Press Releases

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.

August 2, 2018

Today, the Trump administration announced a plan to work with the state of Alaska on a special rule that would undermine protections for millions of acres of pristine, old-growth forest in the Tongass and Chugach National Forests.

August 3, 2018

Last night, the Trump Administration approved a $2.5 billion energy project near Joshua Tree National Park. The Eagle Crest Energy Company’s 1,300 megawatt hydropower project would drain billions of gallons of water from the desert aquifer and harm local desert species.

August 2, 2018

Minneapolis, MN – Today the Sierra Club North Star Chapter announced its endorsement of Ilhan Omar for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district. .

August 2, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hours after the Trump administration announced a rollback of clean car standards, activists showed up on the Trump administration’s doorstep with a powerful visual representation of what’s at stake: cardboard cutouts of children.

August 2, 2018

Amid the growing chorus of condemnation for drilling in the Arctic region and specifically in the Arctic Refuge, Wells Fargo has been silent.