Press Releases

December 20, 2017

Hartford, CT -- Today, 26 Connecticut legislators from both sides of the aisle sent a letter to Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Robert Klee urging DEEP to to fast track recommendations that will accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs).

December 20, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Sierra Club responded to the release of a bipartisan poll that found that sixty-eight percent of Americans oppose the Trump administration’s plan to more than double entry fees at some of our nation’s most iconic national parks.

December 20, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn (R-TX) voted for and actively championed the deeply regressive congressional tax scheme, which authorizes drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge for the first time and slashes taxes for corporations and the richest Americans.

In response, Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter Reggie James released the following statement:

December 20, 2017

Washington, DC-- Bipartisan poll results released by the Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK) demonstrate that the public has major concerns with a proposal to raise entry fees at major national parks across the country. The proposed fee increase would affect some of the U.S.’s most beloved parks including Yellowstone, Shenandoah and Joshua Tree. Entrance fees would more than double, increasing to $70 per vehicle from $30.

December 20, 2017

A half dozen local consumers and clean energy advocates gathered in front of their electric utility’s headquarters to Carol for Clean Energy, telling Vectren they want renewable energy this holiday season, not fracked gas

December 20, 2017

Washington, DC -- Today, Scripps News reported that Donald Trump’s nominee for the Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Hartnett White, is distancing herself from her testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee.

December 19, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republicans passed a deeply regressive GOP tax scheme last night which cuts taxes for corporations and the rich while plundering the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and destabilizing a pillar of the U.S. healthcare system. The House will vote on the measure a second time today due to provisions in conflict with Senate rules.

December 19, 2017

Big oil's contribution in Senate soon to pay off.

December 19, 2017

WASHINGTON DC - For the last two years the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) states have been conducting a review of their carbon pollution reduction policies in order to set goals that will plot the future course of the program out to 2030. Today, the states released a final model rule that memorializes an agreement to strengthen RGGI, together with economic modeling data that shows the changes will spur economic growth and job creation in the region.

December 19, 2017

Washington, DC -- After swift and immediate outrage over a Mother Jones report that Scott Pruitt spent $120,000 of taxpayer funds on a partisan political consultant, the Washington Post is reporting that EPA is canceling its contract with Definers