WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources advanced Donald Trump’s nomination of Steve Pearce to run the Bureau of Land Management.
By a party line vote of 11-9, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources moved Pearce’s nomination to a vote by the full Senate.
GLOBAL—Momentum is building towards an even cleaner electric vehicle (EV), according to a scorecard of 18 global automakers. Leading companies are producing cars that don’t just run on electricity but are manufactured using decarbonized and circular materials, such as fossil-free steel and recycled battery minerals, while minimizing negative impacts on the environment, workers and communities.
MADISON, Wis. -- The Public Service Commission (PSC) is considering an Individual Contract Rate Agreement (Docket 6680-TE-115) in which Alliant Energy is attempting to gain approval of a contract with a data center developer building a large facility in Beaver Dam, widely assumed to be its customer, Meta.
LOUISVILLE, KY. - This week, the Kentucky legislature introduced a dangerous bill that would eliminate the opportunity for Sierra Club and other organizations to intervene in proceedings at the Kentucky Public Service Commission on behalf of Kentuckians, kneecapping the groups’ ability to defend local people from increasingly high energy bills and corporate interests.
NEW YORK – Today, the United States District Court-Southern District of New York rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to wipe out New York City’s proven-successful Congestion Pricing program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental groups filed a request for rehearing for the dangerous, expensive, and unnecessary Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, or SSEP.
OMAHA, Neb. — In his first letter to shareholders as Berkshire Hathaway CEO, Greg Abel acknowledged that rising electricity demand and more frequent wildfires will impact the delivery of affordable and reliable energy to customers.
GREAT FALLS, MONTANA — The Sierra Club has joined multiple conservation groups in suing the Bureau of Land Management to challenge its final plans governing greater sage grouse management across 71 million acres of federal public lands in nine Western states. The lawsuit covers the dwindling species’ habitat in Montana, Idaho, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nevada, California, Utah and Wyoming.
Omaha, NE – Today, the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of State Senator John Cavanaugh in the 2026 election for the office of House of Representatives in Nebraska’s Second Congressional District.
Event is Thursday, March 5, at 10:30 a.m. in Capitol Visitor Center Room 268 in Washington, D.C.