November 4, 2025
All-day symposium Saturday, November 8, is free and open to the public
Press Releases
November 3, 2025
Business groups, clean freight advocates and public health organizations are warning of truck manufacturers' continued failure to supply clean and affordable trucks following a court decision to temporarily allow them non-compliance with their own prior promises on truck standards in California.
November 3, 2025
ARIZONA — Today, the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) Board of Directors voted to convert its Springerville Generating Station Unit 4 from coal to gas by 2029. Ending coal-fired operations will create cost savings for ratepayers while reducing air pollution and water use.
November 3, 2025
FRANKFORT, KY — A new report released today by the Sierra Club, titled Profits Over People: How Kentucky’s Legislature Has Undermined Energy Affordability, reveals how Kentucky lawmakers have systematically advanced the interests of utilities, fossil fuel companies, and cryptocurrency miners—while blocking efforts to make energy more affordable for Kentucky families.
November 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, the Trump administration announced it is distributing up to $100 million to “refurbish and modernize” dangerous and deadly coal plants, a part of the Department of Energy’s plan to invest $625 million to prop up the coal industry.
November 3, 2025
Today is the final day of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s written public comment period ahead of the required joint review of the trilateral trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada, known as the USMCA. Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), League of Conservation Voters (LCV), and Industrious Labs submitted nearly eight thousand comments from supporters, as well as expert comments, supporting revisions to the deal that prioritize strong environmental protections and good, green jobs.
November 3, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY — On Friday, Sierra Club and Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL Utah) filed an administrative appeal before the Utah Department of Environmental Quality challenging the Utah Department of Air Quality’s (UDAQ) unlawful decision to issue an air permit for the Intermountain Power Plant (IPP).
October 31, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released an Environmental Assessment for the methane gas pipeline Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, proposed for Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. The project is meant to move over 1.5 million dekatherms per day of gas and is the largest expansion of gas infrastructure currently proposed in the Southeast. The assessment claims to analyze the environmental impacts of the SSEP’s multiple sections of pipeline, massive gas compressor station expansions and additional infrastructure modifications.
November 3, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. - On Saturday, November 1, Tampa residents gathered outside The Dr. Walter L. Smith Library & Museum, in the heart of West Tampa, in protest against unaffordable rate increases. TECO’s 830,000 Florida customers have faced two consecutive rate hikes this year, increasing electricity bills between $29 to $38 per month. To afford higher bills, Tampa families have made difficult choices between keeping the lights on and purchasing groceries and other daily needs.
November 26, 2025
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule that will delay implementation of the agency’s critical Clean Air Act protection against methane and other harmful pollution from the oil and gas industry.