Press Releases

April 12, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today the White House announced new reforms to the federal oil and gas leasing system on public lands.

The new regulations bring much-needed balance to a system that has long favored corporate profits over public benefit. The reforms enacted by the Biden Administration include:

April 12, 2024

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration gave formal approval Monday for a huge oil export project in Texas known as Sea Port Oil Terminal (SPOT), despite widespread opposition because of its impacts to public health and safety, the climate, and the environment.

April 11, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, April 16, starting at 10:30 AM, members of Congress will join tribal and community leaders from across the country for a press conference and petition delivery where they will call on the Biden Administration to expand, designate, and protect national monuments and sacred lands.

April 11, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Biden administration announced two significant advancements in the country’s effort to transition to clean and renewable energy.

April 10, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO—The fight to hold Coca-Cola accountable for misleading consumers will continue thanks to a district court judge's ruling on Monday. Judge Donato denied Coca-Cola’s attempt to dismiss a Sierra Club lawsuit, meaning that the suit will now move forward.

April 10, 2024

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Today, the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club launched a new ad campaign in response to Senator Fetterman’s critical comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new cleaner car standards for light-duty vehicles.

April 10, 2024

Washington, DC – On Monday, climate and public health experts convened for a panel at the National Press Club to explore the overlooked consequences of the U.S. Steel sale. Ahead of today’s visit from Japanese Prime Minister Kishida and the U.S. Steel shareholder vote and “people’s vote” on Friday, April 12, the panel explored the climate and health effects of U.S. Steel’s operations and pending sale.

April 10, 2024

HARTFORD, CT. -- Today, Stop the Brookfield Compressor Station, Sierra Club Connecticut, and Conservation Law Foundation delivered a signed coalition letter to the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) opposing the expansion of a fracked gas compressor station in Brookfield. The letter, signed by 21 Connecticut climate and environmental justice groups, represents the latest outcry by advocates and community members against the proposed expansion project. 

April 10, 2024

Chicago, IL – The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has weighed in for the first time on a legal challenge brought by a Wisconsin-based Tribal Nation against Enbridge, a Canadian corporation whose dangerous and outdated Line 5 oil pipeline has been trespassing on the reservation of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for more than a decade.

April 10, 2024

Media Advisory: Saturday, April 27, 2024 @ 11:00AM

People’s Parade and People's Hearing 

Earth Month Community Event Calling on Ameren Missouri to Ditch Coal and Go Renewable