Press Releases

300 People Celebrate the Success of Clean Energy in America at New Documentary Screening

Richmond, VIRGINIA– The Sierra Club hosted the 100th national screening of its new documentary Reinventing Power: America’s Renewable Energy Boom yesterday at the historic Byrd Theatre, an event attended by about 300 people.

ICYMI: Interior Department Ignored Benefits of National Monuments

Internal Interior Department documents publicized today by the Washington Post confirm that Sec.

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** TODAY: Advocates Rally for Clean Car Standards

Detroit, MI -- In support of the clean car standards, the Sierra Club and leading health and consumer advocates are hosting a public hearing and rally this Thursday to advocate for the critical standards. Andrew Wheeler’s EPA and the National Highway Safety Transportation Administration are expected to release its plan to gut the clean car standards in the near future.

Sierra Club appeals NCUC decision to force customers to pay for Duke’s toxic coal ash cleanup

Sierra Club is formally appealing to the North Carolina Supreme Court the decision by state regulators to make customers pay for Duke Energy Carolinas’ multi-million dollar toxic coal ash cleanup

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Wednesday: Community Members, Enviros to Call for Federal, State Action on PFAS

Horsham, PA-- Community Members, Enviros to Call for Federal, State Action on PFAHorsham, PA— On Wednesday, hundreds of community members will call on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PDEP) to take action on the state’s PFAS crisis— an invasion of chemicals that persist in an environment, poison water sources and cause detrimental health effects like immune system breakdown and cancers.

ICYMI: Heller has ‘no reservations’ about voting to confirm pro-Yucca Mountain Kavanaugh

Yesterday, Senator Dean Heller met with Trump’s extremist Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and after the meeting, Heller said that he has “no reservations” and is “very confident” in Kavanaugh. Earlier this week, the Washington Post released an analysis of Kavanaugh’s support for the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, which Heller has previously said he opposes.

ICYMI: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Allows Fracked Gas Pipeline Construction to Resume

Yesterday, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced they were reauthorizing construction along a stretch of the 300-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline.

Statement on House Republicans' Dirty Interior-EPA Budget

Congressional Republicans have passed a FY19 Interior-EPA spending bill as part of an appropriations ‘minibus.’ The legislation threatens environmental and conservation programs across the board and includes a 42% cut to the endangered species listing program and $65 million cut from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. If agreed to by the Senate, the spending package would also continue the assault by Republican leadership on the EPA, slashing the Agencies' budget by at least $100 million. In addition, Republican leaders stuffed the bill at the last minute with anti-environmental poison pill riders that further endanger our public health and the environment.

EPA Watchdog Directs Agency to Strengthen Oversight Over State Drinking Water Programs

Washington, DC -- Today, the EPA’s Office of the Inspector General released its findings that the Agency must strengthen its oversight of state drinking water programs. The report comes as Flint, MI residents are still without clean, safe drinking water after failures on the state and federal level.

FERC Moves to Endanger Communities by Expediting Approval for Fracked Gas Exports

This morning, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Kevin McIntyre announced plans to speed federal approvals for proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals.