July 9, 2019
A new report released today highlights the reputational damage that would plague any bank or investor that supports three fracked gas export terminals proposed for Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.
Fighting Oil and Gas
Fighting Oil and Gas
We are taking on polluting corporations to protect our health, our climate, and the places we love from the reckless expansion of dirty, dangerous fossil fuels.
From drilling to burning and all along the way, fossil fuels produce toxic chemicals and climate-polluting emissions. They harm our health, pollute our air and water, and drive the climate crisis. Sierra Club and our allies across the country are fighting back against the corporations rushing to profit off the exploitation of our communities. We are shining a light on polluters’ lies and turning the tide against the industry’s push to build and expand oil and gas
Line 5 poses catastrophic risks to the neighboring farmland, pristine natural areas, valuable freshwater sources, and tribal lands.
Decommission Line 5
Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline transports 22 million gallons of crude oil and natural gas liquids across 645 miles of countryside every day. This aging line — which has long outlived its anticipated lifespan — has significantly deteriorated over the course of the last several decades, risking a catastrophic oil spill.
Learn moreDespite the dire climate warnings, major banks like Wells Fargo and asset managers like BlackRock continue to increase their funding of fossil fuels every year.
Fossil Free Finance
Banks and other financial institutions play a huge role in keeping fossil fuels on top by investing in dirty, dangerous fossil fuels, rather than cleaner, safer renewable energy.
Find Out MorePodcast: Breaking the Cycle
Communities across New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana are looking for opportunities to organize against the fossil fuel companies that have caused them so much harm and corrupted their political system. Hear from activists in these areas.
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Fracking 101
Indigenous, faith, environmental, and youth leaders protested the proposed enlargement of Enbridge, Inc.'s Line 3 tar sands pipeline.
Stop Dirty Oil and Gas Projects
For more than seven years, the Sierra Club has successfully helped block the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, and we will apply the same tools to winning fights against other pipelines and oil-train terminals across the country.
Find Out MoreKeep Dirty Fuels in the Ground
The Dirty Fuels campaign aims to keep dirty, non-renewable fuels in the ground by making renewable energy clean, abundant, and affordable.
Explore our map of gas pipelines.
Gas Plants and Pipelines Map
Fracked gas is not part of a clean energy future, and we cannot prevent the worst effects of climate change if we allow the fossil fuel industry to lock the United States into decades more of gas production.
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Press Releases
July 9, 2019
Advocates for a Cleaner Tacoma filed a lawsuit today challenging the Washington State Department of Ecology’s issuance of a key permit for Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) proposed fracked gas facility in the Port of Tacoma. The Sierra Club is supporting…
July 1, 2019
Oakland, CA— Sierra magazine’s July/August edition is now on newsstands and arriving at subscribers’ homes. Among other articles, the latest issue includes: You Can’t Recycle Garbage: A cover story by Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Humes on…
June 17, 2019
Ignoring risks to native people, climate and the Salish Sea, the Canadian government today formally approved an expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
June 10, 2019
Environmental and community groups gather in Bakersfield today to oppose the Trump administration’s draft plan to open more than a million acres of public land and mineral estate in central California to oil drilling and fracking.