Press Releases

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.

House Republicans Advance Budget to Take Away Jobs and Raise Costs

Washington, D.C. - Today, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee advanced their partisan budget reconciliation proposal, which included drastic cuts to clean energy, clean vehicles, and manufacturing project tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act to fund tax breaks for Trump and his billionaire friends. 

Alliant Agrees to Stop Toxic Discharges after Environmental Groups Announce Intent to Sue

DES MOINES – Alliant Energy’s Iowa affiliate, Interstate Power and Light (IPL), has agreed to stop discharges of polluted groundwater under an Ottumwa coal ash landfill. The move followed a 60-day notice of intent to sue under the Clean Water Act, issued by the Iowa Environmental Council (IEC), Sierra Club, and Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC), over unauthorized discharges.

Global Banking Regulators Reject Trump Administration’s Effort to Gut Climate Risk Oversight, But Weaken Reporting Standards

Basel Committee On Banking Supervision tables U.S. call to downgrade climate risk task force, but agrees to eliminate mandatory disclosures of climate-related financial risks

Sierra Club Response to Governor Healey’s Energy Affordability Bill

BOSTON - Massachusetts will likely see utility rates change under proposed legislation introduced today with the support of Governor Maura Healey. Though advocates on the ground support key parts of what is included in the bill, concerns remain about the extent of the reforms and what it stops short of achieving.

ADVISORY: Burgum Tours National Parks While Trump Administration Continues Assault on Public Lands

PORT ANGELES, WA -- Today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is beginning a tour of national park sites – including some in the Pacific Northwest. It comes as the Trump administration continues one of the most serious attacks on American public lands in recent memory.

Burgum is scheduled to visit Olympic National Park today during a visit to Washington State. It is Burgum’s second field tour in a week, after visiting an LNG processing facility in Louisiana earlier this month.

New Analysis: Trump Actions Will Allow Millions More Tons of Harmful Pollutants into Texas Air and Water

A new analysis by the Sierra Club indicates that the Trump Administration’s deregulatory actions will have severe environmental and public health consequences across the country, particularly in Texas.