Press Releases

Sierra Club, NRDC Call for Investments in Public Transit, EV Charging, and Low-Carbon Materials in Transportation Bill

Letter offers recommendations to Department of Transportation during Surface Transportation Reauthorization comment period

Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Public Records Access

PHOENIX, ARIZ.

Environmental Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against CP2 LNG Export Facility’s Clean Air Act Permit

NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 21, 2025) - Three environmental groups have filed a lawsuit, asking the court to cancel the Clean Air Act permit and stop the construction of Venture Global’s highly controversial liquefied methane gas export project CP2 LNG.

Trump Administration Prolongs Illegal, Costly Coal Plant Extension

West Olive, MI - Last night, the Trump Administration issued another expensive, unnecessary, pollution-causing, and illegal emergency order for the J.H. Campbell power plant in Michigan to operate past its planned retirement for another 90 days. 

Labor Leaders, Environmental Groups Oppose TVA Privatization

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Today, labor leaders from unions and labor groups, along with Appalachian Voices, Sierra Club, and other environmental organizations, voiced unified opposition to reported efforts to privatize the Tennessee Valley Authority, our nation’s largest public utility.

Trump Spreads Desperate Lies to Deflect Blame for High Energy Prices

Washington, D.C. - Today, Donald Trump published on Truth Social that “Any State that has built and relied on WINDMILLS and SOLAR for power are seeing RECORD BREAKING INCREASES IN ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY COSTS.” This is false. 

Sierra Club Statement on Consideration of Criminal Charges Against Former Yosemite Employee

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reports have emerged that a former National Park Service employee could face criminal charges for a free speech demonstration on the park’s famous El Capitan cliff.

Trump Administration Plans to Gut Funding for Independent Investigation Board Just Days After Deadly Explosion at US Steel Plant

Federal budget proposal would eliminate funding for critical work that helps keep communities safe from future industrial accidents

Sierra Club Statement on OBBBA Lease Sale Announcements

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of the Interior unveiled a fresh slate of oil and gas lease sales on fragile public lands and waters.

Groups Ask Court to Block Trump EPA Rule That Delays Protections Against Oil and Gas Methane Pollution

A dozen health, environment and community groups are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn a Trump EPA Rule delaying the 2024 methane standards for the oil and gas industry – standards that keep dangerous pollution out of our air and reduce wasted energy from oil and gas leaks, venting and flaring.