April 16, 2019
Read the letter from 155 NGOs opposing the Dirty Water Rule
Press Releases
April 14, 2019
As major financial institutions and oil companies prepare to gather for their annual general meetings this spring, they’re facing growing pressure from shareholders and activists to commit not to engage in or give financial support for drilling in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
April 12, 2019
Earlier today, state legislators introduced a bill that effectively provides a financial bailout to two FirstEnergy nuclear power plants.
April 12, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO (April 11, 2019) – This Earth Month, the Sierra Club -- the nation’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization -- has partnered with the stop-motion animated film, Missing Link. The partnership is designed to inspire audiences to visit sc.org/missinglink to join a Sierra Club outing near them. Missing Link opens nationwide April 12
April 12, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO (April 11, 2019) – This Earth Month, the Sierra Club -- the nation’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization -- has partnered with the stop-motion animated film, Missing Link. The partnership is designed to inspire audiences to visit sc.org/missinglink to join a Sierra Club outing near them. Missing Link opens nationwide April 12
April 11, 2019
Today, the Senate voted to confirm former fossil fuel lobbyist David Bernhardt as Secretary of the Interior.
April 11, 2019
Duke's claim that the appeal is in the interest of its ratepayers rings hollow given the company's intention to profit off its cleanup costs. And the ratepayers Duke pretends to care so much about include the same people whose waters have been polluted by coal ash.
April 10, 2019
Today, only miles from two recent environmental tragedies, Donald Trump signed an executive order that would erode bedrock protections for water and communities while seeking to roll back commonsense safeguards contained in the Clean Water Act
April 10, 2019
Despite assurances from disgraced former Trump Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that offshore drilling would be off limits in Florida, POLITICO reports that Donald Trump was “upset” by that announcement, and that industry lobbyists have confirmed that “For all intents and purposes, it’s done” -- and drilling in Florida is included in Trump’s upcoming nationwide plan.
April 10, 2019
CHICAGO, IL -- On Wednesday, the Chicago City Council unanimously voted to establish the goal of transitioning the entire city to 100 percent clean, renewable energy, like wind and solar, by 2035. Chicago becomes the largest city in the country to make this commitment, following cities like St. Louis, Madison, Atlanta, and San Francisco.