Press Releases

December 17, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee considered 15 bills largely focusing on conservation, public lands, and wildfire prevention.

Among the bills considered during the markup session, the committee's first legislative markup since September, were the following:

December 17, 2025

Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Representative Suzan DelBene (D-WA) introduced the Clean Competition Act of 2025. The bill would boost clean, American manufacturing and cut industrial pollution in the United States and abroad.

December 17, 2025

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Today, local advocacy and climate groups delivered costly, polluting coal back to Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) Headquarters just in time for the holidays. Sierra Club Florida, CLEO Institute, NAACP, St.

December 17, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC  Calls for EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to step down or be fired have grown across the political and ideological spectrum in recent days, with conservative activists in the Trump-aligned “Make America Healthy Again” movement circulating a petition calling for his resignation and the clean air advocacy organization Moms Clean Air Force sending a 

December 17, 2025

Centralia, Washington - Yesterday, the Trump administration issued an ‘emergency’ order to forcibly and illegally extend operations of Centralia Generating Station past its scheduled retirement. The high cost to keep this aging coal plant online is expected to be passed onto residents in the region. 

December 16, 2025

WASHINGTON STATE – With the prospect of people across the country losing out on the benefits from cleaner transportation, today, Sierra Club, Climate Solutions, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), and Earthjustice filed a new challenge to the Trump administration’s hold on $2.5 billion in federal funding through the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program.

December 16, 2025

Event at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, December 18, outside Interior Department

December 16, 2025

An executive order issued by Donald Trump last week could block state guardrails around artificial intelligence and the infrastructure needed to run AI data centers, including popular state-level initiatives, known as large load tariffs, that help ensure tech companies have financial skin in the game for the costs of growing electricity demand.

December 16, 2025

GLOBAL – Yesterday was the deadline for global automaker Toyota to respond to the letter sent by advocacy organizations on Nov. 21, urging the automaker to reduce emissions and combat the climate crisis. 

December 16, 2025

Study analyzes 8 major cities: D.C., Minneapolis, Denver, Philadelphia, Detroit, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, and Atlanta