Press Releases

April 29, 2026

Bill aimed at stopping Trump administration’s efforts to erase Native American history on public lands

April 29, 2026

'Shared Ground' policy framework affirms protecting public lands, expanding affordable housing are complementary, not competing, priorities

April 29, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Several environmental groups filed a challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) certificate for the controversial Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, or SSEP pipeline. 

April 28, 2026

Phoenix, Ariz. - Today, Sierra Club released a new web tool that shows the deadly impacts of coal-fired power plants on the health of people throughout the United States.

April 28, 2026

Salt Lake City - Today, Sierra Club released a new web tool that shows the deadly impacts of coal-fired power plants on Americans’ health. The updated Out of Control: The Deadly Impact of Coal Pollution - 2026 web tool provides county by county, plant by plant, and utility by utility data on the severe negative health effects of air pollution from coal-fired power plants. 

April 28, 2026

Annual reports show progress toward net-zero goals and highlight next steps on climate-solutions standards and asset manager accountability

April 28, 2026

TAMPA, Fla. - Tampa Electric Company’s (TECO’s) rising utility bills are forcing Tampa families to choose between essentials like food, rent, and medicine and access to power. In response, TECO customers have written letters to the utility’s Board of Directors detailing their personal experiences with increasingly unaffordable energy bills.

April 28, 2026

CHARLESTON, W.Va.  – A National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, and Earthjustice lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) challenging the agency’s approval of West Virginia’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan has advanced in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

April 27, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Sierra Club released a new web tool that shows that every year, approximately 6,500 Americans die prematurely from illnesses linked to coal air pollution.

April 27, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC — The Trump administration announced today that it has withdrawn its nominee, Scott Socha, to lead the National Park Service.

Socha is an executive at Delaware North, a hospitality company that contracts with NPS to provide services at major parks like Grand Canyon and Yellowstone including lodging, dining, and retail. He had no government experience.

In response to the news, Gerry James, deputy director of the Sierra Club’s Outdoors For All campaign, issued the following statement: