Press Releases

June 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Trump Administration is moving to break with a legal precedent that could threaten the integrity of national monuments across the country.

With little fanfare, the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel issued a legal opinion yesterday concluding presidents have the authority to revoke national monument designations made by their predecessors. 

June 11, 2025

Jefferson City, Mo – Today, the Trump Administration issued a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency to repeal the agency’s Clean Air Act Section 111 carbon pollution standards, which limit climate-disrupting greenhouse gas emissions from gas- and coal-fired power plants.

June 11, 2025

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Trump Administration issued a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency to roll back the agency’s Clean Air Act Section 111 carbon pollution standards, which limit climate-disrupting greenhouse gas emissions from gas- and coal-fired power plants.

June 11, 2025

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Trump Administration announced a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency—one of several attacks in its anti-public health agenda—to roll back the agency’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards that limit mercury and other heavy metal emissions from coal- and gas-fired plants. 

June 12, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Donald Trump signed Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions to repeal three California clean vehicle programs: Advanced Clean Cars II, Advanced Clean Trucks, and Heavy-Duty low-NOx Omnibus. 

June 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Sierra Club and Public Citizen called on Toyota Motor Company’s Board Chair Akio Toyoda to step down ahead of the company’s annual general meeting.

June 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – During a Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources hearing today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum restated his department’s intentions to cut nearly a billion dollars from the National Park Service’s operating budget – a cut that could eliminate the budget and staffing for roughly 350 NPS sites

June 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz is appearing on Capitol Hill to defend the Trump Administration’s sweeping proposed budget cuts to the critical federal agency.

June 10, 2025

Conventional sustainable investing isn’t suited to cut real-world emissions; investors must use their full influence to protect long-term portfolio value

June 10, 2025

Washington, D.C. - According to new Sierra Club analysis, its Beyond Coal Campaign has helped successfully prevent one million asthma attacks through its work to retire toxic coal plants across the country. The campaign’s efforts have also saved over 60,000 lives and prevented nearly 100,000 heart attacks.