COLUMBIA, S.C. – Dominion Energy South Carolina (DESC)’s proposed 2026 IRP doubles down on volatile fracked-gas while continuing to cling to expensive coal power, asserts Sierra Club’s analysis of the utility’s filing, which was made publicly available in the docket on Wednesday.
A coalition of labor unions, community and climate groups have written to the Hyundai CEO asking the company to ensure its proposed $5.8 billion steel mill in Donaldsonville meets strong health and environmental standards, while providing quality jobs.
ALBUQUERQUE – This week, the Trump administration advanced the process of increasing oil and gas drilling on a landscape considered sacred by Pueblos and Tribes.
On Tuesday, the Trump administration began a 7-day Public Scoping period, the next step in its proposal to open the Greater Chaco Region to oil and gas drilling. The comment period is much shorter than the standard 30- or 60-day comment periods on leasing proposals.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration today finalized rules to fast-track approval of logging, mining, drilling, road building and other projects in America’s national forests by eliminating decades-old public participation requirements for environmental reviews.
The new U.S. Department of Agriculture rules also ax public notice and comment on federal bird flu responses and wildlife-killing activities.
Lawsuit claims Trump's use of 'Extinction Committee' violates law in numerous ways
Today, Sierra Club and its Delta Chapter submitted another round of comments to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality after identifying additional errors, inconsistencies, and misrepresentations in Hyundai’s air permit application for its proposed steel plant. The comments highlight why LDEQ should not expedite a permit for this new steel plant.
BEND, Ore. — On Monday, April 6, the Sierra Club Oregon Chapter and partners are hosting a town hall meeting in support of preserving the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, also known as the Roadless Rule.
DENVER — Today the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) officially expanded, connecting western and eastern electric grids and providing increased access to clean energy for major utilities across the West and Great Plains in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Utah, and Arizona.
Salt Lake City – Today PacifiCorp, the parent company of Rocky Mountain Power, filed an update to its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) that forecasts how energy will be sourced for the next 20 years. In its update, the utility continues to prop up expensive, outdated fossil fuels, disregarding solutions like solar, wind, battery storage, and geothermal energy that are cheaper, faster, and better.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, seven conservation and community groups filed a court challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) authorization for Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, to construct the MVP Southgate gas pipeline. The petition for review, filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), Appalachian Mountain Advocates, and Sierra Club in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, asks the court to vacate the amended certificate of convenience and public necessity issued by FERC in December 2025.