Phoenix, Ariz. -- On Thursday evening, Sierra Club delivered a letter to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) signed by local businesses and community leaders demanding energy affordability and utility accountability after a year of skyrocketing costs that have strained families across the state.
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed rolling back protections that stop coal-burning power plants from dumping toxic wastewater—including arsenic, mercury, selenium, and lead—from coal ash waste landfills into U.S. waterways.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Sierra Club and Earthjustice presented oral arguments before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in the legal challenge against the Department of Energy’s illegal application of Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act.
KINGSTON, Tenn. - A group of Tennesseans will bike from Cummins Falls to the Kingston Fossil Plant covering most of the 122-mile route of Enbridge’s Ridgeline Pipeline expansion through eight counties.
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Washington, D.C. - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed rolling back protections that stop coal-fired power plants from dumping toxic wastewater—including arsenic, mercury, selenium, and lead—from coal ash waste landfills into U.S. waterways.
ATLANTA - Today, the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy submitted their post-hearing brief in Georgia Power’s 2026 Fuel Cost Recovery docket, detailing how the company seeks to escape any responsibility for rising energy costs and avoid making any adaptations to relieve the burden on ratepayers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the EPA proposed a two-year delay of vehicle criteria pollutant standards that set limits on the amounts of non-greenhouse gas pollutants like nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter emitted by gas-fueled cars, pickups, and vans. These standards, established under the Clean Air Act, must be met over a vehicle’s life.
Today, Rep. Rosa DeLauro introduced the Fair Trade for Working Families Resolution, a bill that would ensure U.S. trade policy boosts domestic manufacturing, protects safe, family-supporting jobs, and reduces pollution at home and abroad.
Phoenix, AZ - Today, organizations including Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter, Chispa Arizona, and Solar United Neighbors, expressed disappointment in Governor Katie Hobbs’s announcement of her support for the Desert Southwest Pipeline, a methane gas pipeline that will stretch over 500 miles through three states -- Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona -- and cost more than $5.3 billion dollars.