DENVER - Today over 60 groups including conservation organizations, business leaders and lawmakers rallied at the Colorado State Capitol calling for bolder climate action and preparation to respond to the human and economic costs of climate change impacts and disasters.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authorized the dangerous, expensive, and unnecessary Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, or SSEP.
Tucson, Ariz. - Today, the Trump administration's Department of Energy scrapped a planned $1.8 billion federal loan to Arizona's largest utility, Arizona Public Service (APS). The funds, which were announced in January 2025, would have financed clean energy resources to support the utility's transition to clean energy and away from coal.
Washington, D.C. — In response to the Trump administration’s threats to our Constitutional rights and deadly attacks and violence inflicted on communities in Minnesota and across the country, Sierra Club Executive Director Loren Blackford released the following statement:
DENVER - Public interest organizations today challenged the Department of Energy’s illegal emergency order extending the life of Unit 1 at Colorado’s Craig Station. The groups include Sierra Club and Environmental Defense Fund, and Earthjustice on behalf of GreenLatinos, Vote Solar, and Public Citizen.
Washington, D.C. - Today, the Trump administration released yet another coal industry handout by proposing to undo the Environmental Protection Agency’s previous disapproval of State Implementation Plans from states failing to meet their Clean Air Act obligations under the federal ozone air quality standard. Previously in 2023 the EPA had determined that most of these states had failed to meet their obligation to protect downwind states from significant smog-causing pollution, and had in 2024 proposed making the same determination for the others.
BOSTON - A judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has granted a preliminary injunction for yet another one of Donald Trump’s freezes on offshore wind. Judge Brian Murphy ruled Wednesday that Vineyard Wind, a 13 megawatt wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, may resume construction.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Forest Service announced a revised oil and gas leasing rule that fast-tracks dirty energy projects in national forests.
In a press release, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the policy would “streamline” the process for allowing oil and gas projects on landscapes managed by the Forest Service.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump Administration has ordered the removal of more interpretive signage referencing climate change and Native American history at popular national parks, including Glacier National Park and Grand Canyon National Park, according to internal documents obtained by the Washington Post.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friday, January 23rd, marked the close of the 60-day public comment period on the Trump administration’s draft offshore drilling plan, which proposes an unprecedented expansion off of Alaska, Gulf, and California coastlines.