Press Releases

March 4, 2025

Washington, DC – Tonight, in a lengthy rant before a Joint Session of Congress, Donald Trump doubled down on his policies and actions that are polluting our clean air and water, raising prices, and making life more difficult for American families.

In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous released the following statement:

March 4, 2025

The Secretary of the Interior has appointed Karen Budd-Falen as the Interior Department’s Associate Deputy Secretary. 

March 4, 2025

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-2 today to support two rules promoting non-polluting furnace and water heater alternatives for Southern California homes and businesses. If passed by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) in May, the rules would require manufacturers to meet increasing zero-emission furnace and water heater sales targets over time.

March 4, 2025

NEW YORK CITY— Today, Riders Alliance and Sierra Club, represented by Earthjustice, filed a new legal complaint against the Trump Administration’s Department of Transportation (DOT) for attempting to end New York City’s long-awaited Congestion Pricing program, less than two months after the program’s successful launch. The legal complaint charges that the Trump administration made serious legal mistakes in its rush to deprive New Yorkers of the benefits of Congestion Pricing, and that these mistakes suggest that the administration is acting pretextually.

March 4, 2025

FRANKFORT, KY — Drinking water, public health, and flood resilience for more than two-million Kentuckians would be seriously impacted by a bill currently advancing through the state legislature, said experts at a press conference this morning.

March 4, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Supreme Court ruled against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in San Francisco v.

March 3, 2025

The Interior Department terminated six committees, including the Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names, which was established to support efforts to rename federal geographic features or places with racist, offensive and derogatory names.

March 3, 2025

Responsible trade policy requires innovative investments in critical domestic manufacturing sectors like steel, aluminum

March 3, 2025

President Trump issued an executive order this weekend seeking to ramp up logging across federal forests, which span nearly 280 million acres.

February 28, 2025

Sierra Club calls move cowardly and shortsighted