Press Releases

January 20, 2026

BOSTON– Environmental groups weighed in today in support of a coalition of renewable energy industry groups challenging a series of actions taken by the Trump Administration to prevent federal permitting for wind and solar energy projects.

January 22, 2026

Proposal from Rep. Gosar, HR 4255, would push critically endangered animal closer to extinction

January 22, 2026

Only 4 of 30 pensions earn ‘strong’ scores for strategies to invest in climate solutions

January 21, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Sierra Club are moving to defend California’s protective clean vehicle standards in court.

January 21, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote today on a controversial proposal, backed by the Trump Administration, that would allow toxic sulfide mining in the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota.

January 20, 2026

WASHINGTON — Today, the Senate and House of Representatives released a series of appropriation bills. The draft fiscal year 2026 transportation bill would strip away more than $875 million in funds for EV charging infrastructure, including roughly $500 million already apportioned to all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico to build essential EV charging infrastructure along the nation’s highways under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Charging (NEVI) Formula program.

January 16, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Democratic governors from Pennsylvania, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Maryland signed onto a deal to ensure PJM takes measures that ensure Big Tech is paying their fair share for their massive power usage. 

January 15, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC — The Sierra Club has filed another lawsuit against the Trump Administration for refusing to reveal information, this time related to the Administration’s efforts to erase history on public lands. The Sierra Club seeks to hold the Department of the Interior accountable for its failure to respond to basic Freedom of Information Act requests within the timeline required by law.

January 15, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Politico reported that the Trump administration will use funding legally directed by Congress to reduce pollution to instead help build new and prop up aging, expensive, polluting coal plants. Responding to competitive pressure from lower cost and lower risk resources, utilities have voluntarily retired 158 coal plants over the last decade.

January 15, 2026

Nationwide groups are resolute for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service