Press Releases

June 17, 2025

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. 

June 16, 2025

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

June 16, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee released text of their part of Donald Trump’s so-called “One Big, Beautiful” reconciliation bill in the Senate.

June 16, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior has issued a proposal to roll back 2024 improvements to the Ten Day Notice Rule, a process that allows citizens to request inspections by federal regulators of environmental and public health and safety issues caused by coal mines when the state fails to take action to force coal companies to correct the violations.

June 16, 2025

Oakland, CA – The Sierra Club has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy for unlawfully failing to respond to the organization’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

June 15, 2025

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Sierra Club is celebrating Global Wind Day by encouraging communities across the country to show their support for offshore wind. Offshore wind projects in the United States have the potential to create over 770,000 jobs by 2030 and generate enough energy to power up to six million homes. 

June 13, 2025

683 Organizations Send Joint Letter to US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer

June 12, 2025
June 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Donald Trump issued an executive order that adds more burden and uncertainty to federal land management agencies while laying groundwork for further reduction of protections for forests.

June 13, 2025

SEATTLE – President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum today to unilaterally and abruptly withdraw the federal government’s support for the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement, a comprehensive partnership to restore the basin’s imperiled salmon, steelhead and other native fisheries to health and abundance.