Press Releases

December 10, 2025

NEW YORK - Last night, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that Donald Trump’s executive order banning wind projects in the United States was unlawful and vacated the order. 

December 9, 2025

BALTIMORE, MD. – Last night, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that Donald Trump’s executive order banning wind projects in the United States was unlawful and vacated the order. 

December 9, 2025

HARTFORD, Ct. - Last night, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that Donald Trump’s executive order banning wind projects in the United States was unlawful and vacated the order. 

December 9, 2025

Bianca Sanchez, bianca.sanchez@sierraclub.org

December 9, 2025

NEW YORK - Today, the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter delivered over 1,000 State Energy Plan comments submitted by members and supporters to Governor Hochul’s New York City office. Supporters and spokespeople gathered outside with signs and banners for remarks before delivering the comments. Earlier today, the State Energy Planning Board announced the final Board meeting of the year, where they will vote on the Draft State Energy Plan, will be December 16.

December 9, 2025

Boston, MA - Last night, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that Donald Trump’s executive order banning wind projects in the United States was unlawful and vacated the order. 

December 9, 2025

DETROIT, Mich. -- Detroit area residents will be able to breathe easier as Sierra Club’s latest win for clean air will result in stronger pollution standards at a time when asthma rates in the region are rising. The legal victory [link to opinion] comes after the Sierra Club and the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center sued EPA in 2023, challenging two EPA rulemakings under the Clean Air Act that allowed Michigan to move the Detroit area from “nonattainment” with ground-level ozone standards to “attainment” -- a label that allowed the state to avoid stricter air regulations and more robust permitting for new sources of pollution. The Detroit area has long suffered from bad air days caused by high ozone pollution levels, along with disproportionate levels of asthma and other health harms associated with ground-level ozone.

December 8, 2025

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A new ad in downtown Indianapolis reminds Hoosiers that their high utility bills are thanks to coal.

December 5, 2025

With the Trump EPA's approval of two do-nothing regional haze plans from TCEQ, wealthy coal plant owners – like NRG and Luminant – can avoid installing readily available, common-sense pollution controls and move forward with spewing more toxic emissions into the air.

December 5, 2025

Columbia, S.C. – The Sierra Club, Duke Energy Carolinas, and other stakeholders reached a settlement agreement on the utility's proposed rate increase before state regulators. The Sierra Club only signed onto the large load settlement agreement with Duke related to new customers like data centers, and did not oppose other stakeholder settlements related to energy efficiency and revenue requirements.