Press Releases

Sierra Club: Trump Administration Can’t Pick and Choose which Laws to Follow

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Department of the Interior announced it would not apply a bedrock environmental protection law to offshore oil and gas lease sales mandated by Donald Trump’s reconciliation budget law.

Sierra Club Statement: Toyota’s 10 Billion-Dollar Investment in U.S. Auto Manufacturing Must Support Real Electrification

Liberty, North Carolina - Toyota just announced a $10 billion investment in the U.S. over the next five years, with few details on how the funds will be used other than the construction of one battery manufacturing facility in Liberty, North Carolina.

Missouri Regulators Approve Consumer Protection Plan for Evergy Customers

Jefferson City, Mo. – The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) voted 4-0 to approve a consumer protection plan that governs how data centers, and other power-hungry customers who move into Evergy’s service territory, pay for electricity.

Groups sue Interior for illegal land swap that threatens Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

ANCHORAGE, AK— Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges and allied groups sued the Interior Department and King Cove Corporation today in U.S. District Court for signing a land exchange agreement aimed at making way for a road on a narrow isthmus in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. 

Xcel Energy, Gov. Polis Petition to Walk Back Comanche 2 Retirement

Denver, CO -- Xcel Energy and the Polis administration filed a petition to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) today asking for a lifeline to the Comanche 2 coal unit in Pueblo until the end of 2026, backpedalling on a long-standing commitment to retire the plant in 2025 and pushing for unnecessary pollution and costs to ratepayers.  

Sierra Club Urges CalPERS to Strengthen its Climate Action Plan Ahead of November Board Meeting

Pension to present update on climate plan, which counts fossil fuel investments as 'green'

Americans Rally Behind the Public Lands Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  A broad cross-section of Americans voiced their support for protecting public lands and preserving the Public Lands Rule as the Trump administration's 60-day public comment period to rescind the rule closed today.

Coalition Demands Alabama Revise Air Plan That Lets Big Polluters Off the Hook

MONTGOMERY, AL - A coalition of six organizations submitted a letter to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), demanding better protections for Alabamians in the department’s air pollution reduction plan.

Sierra Club Wisconsin Applauds New Data Center Accountability Legislation

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Today, State Sen. Habush Sinykin and Rep. Angela Stroud introduced new legislation to bolster transparency and accountability as more tech companies look to build data centers across Wisconsin.

USGS Designation Ignores Law, Groups Say Coal for Steel is Not Critical

Today, the US Geological Survey (USGS) added metallurgical coal to a list of “critical minerals,” which could allow the Trump administration to steamroll bedrock environmental laws to boost coke production and widen the devastation of coal mining.