Press Releases

February 13, 2026

This Thursday, the Trump Administration is expected to finalize three decisions that will significantly increase climate-warming and health-harming pollution across America, especially in Louisiana.

February 12, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey, Representatives Dina Titus (NV-01), Sean Casten (IL-06) and clean transportation experts gathered on Capitol Hill to encourage Congress members to include strong investments in clean and electrified transportation in the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization. 

February 12, 2026

HELENA, Mont. – Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule revoking the regulatory basis for greenhouse gas pollution under the Clean Air Act. The decision flies in the face of legal history and overwhelming scientific evidence establishing that the nation faces extraordinary threats from sources of pollution like power plants, vehicles, fossil fuel development, agriculture and more, which drive global warming. 

February 12, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, in a brazen assault on the health and welfare of the American public, the Trump administration announced its rule revoking the Environmental Protection Agency’s longstanding greenhouse gas endangerment finding under the federal Clean Air Act. With the stroke of a pen at a White House, Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin have formalized climate denialism as official government policy and moved to eliminate EPA’s ability to directly fight the climate crisis. 

February 12, 2026

Salt Lake City – Today, in a brazen assault on the health and welfare of the American public, the Trump administration finalized decisions that severely slash decades of environmental progress. Dismantling the Environmental Protection Agency’s mission to protect human health and the environment, Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin have eliminated the EPA’s greenhouse gas endangerment finding, limiting the agency’s authority to curb deadly greenhouse gas emissions.

February 12, 2026

With the stroke of a pen, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has increased the serious health risks Minnesotans will face as a result of air and water pollution, in addition to a recent Public Utilities Commission decision that undermines the 100% Carbon Free law by continuing to allow some carbon emitting energy sources.

February 12, 2026

The Sierra Club has been involved in the legal fight for federal climate standards longer than any other organization.

February 12, 2026

Phoenix, AZ – Today, in a brazen assault on the health and welfare of people throughout the country, the Trump administration finalized decisions that severely gut decades of environmental progress.

February 12, 2026

DENVER – Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule revoking the basis for regulating greenhouse gas pollution under the Clean Air Act. The decision flies in the face of legal history and overwhelming scientific evidence establishing that the nation faces extraordinary threats from sources of pollution like power plants, vehicles, fossil fuel development, agriculture and more, which drive global warming. 

February 12, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Lee Zeldin will finalize a federal regulation that would obliterate the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles.