Washington, DC - Last night during a rally in Texas, Donald Trump announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would roll back safeguards finalized in 2024 to limit methane pollution from the oil and gas sector. This dangerous reversal– revealed earlier this month by Administrator Lee Zeldin– would allow bad-actor corporations to release more climate-disrupting compounds and other pollutants into our atmosphere, jeopardizing the health and wellbeing of our families and communities.
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Today, Dairyland Power Coop announced the cancellation of plans for NTEC, which was proposed to be built on the shores of Lake Superior, and asked the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) to withdraw its permits.
Donaldsonville, La. - Yesterday, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) posted the final, approved air permit for Hyundai’s proposed steel plant. Hyundai promised a state-of-the-art, clean facility, but the proposed plan falls short of those promises and would still bring thousands of tons of pollution to Cancer Alley, a region already overburdened with dirty air and water.
HARTFORD, Conn. — Today, Sierra Club Connecticut, local environmental justice leaders, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, and state elected officials hosted a Press Conference on Connecticut's High Asthma Rates in the Legislative Office Building.
Phoenix – The Sierra Club today published a new report, “Asleep at the Switch: How the ACC is Letting Utilities Fleece Ratepayers,” that considers the power the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has over the future of Arizona’s energy landscape, public health, and utility bill increases. The report also examines the ACC’s role in Arizona’s gas rush, as well as its ethical shortcomings.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Yesterday, the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) approved Ameren Missouri’s proposal to build solar and storage projects. The Sierra Club and its members supported the projects at public hearings around the state.
WASHINGTON, DC — The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to lift a federal court order blocking border construction across the Big Bend region, including Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park. The request seeks to restart construction while a lawsuit challenging the administration’s use of sweeping legal waivers proceeds.
WASHINGTON — The national electric vehicle (EV) charging network is making tangible progress: Texas recently awarded $226 million for 321 new charging stations funded through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program; Arizona just opened its first three federally funded fast-charging stations, with dozens more planned statewide; Colorado awarded over $23 million in federal and state-funded grants to add 270 fast-charging stations across the state; and EV charging at commercial sites in Hawaii more than doubled in the first half of 2026, with many of the new installations located at NEVI stations.
Richmond, VA. – The Sierra Club told the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) that the NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy’s merger must be denied because it creates significant risks for customers and neglects applicable state laws including Virginia’s Clean Economy Act (VCEA), according to expert testimony. Sierra Club’s filing identified multiple ways the proposed merger could risk Virginia families’ ability to receive electricity services at just and reasonable rates, as mandated by the state’s long-standing Utility Transfers Act.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors unanimously denied Alliant's rezoning application for three single-cycle gas-fired power plants in Linn County.