Press Releases

July 17, 2025

Norristown, PA - Today, nine governors representing both Democratic and Republican states sent a letter to the PJM board expressing concerns about the board’s leadership and urging the board to fill the remaining two open seats with candidates recommended by the bipartisan slate of governors. 

July 17, 2025

Move follows pattern of rollbacks limiting oversight and regulation of Wall Street

July 17, 2025

Columbia, Mo – People gather in Columbia today for the Missouri Nuclear Summit to highlight an industry plagued by economic disasters. South Carolina utility customers paid $9 billion for a nuclear reactor project that was cancelled, creating zero kilowatts of electricity.

July 16, 2025

WAYNE COUNTY, MI - As Cleveland Cliffs temporarily suspends steelmaking operations at its Dearborn Works Mill, Sierra Club is releasing a new poll showing that public sentiments relating to pollution, jobs, and green manufacturing are dramatically different than what is commonly assumed by political and industry leaders. The poll, conducted by Lake Research Partners, conclusively illustrates that the sample of 400 registered voters in Wayne County, Michigan, are highly concerned about air and water pollution from coal-burning steel plants in their community, and overwhelmingly support investment in clean steel manufacturing.

July 15, 2025

DULUTH, Minn. – Today, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) released her report recommending that the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) reject the proposed private equity buyout of ALLETE, Inc., parent company of Minnesota Power, a Duluth-based regulated electric utility serving northern Minnesota residential and industrial customers.

July 15, 2025

Pittsburgh, PA - Today, Donald Trump announced a $90 billion investment to boost data centers that support multibillion dollar tech companies.

July 15, 2025

ATLANTA - Today, the Georgia Public Service Commission voted to approve Georgia Power’s Integrated Resource Plan, locking Georgia into a future of toxic coal and gas plants and overburdened ratepayers.

July 15, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Natural Resources Committee considered a bill that poses serious threats to the future of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Area.

The Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2025, introduced by Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY), would legislatively strip grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Area from protections under the Endangered Species Act, and eliminate all judicial review.

July 14, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tomorrow, the House Natural Resources Committee is scheduled to kick off another round of attacks on the country’s imperiled wildlife.

July 14, 2025

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – In a massive collective effort to protect the Great Lakes and shut down Line 5, organizations and participants part of the Fish for the Future campaign broke the world record for the largest display of origami fish.