Press Releases

Texans Urge Trump’s EPA to Back Off of Regional Haze Rule

Dallas – More than 1,000 people and nine organizations have submitted comments urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rethink plans to weaken regional haze pollution standards in the Lone Star State.

PJM Releases Record-High Capacity Auction Results

Norristown, PA - Today, the regional transmission organization PJM released its 2025 capacity auction results, signaling a continuation of high energy prices for its 13-state service region. 

Sierra Club Statement as Speaker Johnson Plans to Adjourn the House, Begin Early Vacation

Washington, DC – Today, Speaker Johnson announced that the House will adjourn earlier than planned this week, abandoning the chamber’s remaining work in order to begin August recess in mid-July.

Corporate Climate Group SBTi Published Final Standards for Financial Institutions to Achieve Net Zero

Rules require financial institutions to adopt fossil fuel transition policy

ADVISORY: House Committee to Consider Two Bills that would Undermine Forest Protections

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday, the House Natural Resources Committee is scheduled to consider two bills that would significantly undermine forest protection efforts in the United States.

FERC Approves Expedited Energy Plan for Two Grid Operators

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted to approve an expedited generator interconnection plan for two major US grid operators today. The grid operators, Southwest Power Pool (SPP) and Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), each submitted plans to FERC to accelerate mostly gas plants at the expense, both time and money, of mostly renewable energy projects. 

RIP Bernheim: Kentucky Advocates Hold Funeral for Forest Ahead of Pipeline Buildout

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Sierra Club and partners held a funeral procession Sunday to memorialize the 494-acre wildlife corridor in Bernheim Forest that will be destroyed in Louisville Gas and Electric (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities’ (KU) pipeline buildout. Advocates and community members gathered to eulogize the land, water, and wildlife that will be destroyed by the pipeline.

Forest Congress Confirms Strong Support for Old-Growth Protection

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A major national gathering of forestry professionals, conservationists, researchers, and Tribal Nations, has overwhelmingly voted to recognize the importance of America’s National Forests and recommend policies to adequately invest in protecting these forests, including old-growth trees.

Federal Court Upholds Southern California Zero-Emission Boiler Rule

LOS ANGELES — A federal court on Friday upheld the South Coast Air Quality Management District's (SCAQMD) zero-emission boiler rules against a challenge brought by industry groups. Sierra Club, the People's Collective for Environmental Justice and Industrious Labs, with representation from Earthjustice, intervened to help defend the standards in court.

Environmental Organizations Demand that Minnesota Power Comply with Wastewater Rules At Boswell Plant One Year After Massive Coal-Ash Wastewater Spill

DULUTH, Minn. – Today, Sierra Club, CURE, and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) sent a letter to Minnesota Power demanding that the company address problems associated with storage and management of coal ash wastewater at the coal-fired Boswell Energy Center, which violate the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and associated federal regulations.