Press Releases

November 20, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Groups will gather in front of the Department of the Interior building tomorrow to deliver a message of thankfulness for America’s national parks and a call for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to abandon plans for a rate hike that could prevent people from continuing to enjoy them. The event takes place the same day as the annual White House turkey pardon.

November 20, 2017

Lincoln, NE -- Today, the Nebraska Public Service Commission rejected TransCanada’s preferred route for the Keystone XL pipeline, instead granting a conditional approval along a route the company claimed would be unworkable. The permit would allow TransCanada to build the tar sands pipeline partly along the route of an existing pipeline, Keystone I, rather than entirely along its preferred route.

November 17, 2017

Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget released its supplemental recovery aid package to assist Americans recover from 2017’s disastrous hurricane season, proposing a fraction of the funds needed for storm-struck Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The proposal was met with widespread criticism as it will not cover the support that is needed to rebuild in American communities devastated by the hurricanes this year.

November 17, 2017

Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget released its supplemental recovery aid package to assist Americans recover from 2017’s disastrous hurricane season, proposing a fraction of the funds needed for storm-struck Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The proposal was met with widespread criticism as it will not cover the support that is needed to rebuild in American communities devastated by the hurricanes this year.

November 17, 2017

As evidentiary hearings on Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline close today, attorneys and expert witnesses gathered to discuss the impacts the pipeline would have on Minnesota and the climate.

November 16, 2017

Today, the United States Forest Service issued a decision to allow the fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to proceed. The Sierra Club will challenge the decision.

November 16, 2017

Washington, DC -- To combat the widely-known understanding that he’s a mouthpiece for the fossil fuel and chemical industry, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is trying to stake the claim that he’s not close with polluters and he’s really an environmentalist.

November 16, 2017

BONN, GERMANY -- Today, following weeks of momentum signaling the end of the coal era, the COP23 climate negotiations are coming to a close.

November 16, 2017

U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. refused the company behind the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s (MVP) request to force the landowners in their suit to respond by December 4.

November 16, 2017

Students, community members, and environmental advocates are rallied today at Brescia University to highlight the need for stronger national conversations and commitments to protect the environment.