Press Releases

October 30, 2018

Tacoma residents will gather to express their opposition to Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) proposed fracked gas facility.

October 30, 2018

DENVER, CO - Today, Sierra Club Independent Expenditure Committee announced a major 6-figure general election campaign encompassing direct mail, digital advertising, phonebanking and organizer canvassing in support of Democratic candidate Jared Polis’s campaign to be Governor of Colorado.

October 29, 2018

Washington, DC -- Over the weekend, Politico reported that a number of current members of Donald Trump’s cabinet are heading for the door.

October 29, 2018

MILWAUKEE, WI -- Today, Scott Walker became the first Gubernatorial candidate to be added the list of candidates the Sierra Club is working to oust as part of its “Fossil Fools 2018” campaign. “Fossil Fools” is an aggressive midterm electoral ad campaign, launched earlier this month by the Sierra Club Political Committee, targeting over a dozen incumbent Republicans and candidates for defeat.

October 27, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Sierra Club released the following statement after the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.

October 26, 2018

Washington, DC -- Early this morning, General Motors released their proposed plan to create a national zero emissions vehicle program. This proposal came just hours before the end of the comment period for the rollback of the clean car standards -- a rollback lobbied for in part by GM.

In response, Sierra Club Clean Transportation for All Campaign Director Gina Coplon-Newfield released the following statement:

October 26, 2018

Washington, DC -- Today, the Sierra Club, along with environmental and consumer advocacy organizations and millions of Americans, submitted extensive comments on the Trump Administration’s proposed rollback of the clean car standards. The current car standards, agreed to under the Obama Administration, were part of a deal between automakers, NHTSA, EPA, and the California Air Resources Board, with buy-in from labor unions and environmental groups.

October 25, 2018

San Diego takes major step toward community choice. City decides community choice will help it reach 100% clean energy. Today, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced the City’s intent to move forward with a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program to reach the city’s goal of being powered by 100 percent renewable energy.

October 25, 2018

LAS VEGAS, NV - Today, the Nevada Sierra Club PAC announced a new mail campaign in support of progressive candidates Melanie Scheible (State Senate District 9), Julie Pazina (State Senate District 20), and Marilyn Dondero Loop (State Senate District 8).

October 25, 2018

In spite of mounting concerns about threats to Indigenous communities and the global climate, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Crédit Agricole, along with 11 other banks, have doubled down on their support for tar sands pipelines, renewing a $1.41 billion line of credit to Enbridge, the company behind the controversial proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline.