Press Releases

FERC Grants Mountain Valley Pipeline Permit Despite Continued Doubts It Will Be Completed

FERC granted MVP permission to resume construction, even though the beleaguered fracked gas project still lacks some necessary authorizations

Declaración del Sierra Club sobre el Debilitamiento de Protecciones contra las Cenizas de Carbón

El ex cabildero de la industria carbonera y administrador de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA), Andrew Wheeler, presentó un nuevo debilitamiento de las protecciones de la limpieza del agua

Duke’s gas pipeline plan signals decades of dependence on fracked gas

Duke Energy released a plan to further commit itself to fossil fuels

Municipal Leaders, Residents, Environmental and Consumer Advocates Raise Concerns at Hearing on Proposed MGE Fees

Advocates and concerned residents testified today before the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) to raise serious objections to the proposed rate increases filed by Madison Gas and Electric (MGE). MGE’s request proposes to perpetuate and expand regressive utility rates the Walker administration approved that undermine conservation, charge lower use customers higher bills, and pose a specific harm to low income customers. The Walker-era rates are among the worst of the worst nationally in setting the amount of every bill that is “fixed”--meaning customers cannot control their bill or reduce their charges by using less energy.

4,000+ Xcel Energy Customers and Elected Officials across Colorado Set Expectations for Upcoming Energy Planning Process

Denver, CO -- This morning, community leaders and elected officials met virtually to deliver a Letter of Principles to Xcel Energy regarding its upcoming Electric Resource Plan (ERP), a process for long-term energy planning. The letter is signed by over 4,000 Xcel ratepayers and Pueblo residents, as well as over 80 elected officials across Colorado who get their electricity from Xcel and want to see the state’s largest utility transition more quickly away from polluting coal and gas plants and toward clean energy.

Mike Pence Shows No One Can Defend His and Trump’s Record

Salt Lake City, UT -- Tonight, Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) answered questions in the lone Vice Presidential debate. Mike Pence was also on stage.

In response, Sierra Club Political Director Ariel Hayes released the following statement:

Statement on White House Appointment to Puerto Rico Financial Oversight and Management Board

Washington, D.C., -- Today, the White House announced a new appointment to the Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) for Puerto Rico. His appointee, Justin M. Peterson, is a managing partner at DCI Group, where according to his public bio, he “has two decades of experience advising senior executives in the oil and natural gas industry, and in leading successful public affairs campaigns for that industry.

Sierra Club Welcomes California’s Focus on Lands, Waters as Climate Solution

California Governor Gavin Newsom today announced new efforts in the state’s work to combat climate change and protect nature, focusing on the role of lands and waters as climate solutions. Through an Executive Order, Newsom makes California the first state to proactively advance work to protect 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030, a vital component of international efforts to save half the planet by 2050.

Puget Sound Energy sale of coal plant undermines clean energy law

Puget Sound Energy’s proposed sale of its ownership share of a Montana coal plant would likely increase climate pollution, raise monthly costs for PSE customers and handicap the utility’s ability to invest in clean energy in the coming years.

JPMorgan Chase, World’s Biggest Funder of Fossil Fuels, Commits to “Paris-Aligned” Financing

JPMorgan Chase has reportedly pledged to work toward net-zero financed emissions by 2050. Chase is by far the world’s biggest banker of fossil fuels, pouring more than $268 billion into the fossil fuel industry from 2016 to 2019.