May 30, 2025
MACKINAC, Mich. – Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) on the proposal to enclose the Line 5 oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac in a tunnel.
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May 29, 2025
Department of Labor says it will engage in new rulemaking
May 29, 2025
Washington, DC - Today, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to require further analysis before permitting a railroad line in Utah that would carry billions of gallons of oil because the Surface Transportation Board failed to analyze and disclose the pollution impacts of refining all that oil in Gulf Coast communities in Louisiana. The original suit was brought by environmental and community groups, including Sierra Club. The decision by the Supreme Court will narrow the scope of federal environmental reviews of fossil fuel infrastructure projects under the National Environmental Policy Act.
May 28, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – The Trump administration’s proposed budget, released this month, includes transferring hundreds of National Park Service sites to state management. This comes as the administration seeks to cut the NPS budget by $900 million.
May 28, 2025
Washington, DC — Late last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave the controversial Venture Global permission to proceed with construction of its CP2 LNG export facility, despite Former FERC Chairman Phillips raising concerns about the facility’s emissions last year — which are equivalent to more than 42 million gas-powered cars or 46 coal-fired power plants.
May 28, 2025
Report highlights opportunities to electrify one of the largest sources of air pollution in the U.S.
May 27, 2025
BEAUMONT, Calif. — In the most recent in a series of legal victories against unchecked warehouse development in the Inland Empire, the Sierra Club secured a comprehensive settlement Tuesday requiring rigorous environmental protections for the proposed Beaumont Pointe warehouse and distribution center. The massive, 5 million-square-foot facility will be built in the Badlands near Beaumont.
May 27, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC - Just before the Memorial Day weekend, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reauthorized Venture Global’s highly controversial liquefied methane gas export project CP2 LNG, allowing Venture Global to begin construction immediately.
May 23, 2025
West Olive, MI - Today, the Trump Administration invoked its so-called “energy emergency” to force the J.H. Campbell coal plant to remain open past its planned retirement.
May 23, 2025
Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter Celebrates Critical Environmental Justice Bill