Press Releases

Sierra Club Endorses Melanie Stansbury for Congress

Santa Fe, NM -- On Saturday, March 27, the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Melanie Stansbury in the special election for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District.

Biden Administration Moves Forward with Historic Buildout of Offshore Wind Industry

The Biden Administration announced a far reaching wind energy plan today that will dramatically expand the development of offshore wind farms off the United States’ East Coast to create jobs, protect the environment, and combat the climate crisis.

Sierra Club Applauds Appointment of White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council Members

Lamont Administration Continues Permitting More Dirty Power, Publicly Touts Clean Energy

Middletown, CT -- Environment, clean energy and community activists submitted comments on Friday to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) in opposition to its tentative approval of air permits for a Middletown fossil fuel power plant.

El Sierra Club de Georgia Reacciona a la Aprobación de la Ley de Supresión del Voto en Ese Estado

El gobernador de Georgia, Brian Kemp, ratificó la ley S.B. 202, el intento más reciente de dificultar el voto para fomentar el triunfo de candidatos republicanos en ese estado.

People’s Hearing Testimony Calls on Evergy for a Quick and Justice Centered Transition from Coal to Clean Energy

Kansas City, MO -- Evergy customers in Missouri and Kansas came together tonight to provide public testimony on the utility’s long-range energy plans for each state. More than eighty people attended the People's Hearing, with almost thirty people sharing public testimony over the course of two hours. Evergy customers and organizations that operate in its service territory were clear in their call for a quick and just transition from fossil fuels to clean energy in order to mitigate the worst impacts of our changing climate.

After a Decade, Court Ruling Finally Opens Door for Biden Administration to Halt Alton Coal Mine Expansion

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Today, a Utah federal District Court ruled in favor of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) challenge to protect iconic Utah public lands from the Alton mining expansion. Filed by Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), Grand Canyon Trust, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment and WildEarth Guardians, the groups have been seeking to protect Bryce Canyon National Park and the local environment from the coal mining expansion for the last ten years. 

Statement on Congressional Resolution to Reinstate Methane Pollution Safeguards

Washington, DC -- Today, Senators Heinrich, King, and Markey and Senate Majority Leader Schumer introduced a resolution in the Senate and Representatives DeGette, Peters, and Lamb introduced a resolution in the House that would reinstate the Environmental Protection Agency's 2016 methane pollution safeguards.

Public Lands, Offshore Leasing System Broken, Must Be Sunsetted

Washington, DC— Today, the Department of the Interior is hosting the first public forum on the agency’s oil and gas leasing program. The panel comes during the Biden administration’s pause on new leasing offshore and on public lands, and will bring together stakeholders from across the country to discuss impacts of the current leasing system.

Coalition Calls for Biden Administration to Adopt Clean Air Standards that Eliminate Pollution from Freight Trucks

Washington, D.C. – Seventeen business, equity, science, clean energy, faith and environmental groups are publicly calling on the Biden administration to set multi-pollutant climate and clean air standards that will eliminate dangerous particle, nitrogen oxides and climate pollution from new freight trucks and buses – and to adopt these standards in the next 18 months.