Press Releases

ADVISORY: Burgum on the Hill as Interior Eyes Public Lands Sales, Steep Budget Cuts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum will appear before Congressional committees for the first time since his confirmation in January.

10 Years After Refugio Oil Spill, Community Hosts “Paddle Out”

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the Refugio Oil Spill, when more than 120,000 gallons of crude oil spilled onto Santa Barbara beaches and into the ocean, killing marine life, destroying habitat and closing local businesses. 

On Sunday, to commemorate the anniversary, more than 100 environmentalists, surfers, students and community members filled the beach and paddled out to the site of the 2015 spill.

Not Cruel Enough: House GOP Fails to Advance Trump Budget Bill to Endanger Our Health, Sell Off Public Lands, and Kill Jobs

Washington, DC – Today, Republicans on the House Budget Committee failed to advance Donald Trump’s massive budget reconciliation package that would endanger our clean air and water, sell off public lands, and raise costs on working families—all to give more tax cuts and handouts to billionaires and corporate polluters. The bill failed by a vote of 16-21.

Groups File Brief in Support of Lawsuit Against Ban on Wind Power 

ICYMI: Bad River Band Members Share Extreme Risk Line 5 Poses to Water Quality at Army Corps Hearing

ASHLAND, Wisc. – This week, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa elders and members, as well as environmental advocates and experts, testified at a two-day hearing before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about the proposed Line 5 pipeline reroute in northern Wisconsin.

Sierra Club Applauds Gov. DeWine for Signing Bill to Repeal Bailout of the OVEC Coal Plants

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Today, Governor DeWine signed HB15 into law, repealing the OVEC coal plant bailout within the omnibus energy bill.

Republicans Advance Energy & Commerce Committee Budget Bill that Will Harm Americans to Give Handouts to Polluters

The legislation cuts programs to reduce pollution, innovate industrial sector & includes “pay to pollute” provisions

Rep. Blake Moore Votes to Take Away Jobs and Raise Costs for Utahns

Salt Lake City, UT - Today, Rep. Blake Moore voted to advance the House Ways and Means Committee’s budget reconciliation proposal, which included drastic cuts to clean energy, vehicles, and manufacturing project tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to fund tax breaks for Trump and his billionaire friends. 

House Representative Randy Feenstra Votes to Take Away Jobs and Raise Costs for Iowans

SIOUX CITY, IA - Today, Rep. Randy Feenstra, representing Iowa’s 4th Congressional District, voted to advance the House Ways and Means Committee’s budget reconciliation proposal, which included drastic cuts to clean energy, vehicles, and manufacturing project tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act to fund tax breaks for Trump and his billionaire friends. 

EGLE fails to meet own pollution reduction plan, Sierra Club files notice

DETROIT, MI - Residents in Southeast Michigan have lived with unsafe levels of ozone pollution for nearly a decade, a dangerous problem that should have been addressed by Michigan’s State Implementation Plan under the requirements of the Clean Air Act. However, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)--the state authority responsible for implementing plans that would reduce ozone pollution–hasn’t followed through with its own plan. In response, the Sierra Club, on behalf of its impacted members, has filed a Notice of Intent (NOI) to sue Director Phillip Roos for the department’s failure to act.