On Tuesday, March 24, the Sierra Club is hosting a virtual panel discussion with conservation, wildlife, tribal, and legal experts to highlight the growing movement working to defend our public lands from the impacts of border walls and detention centers.
WHAT: Virtual panel hosted by the Sierra Club, open to the public and media
WHEN: 4pm PT / 7pm ET on Tuesday, March 24, 2026
NATIONWIDE–Diesel prices have surged even faster than gasoline, the national average hit $5.10 per gallon on March 19. Higher diesel means higher costs for trucking, shipping, and groceries; a full supply chain hit.
Truck manufacturers must step up to help the U.S. trucking industry transition to electric trucks as diesel prices surge past $5 a gallon, by providing more affordable trucks and ending their opposition to regulation underpinning the shift, say industry experts and clean transport advocates.
Washington, DC – Public interest organizations today filed a challenge in federal court to overturn the Trump administration’s illegal emergency order extending the life of Colorado’s Craig Unit 1, a coal-burning power plant. By unnecessarily keeping the unit online, the order threatens to raise utility customers’ electric bills and worsen air quality for surrounding communities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Trump Administration held a massive auction for oil and gas drilling rights in the largest contiguous area of national public lands in the United States.
OAKLAND — Twenty-two California state and local elected officials are calling on Attorney General Rob Bonta and four district attorneys to open a formal investigation into two alleged AI astroturf campaigns that flooded air quality regulators with public comments. The letter, sent today by the Sierra Club, names district attorneys Nathan Hochman (Los Angeles County), Brooke Jenkins (San Francisco), Ursula Jones Dickson (Alameda County), and Jeff Rosen (Santa Clara County) as additional recipients.
Seattle, WA—Last night, the Department of Energy (DOE) renewed an emergency order forcing the TransAlta coal plant in Centralia to remain open, despite a challenge in federal court to overturn the Trump administration’s original illegal order.
SALT LAKE CITY – Yesterday, Utah Sierra Club and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) held a press conference with community members speaking out against Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Celeste Maloy’s (R-UT-02) attempt to overturn the Monument Management Plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Sierra Club Senior Attorney Greg Wannier testified before a joint hearing of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Donald Trump’s illegal attempt to force retiring coal plants to stay online.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Washington, D.C. — Sierra Club and partners filed a challenge in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn Trump’s illegal “emergency” orders issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), forcing two coal-fired power plants in Indiana to continue operating past their scheduled retirement dates.