Press Releases

FOIA Documents Reveal Trump Administration Ordered Fish and Wildlife Service to Change Materials About Indigenous Peoples

Changes recommended at wildlife refuges, fish hatcheries, offices reveal Interior’s contradictory approach to implementing executive order

Advocates Call for Investigation into AI Campaign that Used Residents' Identities Without Consent to Target Air Regulators

SAN FRANCISCO—Bay Area advocates are calling on California Attorney General Rob Bonta and San Francisco, Alameda County, and Santa Clara County District Attorneys Brooke Jenkins, Ursula Jones Dickson, and Jeff Rosen investigate an AI-powered astroturf campaign that allegedly used real residents' personal information to send fake emails to Bay Area Air District board members — without their knowledge or consent.

Sierra Club Joins 130 Groups in Urging Congress to Block Border Wall Construction Through Big Bend National Park in Texas

TERLINGUA, TEXAS — The Sierra Club has joined more than 130 conservation groups, outfitters and rural Texas businesses in urging Congress to block federal funding for border wall construction in Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park.

Kentucky Bill Aims to Give Energy Planning Commission Unchecked Power, Block Public Accountability

LOUISVILLE, KY. - Kentucky Senators are moving forward with a bill that would give the state’s taxpayer-funded Energy Planning and Inventory Commission (EPIC) unchecked spending power and exemption from decades-old, common-sense public accountability standards. The proposed changes would effectively allow EPIC to operate in the dark, blocking Kentuckians from seeing how the Commission chooses to spend taxpayers’ hard-earned money.

Gulf and Environment Groups Respond To Public Waters Sell-off To Oil Industry

NEW ORLEANS — Gulf and environmental groups responded to the Trump administration’s latest large-scale sell-off of public waters to the oil-and-gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico today.

Iowa Utilities Commission Approves Settlement for 1,000 MW of New Wind Energy in Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa — Today, the Iowa Utilities Commission approved a settlement between Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL) and stakeholder parties, including the Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC), Iowa Environmental Council (IEC), and Sierra Club, to authorize up to 1,000 mega

Toxic Coal Pollution Increase Spikes to 25-Year High Under Trump

Washington, D.C. - The increase of pollution from coal-fired power plants has reached a quarter-century high under the Trump administration. 

Lawsuit challenges Trump’s massive public lands giveaway in Alaska

Ten Alaska and national groups sued the Interior Department today for unlawfully  removing federal protections over public lands in an area stretching from the Yukon River to the  Brooks Range. These lands had been protected for over 50 years and subject to federal oversight that intended to ensure Arctic health and a stable corridor for the Dalton Highway and  Trans-Alaska Pipeline.  

Utah Gives 19 Communities the Green Light to Choose Clean Energy

Salt Lake City -- Today the Utah Public Service Commission unanimously approved the Utah Renewable Communities (URC) program, an initiative that will let residents and businesses in 19 Utah communities opt into affordable clean energy through Rocky Mountain Power.

Duke Merger Settlement Agreement Reached in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. – A settlement agreement was reached by groups, including the Sierra Club, with Duke Energy on its proposed merger of its subsidiaries in South Carolina. A Sierra Club priority included in the settlement agreement is the commitment from Duke Energy to pursue at least 70 megawatts of new grid flexibility in the winter, known as demand response.