Press Releases

MD Environmental Groups Applaud Findings of Climate Commission Report & Call on Elected Leaders for Bold Climate Action

ANNAPOLIS, MD - The Sierra Club and Maryland League of Conservation Voters today applauded the Maryland Commission on Climate Change’s new 2020 Annual Report to the Maryland General Assembly and Governor Hogan. 

Sierra Club Praises UN Ban on Nuclear War, Continues Call for Elimination of All Nuclear Weapons

Washington, DC — The Sierra Club hails the announcement from the United Nations that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is now international law, following the ratification of the treaty by Honduras, the 50th country to do so.

Bank of America Faces Shareholder Pressure Over Arctic Drilling

A new shareholder resolution filed by Trillium Asset Management raises concerns about Bank of America’s refusal to rule out financing for new drilling in the Arctic, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Montanans to Call on DEQ to Reject Keystone XL Water Crossing Permit

This afternoon, Montanans will join a public hearing teleconference hosted by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to register their opposition to a proposed water permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

Trump Administration Invites Oil Industry to Desecrate Sacred Arctic Refuge

Agency is ignoring impacts to people, climate and wildlife, and relying on flawed science in its rushed, secretive process

Interior Seeks to Undercut Great American Outdoors Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued a secretarial order that thwarts the ability to pursue projects funded by the Land and Water Conservation Fund on national public land. Some of the language of this order was drawn from amendments to the original bill that were rejected in the legislative process. This is the administration’s second attack on GAOA in as many weeks, after the Department of the Interior broke the law by failing to submit required paperwork to Congress by a November 3 deadline.

Walz Administration Ignores Line 3 Threat to Clean Water, Climate, and Communities

Today, ignoring evidence about the serious threat Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline would pose to Minnesota’s clean water, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Commissioner Laura Bishop approved a water crossing permit allowing the pipeline to be constructed through hundreds of Minnesota waterways.

GREEN WAVE 2020: THE COLLABORATIVE MEMBER-DRIVEN ELECTORAL EFFORT OF MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CELEBRATES ELECTION VICTORIES

Sierra Club, EDF Action, NRDC Action Fund, NWF Action Fund, & LCV Successfully Mobilized Members in Support of Environmental Champions for Congress and the White House

Sierra Club urges Senate to Comply with House Recommendations on Omnibus Spending Packages

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, both the House and Senate released their funding proposals for 2021.

In response, Sierra Club Deputy Legislative Director Kirin Kennedy released the following statement:

Sierra Club Welcomes Passage of New York Veterans Health Bill

Albany, N.Y. -- Today, November 11, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Outdoor Rx Act into law. The bill seeks to removes barriers that prevent New York veterans from accessing the state’s public lands to heal from service-related injuries and trauma. The bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Didi Barrett and Sen. Brian Benjamin, passed both houses of the New York State Assembly in February.

In response, Lt. Col. (retired) Aaron Leonard, Sierra Club Military Outdoors Campaign Representative, released the following statement: