Press Releases

March 21, 2018

Today, the Department of the Interior hosted what it had touted as the largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in American history. The sale attracted limited industry interest, receiving bids for just 1 percent of the tracts up for auction.

March 20, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, it was reported that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has racked up tens of thousands in taxpayer-funded expenses as he has dragged his extraordinarily large security detail with him around the world.

March 20, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last week, at the Heritage Foundation EPA administrator Scott Pruitt announced plans to stymy the use of science at the EPA, placing relevant data such as health research off-limits by restricting the agency to only public data. This is a similar strategy tobacco companies have used to conceal the dangers of smoking.

March 20, 2018

This afternoon, Native American Community members and community groups gathered in front of the Bureau of Land Management State Office to demonstrate opposition to the Trump administration’s handling of public lands decisions in Utah.

March 20, 2018

Conservation and Alaska Native groups have a green light to hold President Trump accountable to the rule of law.

March 20, 2018

Washington, D.C. - The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund and the Sierra Club announced today their endorsements of Senator Tammy Baldwin for re-election to the U.S. Senate from Wisconsin.

March 19, 2018

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality held the final public hearing on Virginia’s Carbon Reduction Plan today. At the hearing, participants called for the strongest possible standard to cut Virginia’s carbon pollution from fossil fuel burning power plants. The public hearing was preceded by a press conference held by community members and activists, which was attended by about 50 people.

March 19, 2018

Phoenix, AZ -- Ryan Zinke had a rough week last week.

March 19, 2018

In a new poll conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (GQR), Michiganders show strong, bipartisan support for generating 100 percent of Michigan’s electricity using clean, renewable energy.

March 19, 2018

In a new poll conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (GQR), Virginians show strong support for generating 100% of the state’s electricity using clean, renewable energy.