August 13, 2019
The Sierra Club and a coalition of environmental allies launched a lawsuit today challenging former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s “ACE” rule -- known by many as the Dirty Power Plan.
Press Releases
August 13, 2019
BOULDER, COLORADO – The Sierra Club and Nature Needs Half, an international coalition formed in 2009 to advance the protection of 50% of Earth’s land and seas, proudly announce a new partnership to help halt the Sixth Extinction and provide a feasible and affordable solution to the climate crisis.
August 13, 2019
In a speech today in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Donald Trump touted his administration’s support for corporate polluters and efforts to “break up” bedrock environmental protections like the Clean Water Act.
August 13, 2019
KANSAS CITY, KS--On Wednesday, August 14, Sierra Club will release a ground-breaking report on the past and future cost of coal power at Evergy, Inc, the company formed in the 2018 merger of Westar Energy and Kansas City Power & Light. Join Andy Knott, Senior Campaign Representative of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign in Kansas and Missouri Al Armendariz, Deputy Regional Director, and John Romankiewicz, Senior Analyst, on this telepresser to learn more about the report’s key findings and recommendations, as well as to ask questions.
12 de agosto de 2019
Hoy, en el marco de los recientes informes sobre extinciones masivas globales, la administración Trump emitió regulaciones finales para debilitar la Ley de Especies en Peligro, la herramienta más efectiva del país para salvar a la fauna de extinción.
August 12, 2019
Conservation groups today launched a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP)
August 12, 2019
In a lawsuit filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council are challenging a final rule issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last month that lowers the penalties for automakers failing to meet the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards.
August 12, 2019
Shell’s facility is one of five proposed for the region that would put health, safety, and clean drinking water at risk
August 12, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, against a backdrop of recent reports of global mass extinction, the Trump administration released final regulations weakening the Endangered Species Act, the nation’s most effective tool in saving wildlife from extinction.
August 9, 2019