idaho in response to the state’s newest wolf hunting laws. 

Sierra Club Welcomes Congressional Proposals for a Carbon Dumping Fee

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, it’s reported that Congressional Democrats will introduce legislation to impose a border tax on imported materials made with a high degree of climate pollution. 

ADVISORY: National Justice, Faith, Environment, and Science Advocates Plan To Draw “Green Line” on Administration’s Soon to Be Released Clean Car Standards Update

Sierra Club President Ramón Cruz, Hip Hop Caucus President Lennox Yearwood, Interfaith Power and Light’s Rev. Susan Hendershot, Union of Concerned Scientists’ Johanna Chao Kreilick Holding News Conference To Lay Out What’s Needed from SAFE 2 Announcement 

Recognizing Urgent Need, California Regulators Set Near-term Priorities for Transportation Electrification

San Francisco, CA - Yesterday, the California Public Utilities Commission finalized a section of its transportation electrification framework, setting near-term priorities for transportation electrification that will guide investments by the state’s utilities over the next several years. 

In Major Win for Forests and Climate, Biden Administration to Restore Protections to Tongass National Forest

The Biden administration announced a plan today to fully restore environmental protections to Tongass National Forest in Alaska. The plan will not only reverse a Trump-era attack on the Tongass that would have put Alaska’s last vestiges of old-growth forest at risk of destructive logging and road-building, it will extend new safeguards for the forest as well as dedicating $25 million in federal spending on local sustainable development in Alaska. 

Hundreds Express Opposition to El Paso Electric’s Proposed Fossil Gas Expansion

EL PASO, TX -- Yesterday, the Lone Star and Rio Grande Chapters of the Sierra Club submitted over 1,000 public comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calling for action to bring El Paso into compliance with federal, health-based standards for ground-level ozone (“smog”) pollution. The comments come on the heels of years of community outcry about unacceptable levels of air pollution in the El Paso area, including a 2018 lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club and Familias Unidas del Chamizal. As a result of that lawsuit, the D.C.

Groups Take Line 3 Permit Fight to Minnesota Supreme Court

Saint Paul, MN -- Groups filed a legal challenge with the Minnesota Supreme Court today appealing a lower court’s decision to uphold the Public Utilities Commission’s 2020 approval of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline. 

Connecticut Greenlights Landmark Program to Expand Electric Vehicle Charging Across State

Hartford, CT - Today, Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) approved a landmark electric vehicle charging program, with an emphasis on making charging more accessible to underserved communities, including at workplaces and apartment buildings.

Sierra Club on Senate Budget: Good Start, but House Must Go Bigger and Bolder

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Late yesterday, Senate Budget Committee Democrats announced an agreement on a $3.5 trillion topline budget number for a reconciliation-based infrastructure package. This is the first step in the process toward crafting a reconciliation package with bold investments in climate action, clean energy, and President Biden’s American Families Plan. 

EU’s Carbon Dumping Fee Spotlights Key Tool to Curb Dirty Imports

BRUSSELS -- Today, the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, presented its plan for a carbon border adjustment mechanism. This carbon dumping fee on imported goods made with a high degree of climate pollution is part of the EU’s commitment to cut emissions 55 percent by 2030 and become climate neutral by 2050.

The Sierra Club supports a carbon dumping fee that: