KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Community members with Ridgeline Voices and other groups rallied at the TVA headquarters on Wednesday evening to protest the start of construction of the 122-mile-long Ridgeline Expansion Project, coinciding with the TVA board meeting. Ridgeline is a methane gas pipeline that threatens water quality and wildlife habitat in hundreds of east and middle Tennessee streams and allows a proposed 1,550-megawatt gas plant to fuel devastating climate change.
Topeka, Kan. – The unanimous settlement reached by Evergy, the Sierra Club, Google, and several other intervenors was approved today by a 3-0, unanimous vote, at the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC).
Washington, DC – Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi announced today that she will not seek reelection to the House of Representatives, after a lengthy career in service to her constituents and our nation. First elected in 1987, Pelosi rose through leadership to become the first and only woman elected as Speaker of the House.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Loren Blackford released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Donald Trump announced his latest pick to run the Bureau of Land Management.
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States is hearing oral arguments regarding whether Donald Trump has the legal authority to impose sweeping tariffs. The case is being heard at a time when Trump’s punitive and unpredictable tariffs are exacerbating the affordability crisis in the United States, punishing the country’s allies, and harming American clean manufacturing competitiveness.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, documents emerged suggesting the Department of the Interior was putting plans for orchestrated widespread layoffs on hold.
Washington, DC – Ballots are still being counted, but early returns show Sierra Club-endorsed candidates have won critical races across multiple states, including high profile Gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey, the New York City Mayoral race, Georgia’s Public Service Commission races, and more.
Salt Lake City, UT – Canada-based company Anfield Energy will officially break ground and start construction on its uranium- and vanadium-producing Velvet-Wood Project in southeast Utah on November 6, 2025.
All-day symposium Saturday, November 8, is free and open to the public
Business groups, clean freight advocates and public health organizations are warning of truck manufacturers' continued failure to supply clean and affordable trucks following a court decision to temporarily allow them non-compliance with their own prior promises on truck standards in California.