May 23, 2025
Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter Celebrates Critical Environmental Justice Bill
Press Releases
May 23, 2025
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued an order that would potentially require Interior sites to reinstate any monuments, memorials, statues, or markers that have been removed or altered.
May 22, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Early Thursday morning, Rep. Blake Moore cast the deciding vote to advance Donald Trump’s massive budget reconciliation package that would endanger Utahns’ clean air and water, fast-track reckless oil and gas leasing and development, and raise costs on Utah’s working families—all to give more tax cuts and handouts to billionaires and corporate polluters. The bill passed 215-214 and now heads to the United States Senate.
May 23, 2025
NATIONWIDE – Today, governors from 11 states – California, Colorado, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Washington – announced they are joining together in a new Affordable Clean Car Coalition which will help states tackle vehicle pollution and lower barriers for consumers to more affordably own, drive, charge, and maintain clean cars.
May 22, 2025
Denver, CO – Early this morning, Colorado Rep. Gabe Evans cast a deciding vote to advance Donald Trump’s massive budget reconciliation package that would endanger Colorado's clean air and water, fast-track reckless oil and gas leasing and development, and raise costs on working families—all to give more tax cuts and handouts to billionaires and corporate polluters. With Rep. Evans' vote, the bill passed 215-214 and now heads to the United States Senate.
May 22, 2025
Golden, CO - Gov. Polis signed SB25-053 today, paving the way for recovery of the iconic wildlife species in Colorado.
Colorado Chapter Sierra Club praises Gov. Jared Polis for supporting the Protect Wild Bison Act, which designates the animal as big game, providing protections from poaching and legal hunting opportunities for Native Americans.
May 22, 2025
DES MOINES, IA – Early this morning, Representatives Randy Feenstra, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Ashley Hinson, and Zachary Nunn cast votes to advance Donald Trump’s massive budget reconciliation package that would endanger Iowa residents’ clean air and water, fast-track reckless oil and gas leasing and development, and raise costs on Iowa’s working families—all to give more tax cuts and handouts to billionaires and corporate polluters. With their votes, the bill passed 215-214 and now heads to the United States Senate.
May 22, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reports emerged Thursday morning that Donald Trump would pick a top oil and gas lobbyist to oversee federal public lands in Alaska. Kara Moriarty will be Trump’s pick to lead the Department of the Interior’s work in Alaska. Moriarty currently serves as the president and CEO of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association.
May 22, 2025
WASHINGTON STATE – Today, a coalition of environmental, consumer, and community organizations joined a challenge to the Trump administration’s unlawful and indefinite freeze of billions in federal funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, a transformative, $5 billion initiative to build electric vehicle charging stations every 50 miles on major corridors across all 50 states.
May 22, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. – Emera, owner of Tampa Electric Company (TECO), hosted its 2025 Annual Shareholders Meeting today. As a show of unity and public accountability, local residents and activists watched a live broadcast of the meeting during a fifth annual People Power Lunch run by Sierra Club Florida, Central Florida Jobs with Justice, and Urban Progress Alliance.