Press Releases

Virtual Press Conference: Health, Environmental Groups Demand Accountability Following Nippon Steel, U.S. Steel Merger

Coal-Based Steelmaking Estimated To Cause ~2,000 Premature Deaths Near U.S. Steel Facilities

Sierra Club Asks CalPERS For Greater Transparency On Its Climate Solutions Fund

California chapter representative testifies at pension board meeting in June

T15 Pipeline Public Hearing Tomorrow in Wentworth, N.C.

Wentworth, N.C. – The second of two public hearings on the proposed construction of the Enbridge T15 pipeline will be hosted by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) tomorrow evening in Wentworth. The Sierra Club and its North Carolina members, volunteers, and allies stand opposed to the project. 

Trump’s Intervention Leaves TVA Paralyzed Without Board Members

Knoxville, TN - Donald Trump has fired three members of TVA’s Board of Directors, leaving the Board without enough members to make critical decisions for the federal utility’s 10 million customers. 

Ten Groups Push Back Against Trump’s Illegal Campbell Plant Extension

West Olive, MI - Today, 10 public interest groups challenged the Department of Energy’s illegal extension of the J.H. Campbell power plant past its planned expiration. 

Sierra Club: Trump Set to Give Free Rein to Corporate Polluters to Pollute Public Lands

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the Department of the Interior released a draft plan that would open up the largest contiguous piece of public lands in the country to oil and gas drilling. The draft plan would open up 82 percent of the Western Arctic to drilling. The Western Arctic comprises 23 million acres of public lands in northwest Alaska.

West Virginians say “enough is enough” at AEP rate hike hearing

Wheeling, WV - West Virginians’ electric bills will rise, making them the fastest-rising rates in the nation, if the rate hike proposed by American Electric Power (AEP) is approved by the Public Service Commission (PSC). The proposal would affect customers of AEP’s subsidiaries, Wheeling Power (serving Ohio and Marshall Counties), and Appalachian Power (serving much of the southern part of the state).

Oregon Lawmakers Pass Bill Directing State Pension to Address How Climate Change Threatens Public Workers’ Retirement Savings

Communities across Oregon celebrated passage of Climate Resilience Investment Act

Major U.S. Grid Operator Quickly Resubmits Discriminatory Energy Plan to FERC

Washington, D.C. – Less than a month after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied MISO’s discriminatory energy plan, the grid operator ran roughshod on the stakeholder process and resubmitted an updated discriminatory plan with federal regulators. There are issues with both the content of MISO’s updated ERAS proposal and its process. 

New Report: Global Bank Financing of Fossil Fuels Totals $869B In 2024, A Dramatic Increase In Financing

Banking on Climate Chaos reveals banks financed $429B in companies expanding fossil fuels in 2024