Washington, D.C. - Today, energy company RWE announced a deal with the Trump administration in which the administration will pay the company $1.22 billion in exchange for the company cancelling three offshore wind projects and doubling down on LNG.
AUSTIN, TX — Federal contractors moved heavy equipment into Big Bend National Park earlier this week and began bulldozing new roads Wednesday, putting into motion the first use of sweeping federal border-construction waiver authority inside a National Park.
Albuquerque, N.M. — Today marked the conclusion of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) scoping period in which it sought input on what the agency should consider when conducting its environmental review as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for Energy Transfer Partner’s Desert Southwest Pipeline.
EUGENE, Ore. – The Eugene Clean Energy Fund, backed by environmental organizations and labor unions, has officially qualified for the November 2026 ballot, after the Eugene City Recorder certified that the campaign had submitted enough valid signatures.
Baton Rouge, LA — Today, Earthjustice, the Alliance for Affordable Energy Louisiana, and the Sierra Club urged the Trump administration to abandon its plan to put the State of Louisiana in charge of oversight of toxic coal ash waste due to the state’s abysmal environmental track record.
LOS ANGELES – This afternoon, the Los Angeles City Council voted to allow the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to disregard the concerns of Angelenos and environmental advocates and move forward with its ill-conceived plans to retrofit the Scattergood gas plant to be able to burn a mix of hydrogen and natural gas.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Sierra Club and its North Carolina Chapter condemn a recent ICE operation at Wilson Creek Recreation Area in Pisgah National Forest that resulted in 13 arrests.
DONALDSONVILLE, La. — Labor, environmental health, civil rights, and community groups are warning that the recently published proposed air permit for Hyundai’s steel mill will have a severe impact on community and worker health, exacerbating cancer, asthma, and respiratory and nervous system disease.
INDIANA – Attorney General Rokita has filed an intervention in a long-dormant case in an attempt to block the retirement of the Rockport coal plant in Spencer County, which is planned to close by the end of 2028.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the public comment period closes today on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal to rescind its 2024 climate disclosure rule, the Sierra Club submitted and joined multiple filings opposing the rollback. These include an organizational comment, a grassroots submission backed by more than 2,000 Sierra Club members and supporters, and two coalition comment letters addressing the proposal’s legal and financial-market implications.