Press Releases

Sierra Club’s Gerry James to Speak at Yale Public History Institute on Defending Public History and Protecting National Parks

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va.

Sierra Club Welcomes NYC Pension Search for Asset Managers, Urges Strong Climate Accountability

Search should ensure pension mandates are awarded only to firms with credible climate-risk management and responsible stewardship

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan Protected from Senator Lee’s Fast-Track Attempt to Revoke it

Salt Lake City – Efforts from Senator Mike Lee to fast-track an attack on the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) have failed. The CRA includes a provision that allows the Senate to pass a “joint resolution of disapproval” targeting an administrative action via a simple majority, but it must act within 60 Senate session days after that action is entered into the Congressional Record. Thursday, June 11, was day 60.

Senator Lee’s attempt to fast-track attack on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan fails

Opposition from across Utah and the nation leads to failure of Senator Lee’s efforts to attack one of the nation’s iconic national monuments

ICYMI: Committee Republicans Vote to Sell Off and Sell Out Our Public Lands, Including the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest

WISCONSIN – In a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee markup, all Republican committee members voted in favor of an amendment which would nullify the Roadless Rule and put 45 million acres of national forests at risk, including the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.

Sierra Club: Republicans Use Wildfire Bill to Advance Attack on Roadless National Forest Lands

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to advance legislation that would eliminate the Roadless Area Conservation Rule after Republicans attached a last-minute amendment to the previously bipartisan Wildfire Prevention Act. The amendment passed on a party-line vote and would strip protections from millions of acres of roadless national forest lands.

New Report: Global Banks Financed Fossil Fuels with $8.7 Trillion Since the Paris Agreement, $906 Billion in 2025 Alone

NEW YORK, NY — The 17th edition of the Banking on Climate Chaos (BOCC) report released today finds that the world’s 65 largest banks committed $906 billion to fossil fuel companies in 2025, an increase of 8% from the previous year. Since the Paris Agreement was signed a decade ago, these banks have channeled $8.7 trillion into oil, gas, and coal operations.

Sierra Club Reaction: U.S. Will Not Extend USMCA

According to reporting from Bloomberg, the United States will not renew the trilateral trade agreement it has with Canada and Mexico, known as the USMCA. At the time USMCA was negotiated, Trump declared it “the greatest trade deal ever,” but the U.S. trade deficit has increased under the deal.

Despite Trump’s Attacks, Solar Outperforms Coal in U.S.

Washington, D.C. - In a historic first, solar energy outperformed coal in the United States in May 2026. This milestone arrives despite Donald Trump’s anti-renewable energy policy. 

16 Utah Cities Choose to Opt-in to Groundbreaking Clean Energy Program to Bring 100% Clean Energy to Grid

Salt Lake City – The 90-day ordinance adoption period for the Utah Renewable Communities (URC) program concluded on Tuesday, June 2 after the city of Midvale unanimously voted to adopt the program, bringing the total number of participating communities to 16.