Press Releases

Groups File Brief in Support of Lawsuit Against Ban on Wind Power 

ICYMI: Bad River Band Members Share Extreme Risk Line 5 Poses to Water Quality at Army Corps Hearing

ASHLAND, Wisc. – This week, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa elders and members, as well as environmental advocates and experts, testified at a two-day hearing before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about the proposed Line 5 pipeline reroute in northern Wisconsin.

Sierra Club Applauds Gov. DeWine for Signing Bill to Repeal Bailout of the OVEC Coal Plants

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Today, Governor DeWine signed HB15 into law, repealing the OVEC coal plant bailout within the omnibus energy bill.

Republicans Advance Energy & Commerce Committee Budget Bill that Will Harm Americans to Give Handouts to Polluters

The legislation cuts programs to reduce pollution, innovate industrial sector & includes “pay to pollute” provisions

Rep. Blake Moore Votes to Take Away Jobs and Raise Costs for Utahns

Salt Lake City, UT - Today, Rep. Blake Moore voted to advance the House Ways and Means Committee’s budget reconciliation proposal, which included drastic cuts to clean energy, vehicles, and manufacturing project tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to fund tax breaks for Trump and his billionaire friends. 

House Representative Randy Feenstra Votes to Take Away Jobs and Raise Costs for Iowans

SIOUX CITY, IA - Today, Rep. Randy Feenstra, representing Iowa’s 4th Congressional District, voted to advance the House Ways and Means Committee’s budget reconciliation proposal, which included drastic cuts to clean energy, vehicles, and manufacturing project tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act to fund tax breaks for Trump and his billionaire friends. 

EGLE fails to meet own pollution reduction plan, Sierra Club files notice

DETROIT, MI - Residents in Southeast Michigan have lived with unsafe levels of ozone pollution for nearly a decade, a dangerous problem that should have been addressed by Michigan’s State Implementation Plan under the requirements of the Clean Air Act. However, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)--the state authority responsible for implementing plans that would reduce ozone pollution–hasn’t followed through with its own plan. In response, the Sierra Club, on behalf of its impacted members, has filed a Notice of Intent (NOI) to sue Director Phillip Roos for the department’s failure to act.

House Republicans Advance Budget to Take Away Jobs and Raise Costs

Washington, D.C. - Today, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee advanced their partisan budget reconciliation proposal, which included drastic cuts to clean energy, clean vehicles, and manufacturing project tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act to fund tax breaks for Trump and his billionaire friends. 

Alliant Agrees to Stop Toxic Discharges after Environmental Groups Announce Intent to Sue

DES MOINES – Alliant Energy’s Iowa affiliate, Interstate Power and Light (IPL), has agreed to stop discharges of polluted groundwater under an Ottumwa coal ash landfill. The move followed a 60-day notice of intent to sue under the Clean Water Act, issued by the Iowa Environmental Council (IEC), Sierra Club, and Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC), over unauthorized discharges.

Global Banking Regulators Reject Trump Administration’s Effort to Gut Climate Risk Oversight, But Weaken Reporting Standards

Basel Committee On Banking Supervision tables U.S. call to downgrade climate risk task force, but agrees to eliminate mandatory disclosures of climate-related financial risks