WASHINGTON, DC – Federalized National Guard troops equipped for military operations moved into Los Angeles’s MacArthur park, located in one of the city’s most immigrant-heavy communities, in a choreographed show of force intended to stage for follow-on law enforcement operations in the community. The sudden occupation caused the evacuation of children to a recreational facility.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump’s mass firings of federal workers could move forward.
The ruling reversed lower court injunctions pausing the layoffs and paved the way for federal agencies to implement widespread reductions in force.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Days after its Congressional allies sought to privatize vast swaths of public lands across the country, the Trump administration is launching a new commission charged with making those landscapes “beautiful.”
Oakland, CA – The Sierra Club has filed another lawsuit against the Trump Administration, this time seeking to hold the Office of Management and Budget accountable for its failure to respond to three Freedom of Information Act requests, which seek OMB’s records and communications related to freezing Congressionally appropriated funding, as well as communications between key OMB and the Department of Government Effi
BOISE, IDAHO -- Today the Boise City Council voted unanimously to approve an amendment to the City’s noise ordinance as part of a settlement with the Sierra Club, represented by Wrest Collective, resolving a lawsuit over an outdated city statute that violated the First Ame
TEXAS - This weekend, flash flooding ripped across the state. Rapidly rising floodwaters claimed dozens of lives, and entire communities were swept away, including families, children, and loved ones. As of this moment, the death toll continues to rise.
In response, Dave Cortez, Director of the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter, issued the following statement:
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a methodology to analyze reserve power margins across the country that systematically undercounts the contributions of clean energy to meet the nation’s energy needs and protect system reliability. DOE plans to use this methodology to deem certain generators, likely coal and natural gas, as critical to system reliability, consistent with its recent actions.
Kansas City, Ks – Today, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC), which regulates monopoly utilities like Evergy, approved a non-unanimous settlement allowing the electric company to build two gas plants totaling an estimated $1.6 billion. Half of the new gas plant costs will be charged to the utility’s Kansas customers.
Washington, DC - Today, the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ended its comment period following an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on safety of methane gas exports, known as LNG. The current safeguards are meant to protect workers and communities from dangerous and volatile LNG infrastructure, but those standards have not kept pace with the growth of the industry.
Washington, D.C. - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency placed 139 employees who signed onto a letter dissenting the Trump Administration on administrative leave.
In response, Sierra Club Climate Policy Director Patrick Drupp issued the following statement: