Press Releases

September 18, 2025

Sen. Warren Reintroduces Act After Interior Secretary Terminated Committee

September 18, 2025

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Santee Cooper has released its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan update, rolling back the retirement of several coal plants while refusing to invest in sufficient low-cost renewable energy.

September 18, 2025

Principles urge major investors like public pensions to direct capital toward real-world decarbonization, community resilience, and green jobs

August 25, 2025

Coalition for Outdoor Renaming and Education releases letter supported by 100+ organizations

September 17, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee conducted a hearing on exploiting fragile Alaskan landscapes for the benefit of fossil fuel companies.

The hearing on “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential,” focused on oil and gas and mining opportunities in the state.

September 16, 2025

Raleigh, N.C. – The pipeline will cross over 100 waterways within the state, connecting the MVP Southgate pipeline – that does not yet have authorization to be built – to Duke Energy’s proposed gas plants on Hyco Lake. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality approved the 401 Water Quality permit for this project late today. After persistent outreach from community members, the Department of Environmental Quality required Enbridge Energy to create and follow a private well identification and testing plan. 

September 16, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, 112 organizations submitted a comment letter to the Environmental Protection Agency in response to the agency’s proposal to gut federal greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and trucks.

September 15, 2025

Denver, CO – The Sierra Club is denouncing the Department of the Interior’s new Secretarial Order 3442, a policy that weakens the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), the nation’s most effective program for protecting public lands and expanding outdoor recreation.

September 15, 2025

Washington, D.C. - On Friday, the Trump Administration filed a lawsuit seeking to revoke the Maryland Offshore Wind Project’s permit after a string of attacks on offshore wind. 

September 13, 2025

Oakland, CA – Today, the Sierra Club Board of Directors voted unanimously to select Loren Blackford as its eighth Executive Director. Blackford previously served in an interim capacity, but now becomes the first female Executive Director in Sierra Club history.