Press Releases

Sierra Club Foundation Leads by Example in Move from BlackRock to More Responsible Asset Managers

Move follows 3+ years of engagement between foundation, asset manager

60+ Organizations Urge Senate to Vote No on Budget Bill that Would Raise Costs for Americans, Increase Transportation Pollution

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, dozens of environmental, consumer, labor, and community organizations representing millions of members sent a letter to the Senate urging lawmakers to vote no on Donald Trump’s dangerous so-called “One, Big Beautiful” reconciliation bill that will provide tax cuts for billionaires and corporate polluters while cutting clean energy jobs and abruptly getting rid of critical tax credits for transitioning to cleaner cars, trucks, and buses.

Judge Orders Lifting of Trump Administration’s Unlawful Freeze of Roughly A Billion Dollars For Electric Vehicle Charging

WASHINGTON STATE – Yesterday, United States District Court Judge Tana Lin for the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Washington issued a preliminary injunction lifting the Trump administration’s unlawful freeze of federal funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. NEVI is a transformative $5 billion initiative to build reliable and convenient fast charging stations for electric vehicles along major highways nationwide.  

Sierra Club Statement on Senate Parliamentarian Ruling Against Public Lands Sales, "Pay To Pollute" Provisions in GOP Budget Reconciliation Package

Washington, DC – Last night, the Senate Parliamentarian ruled against multiple provisions included in the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee’s portion of Donald Trump’s so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill,” including the fire sale of millions of acres of public lands and “pay to pollute” provisions to skirt environmental protections.

Trump Administration Seeks to Open Over 600,000 Acres of California Public Lands for Oil Drilling

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management announced 30-day comment periods for massive expansions of oil drilling on federal lands in Central and Central Coast

Sierra Club: Trump Puts National Forests on the Chopping Block

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Trump administration moved to gut protections for nearly 60 million acres of national forests across the country.

Virtual Press Conference: Health, Environmental Groups Demand Accountability Following Nippon Steel, U.S. Steel Merger

Coal-Based Steelmaking Estimated To Cause ~2,000 Premature Deaths Near U.S. Steel Facilities

Sierra Club Asks CalPERS For Greater Transparency On Its Climate Solutions Fund

California chapter representative testifies at pension board meeting in June

T15 Pipeline Public Hearing Tomorrow in Wentworth, N.C.

Wentworth, N.C. – The second of two public hearings on the proposed construction of the Enbridge T15 pipeline will be hosted by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) tomorrow evening in Wentworth. The Sierra Club and its North Carolina members, volunteers, and allies stand opposed to the project. 

Trump’s Intervention Leaves TVA Paralyzed Without Board Members

Knoxville, TN - Donald Trump has fired three members of TVA’s Board of Directors, leaving the Board without enough members to make critical decisions for the federal utility’s 10 million customers.