Press Releases

Global Banking Regulators Reject Trump Administration’s Effort to Gut Climate Risk Oversight, But Weaken Reporting Standards

Basel Committee On Banking Supervision tables U.S. call to downgrade climate risk task force, but agrees to eliminate mandatory disclosures of climate-related financial risks

Sierra Club Response to Governor Healey’s Energy Affordability Bill

BOSTON - Massachusetts will likely see utility rates change under proposed legislation introduced today with the support of Governor Maura Healey. Though advocates on the ground support key parts of what is included in the bill, concerns remain about the extent of the reforms and what it stops short of achieving.

ADVISORY: Burgum Tours National Parks While Trump Administration Continues Assault on Public Lands

PORT ANGELES, WA -- Today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is beginning a tour of national park sites – including some in the Pacific Northwest. It comes as the Trump administration continues one of the most serious attacks on American public lands in recent memory.

Burgum is scheduled to visit Olympic National Park today during a visit to Washington State. It is Burgum’s second field tour in a week, after visiting an LNG processing facility in Louisiana earlier this month.

New Analysis: Trump Actions Will Allow Millions More Tons of Harmful Pollutants into Texas Air and Water

A new analysis by the Sierra Club indicates that the Trump Administration’s deregulatory actions will have severe environmental and public health consequences across the country, particularly in Texas.

Congressional Republicans Advance Dangerous and Unamerican Legislation

Washington, DC – Today, the House Ways and Means Committee included H.R. 9495 in their section of Donald Trump’s absurdly named “Big Beautiful Bill”. 

In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous released the following statement:

Sierra Club Dashboard Calculates Toll of Trump EPA Rollbacks in Wyoming

WYOMING - on Monday, May 5, the Sierra Club unveiled a new tool that shows the public health and environmental toll of the Trump Administration’s planned rollbacks of the Environmental Protection Agency’s safeguards against coal pollution. 

State Reactions: House Budget Bill Would Repeal Critical Program to Reduce Methane Pollution in Oil & Gas Producing States

The House Energy and Commerce Committee released its portion of the federal budget reconciliation bill that will devastate Americans in a variety of ways, from gutting Medicaid to slashing programs that fight climate change and protect clean air and water. The legislation will be marked up in a committee meeting tomorrow. In response, Sierra Club state chapters in oil and gas producing states released statements.

House Republicans Announce Plan to Take Away Jobs and Raise Costs

Washington, D.C. - Today, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee released their draft budget reconciliation proposal, which included drastic cuts to clean energy, vehicles, and manufacturing project tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act to fund tax breaks for Trump and his billionaire friends. 

Energy & Commerce Budget Bill Targets Programs to Reduce Pollution, Innovate Industrial Sector & Includes “Pay to Pollute” Provisions

Washington, DC - Late last night, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released its portion of the budget reconciliation bill that will harm Americans in a variety of ways, from gutting Medicaid to slashing programs that protect clean air. The legislation is expected to be marked up in a committee meeting tomorrow.

FERC recommends Venture Global’s CP2 LNG approval in SEIS 

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released its supplemental environmental impact statement for the highly controversial liquefied methane gas export project Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) LNG.