Press Releases

July 26, 2019

Trump’s Interior Department today released a final management plan for Bears Ears National Monument. The plan leaves most of Bears Ears without protections and comes despite current legal challenges to the Trump administration’s illegal actions to shrink the monument.

July 26, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC - Voters who say that Democratic candidates’ climate plans are “very important” in their choice of who to vote for continue to call Joe Biden their top pick to be the Democratic nominee for President, according to the second wave of results from the Sierra Club’s 2020 Climate Voter Tracking Poll, conducted by Morning Consult.

July 26, 2019

Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a permit that the ACP needs to continue construction

July 25, 2019

BOSTON, MA -- Today, the Sierra Club, Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), Green Energy Consumers Alliance and Acadia Center released the following statement after the Massachusetts House passed the GreenWorks bill (H. 3987) on July 24 with an amendment to strengthen the MOR-EV program, a popular rebate program for drivers who purchase or lease electric vehicles.

July 25, 2019

Earlier today, Governor DeSantis and Cabinet voted 3 to 1 for Tampa Electric Company (TECO) fracked gas plant proposal, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried being the sole no vote.

July 25, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, it was reported that California and four major automakers - Ford, BMW, Volkswagen, and Honda - entered into an agreement that commits manufacturers to increased fuel efficiency for their vehicles sold nationwide in the face of the Trump administration’s reckless clean car standards rollback.

July 24, 2019

A Chevron cyclic-steam injection oil well in Kern County, California has now been leaking for nearly three months, spilling an estimated 974,400 gallons of crude oil and other fluids and making it the largest oil spill in the state in almost 30 years.

July 24, 2019

Today, coal baron Bob Murray is hosting a (suggested) $150 a plate fundraiser for the Trump Victory Fundraising Committee. Trump will attend and speak at the fundraiser.

July 24, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified before Congress about his report investigating Donald Trump’s obstruction of justice as it relates to the Russia investigation. Throughout the hearing, Mueller made clear that his report does not exonerate President Trump and that Trump could be charged with obstruction of justice after leaving office.

July 24, 2019

Washington, D.C. -- Earlier today, the Supreme Court of India was set to hear petitions in response to their February 13 order directing state governments to evict over one million Adivasis Indigenous and forest dwelling people from forests in 17 states.