Press Releases

August 6, 2018

RICHMOND, Virginia– The Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Leslie Cockburn to represent Virginia’s 5th Congressional District today.

Her vocal opposition to the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines demonstrates the strong environmental ideals she will bring to the House of Representatives while representing the 5th district.

August 6, 2018

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today threw out the National Park Service’s permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

August 6, 2018

PASADENA, Calif.— A federal appeals court will hear an appeal Tuesday brought by the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and the state of California challenging a federal court decision allowing Trump’s border wall replacement project near San Diego to proceed. A rally against the wall will precede the hearing.

August 6, 2018

The Sierra Club and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) sued the Department of Energy today for its failure to hand over documents as part of a series of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests pertaining to the Trump Administration’s reported plan to force taxpayers and electricity customers to pay billions of dollars to bail out uneconomic coal and nuclear plants.

August 6, 2018

LAS VEGAS, NV - Last week, E&E News reported that U.S. Senator Dean Heller’s campaign has raked in nearly $175,000 from out-of-state mining companies. That includes fifty donors connected to one Pennsylvania-based mining company, Jennmar Corporation. Meanwhile, E&E notes that “In Congress, Heller has stressed domestic mineral production.”

August 6, 2018

Sierra Club filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) covering the omission of Ottawa County from the agency’s list of areas across the country found to be in nonattainment of EPA’s health-based ozone (smog pollution) standard.

August 4, 2018

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), ordered a halt to construction activities along the entire route of the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline

August 3, 2018

CLEVELAND, OH -- Today, residents from across Cleveland joined local leaders on the steps of City Hall to demonstrate support for the goal to power the city with 100% clean, renewable energy by 2050.

August 3, 2018

Yesterday, Donald Trump and his Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler leveled the single biggest assault against our climate and clean air in US history. The backlash and response has been swift. Here’s a bit of what people are saying:

It’ll worsen public health, national security.

August 3, 2018

BOSTON--Two leading Massachusetts climate organizations: The Massachusetts Sierra Club and 350 Mass Action have endorsed newcomer Nika Elugardo in her race to unseat incumbent House Ways and Means Chair Jeffrey Sanchez.

Voters in Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, Mission Hill, and Brookline will decide between Elugardo and Sánchez in the upcoming Democratic primary on Tuesday, September 4.