Press Releases

Minnesota Indigenous and Advocacy Leaders Take Direct Action in Continued Call on Governor Dayton to Stop Line 3

Leaders Escalate Ongoing Campaign Against Line 3, Call for Immediate Action to Stop the Tar Sands Pipeline

Trump’s EPA Admin. to Reconsider Whether It’s OK for Coal Plants to Poison Pregnant Women and Young Children

The Trump administration and former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler, officially announced today that they are reconsidering the life-saving Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS).

FERC Ignores Common Sense in Allowing MVP Construction to Resume

Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) allowed construction of the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to resume

“Not in Our Name!” Westworld Star Leads Tribal Voices in Opposing Yellowstone Grizzly Trophy Hunt

Piikani Nation * Global Indigenous Council * Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council * Sierra Club

California legislature passes historic bill to achieve 100% clean energy

The California Assembly today voted in favor of Senate Bill 100 (Kevin de Leon)-- a bill to move California to 100 percent renewable energy by 2045. This bill also increases California’s clean energy goals from 50 percent by 2030 to 60 percent by 2030. Governor Brown has thirty days to sign this bill into law. Once signed, California will represent the largest global economy and one of the biggest states of any kind in the world to have a goal of moving to 100 percent clean energy.

As Farm Bill Moves Forward: Scientists, Experts Warn of Harmful Logging Provisions

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today more than a dozen leading forest scientists and experts submitted a letter to Congress warning Farm Bill conferees of dangers inherent in logging provisions included in the House version of the bill.

Andrew Wheeler Brings Toxic Record to Ohio

former coal lobbyist and current acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler will be in Ohio just days after announcing a plan to gut the Clean Power Plan that will result in up to 1,400 premature deaths per year according to the EPA’s own statistics.

Bill to achieve 100% clean energy in California heads to Gov. Brown’s Desk

The California Assembly today voted in favor of Senate Bill 100 (Kevin de Leon)-- a bill to move California to 100 percent renewable energy by 2045. This bill also increases California’s clean energy goals from 50 percent by 2030 to 60 percent by 2030. Governor Brown has thirty days to sign this bill into law. Once signed, California will represent the largest global economy and one of the biggest states of any kind in the world to have a goal of moving to 100 percent clean energy.

Colorado Regulators Unanimously Approve Closing 660 MW of Coal Power a Decade Early

Denver, CO – This afternoon, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) provided its initial approval of Xcel Energy’s Colorado Energy Plan (CEP) to close coal-fired units 1 and 2 at the Comanche Generating Station in Pueblo ten years ahead of schedule. Colorado’s largest utility will replace that coal generation with a $2.5 billion investment in mostly renewable energy and battery storage that is estimated by Xcel to save ratepayers at least $213 million. The PUC will formalize their support in a written decision, which is due by Tuesday, September 4th.

Sierra Magazine Announces 2018 Ranking of America’s “Cool Schools”

OAKLAND, CA – Today, Sierra magazine, the national magazine of the Sierra Club, released its twelfth annual “Cool Schools” ranking of North America’s greenest colleges and universities. Sierra received submissions from a record-breaking 269 schools in 36 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada.