Press Releases

May 15, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – With Friday’s vote, Blue Bird workers in Fort Valley, Georgia, are now part of the United Steelworkers.

May 15, 2023

Today, Sierra Club and Earthjustice filed for rehearing of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) decision to grant approval for the exports from the proposed Alaska LNG project, a $38.7 billion fossil-fuel infrastructure plan to export liquified methane gas (LNG). Sierra Club and Earthjustice are also representing Cook Inletkeeper and Center for Biological Diversity in the DOE rehearing request.

May 3, 2024

May 11, 2023

Today, President Biden’s EPA proposed tough new federal climate pollution standards for the electric power sector, the nation’s second-largest source of climate-disrupting greenhouse gas pollution.

May 10, 2023

This morning, the White House released a set of legislative priorities designed to accelerate federal permitting and environmental reviews for infrastructure projects. 

May 10, 2023

The Bad River Band’s emergency filing seeking to close Enbridge Energy’s dangerous Line 5 pipeline will help protect the Tribe from a catastrophic oil spill as well as the people and wildlife who depend upon the Great Lakes.

May 9, 2023

As the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) continues to plow ahead with plans to replace its Kingston and Cumberland Fossil Plants with new methane gas facilities, concerned community members and environmental organizations faced TVA’s board at it’s listening session to demand that the utility prioritize the safety and health of the communities and transition to 100% clean, renewable energy.

May 9, 2023

*** Sierra Club senior policy staff are available to discuss our vision for a new trade model. ***

9 de mayo de 2023

El Sierra Club acaba de publicar un estudio que revela que la industria automotriz del país está fracasando en satisfacer la demanda de vehículos eléctricos (VE) y que los fabricantes están corriendo un velo verde en sus compromisos con estos vehículos.

May 8, 2023

In the latest legal action against Ohio’s House Bill 507, environmental advocates supported their collective suit in a merits brief filed late last week.