Press Releases

July 24, 2025

Oakland, CA — The Sierra Club has filed its latest FOIA-related lawsuit against the Trump Administration, this time seeking to hold the Department of Transportation accountable for its failure to respond to two Freedom of Information Act requests for DOT’s records related to withholding of federal funds and communications with external parties.

July 23, 2025

Washington, D.C. – On the same day that the Department of Energy cancelled a loan for a shovel-ready transmission project that would improve grid reliability and national security, the Trump Administration released its latest Executive Order

July 23, 2025

St. Louis, Mo – The Department of Energy (DOE) cancelled its loan for the shovel-ready Grain Belt Express transmission project that would quickly strengthen grid reliability and resilience, create jobs during construction, and lower electricity costs for small towns throughout Kansas and Missouri. 

July 23, 2025

Dallas – More than 1,000 people and nine organizations have submitted comments urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rethink plans to weaken regional haze pollution standards in the Lone Star State.

July 22, 2025

Norristown, PA - Today, the regional transmission organization PJM released its 2025 capacity auction results, signaling a continuation of high energy prices for its 13-state service region. 

July 22, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, Speaker Johnson announced that the House will adjourn earlier than planned this week, abandoning the chamber’s remaining work in order to begin August recess in mid-July.

July 22, 2025

Rules require financial institutions to adopt fossil fuel transition policy

July 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday, the House Natural Resources Committee is scheduled to consider two bills that would significantly undermine forest protection efforts in the United States.

July 22, 2025

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted to approve an expedited generator interconnection plan for two major US grid operators today. The grid operators, Southwest Power Pool (SPP) and Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), each submitted plans to FERC to accelerate mostly gas plants at the expense, both time and money, of mostly renewable energy projects. 

July 21, 2025

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Sierra Club and partners held a funeral procession Sunday to memorialize the 494-acre wildlife corridor in Bernheim Forest that will be destroyed in Louisville Gas and Electric (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities’ (KU) pipeline buildout. Advocates and community members gathered to eulogize the land, water, and wildlife that will be destroyed by the pipeline.