JACKSONVILLE, Fla - On Tuesday, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan hosted the first of a new series of town halls at the William Raines Senior High School, less than 12 miles away from JEA’s Northside Generating Station. Local residents, Sierra Club members, and staff – alongside other advocacy groups including Solar United Neighbors – attended the town hall to question the Mayor on her view of the Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA’s) continued operations of the polluting Northside coal plant, renewable energy development, and why local e
Last week, Sierra Club joined partners from across the country for a “Make Polluters Pay” Week of Action, a coordinated set of advocacy actions and events dedicated to holding Big Oil and Gas companies accountable for their climate mess. The week of action included rallies, press conferences, petition deliveries, meetings with legislators about state climate superfund laws, social media sharing, and more.
Washington, D.C. - Today, the Trump administration lost yet another legal battle in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This is the fifth and final offshore wind project that has successfully challenged the administration’s stop-work order.
DENVER - This week Colorado utilities filed a request for reconsideration against the Trump administration's illegal coal orders following similar requests from public interest groups and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser.
DENVER - Today over 60 groups including conservation organizations, business leaders and lawmakers rallied at the Colorado State Capitol calling for bolder climate action and preparation to respond to the human and economic costs of climate change impacts and disasters.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authorized the dangerous, expensive, and unnecessary Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, or SSEP.
Tucson, Ariz. - Today, the Trump administration's Department of Energy scrapped a planned $1.8 billion federal loan to Arizona's largest utility, Arizona Public Service (APS). The funds, which were announced in January 2025, would have financed clean energy resources to support the utility's transition to clean energy and away from coal.
Washington, D.C. — In response to the Trump administration’s threats to our Constitutional rights and deadly attacks and violence inflicted on communities in Minnesota and across the country, Sierra Club Executive Director Loren Blackford released the following statement:
DENVER - Public interest organizations today challenged the Department of Energy’s illegal emergency order extending the life of Unit 1 at Colorado’s Craig Station. The groups include Sierra Club and Environmental Defense Fund, and Earthjustice on behalf of GreenLatinos, Vote Solar, and Public Citizen.
Washington, D.C. - Today, the Trump administration released yet another coal industry handout by proposing to undo the Environmental Protection Agency’s previous disapproval of State Implementation Plans from states failing to meet their Clean Air Act obligations under the federal ozone air quality standard. Previously in 2023 the EPA had determined that most of these states had failed to meet their obligation to protect downwind states from significant smog-causing pollution, and had in 2024 proposed making the same determination for the others.