October 2, 2025
Oakland, CA – Twenty-six environmental leaders from across the country are receiving national awards from the Sierra Club this year.
Press Releases
October 2, 2025
Washington, D.C. - As a part of the Republican-led government shutdown, the Department of Energy announced it will cut funding for more than 300 energy projects, worth approximately $7.5 billion. The specifics of the projects getting slashed have not been released.
October 1, 2025
Forest Service, BLM To Continue Staffing Activities Deemed ‘Essential’
October 1, 2025
Washington, DC – World-renowned primatologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91. A friend and leader for the entire environmental movement, Goodall was honored with the Sierra Club’s Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual Trail Blazers Ball event in April 2025.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Loren Blackford released the following statement:
October 1, 2025
BLM’s decision to amend the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan is a short-sighted attempt to undo over a decade of work.
October 1, 2025
Boise, ID - Yesterday, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) gave a partial approval to Idaho Power’s request to dramatically decrease the compensation rates for rooftop solar power, immediately impacting over 14,000 households across southern Idaho who installed solar since 2020.
October 1, 2025
Chapel Hill, N.C. — Clean energy groups involved in the North Carolina Utilities Commission proceeding to develop a new state plan for reducing heat-trapping carbon pollution from electricity generation—known as the Carbon Plan—reacted to a proposed plan by regulated monopoly Duke Energy. Coming after the state legislature’s new law eliminating the interim carbon pollution reduction requirement, risking significant increased residential energy bills and putting North Carolinians on the financial hook for expensive new gas plants and unproven technologies.
October 1, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Over 105 state legislators across 10 states in the PJM footprint sent a letter to PJM urging the regional transmission organization to quickly deploy more affordable, renewable energy to lower energy costs for its 65 million customers.
September 30, 2025
Washington, DC – Despite having control of the White House and majorities in both chambers of Congress, Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are preparing to allow the federal government to shut down tonight at midnight. The shutdown comes as agencies are already experiencing massive funding cuts and reductions in staff as the Trump administration continues its mass firing efforts and illegal rescissions across government.
September 30, 2025
BOW, NH. – Merrimack Station, New England’s last coal-burning plant, has closed.