June 28, 2021
Oakland, CA— As part of its 125-year journey, Sierra —the national magazine of Sierra Club, the most enduring and influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States—has unveiled a dynamic redesign.
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of America's last truly wild places and must be preserved. | Photo by Loren Blackford
Public lands and waters should never be threatened by oil and gas drilling. We work to protect these special places from legislative assaults and federal regulatory rollbacks that threaten to open them up to exploitation by the fossil fuel industry.
Press Releases
June 16, 2021
Monroe, LA— Yesterday, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Biden administration's pause on new oil and gas leasing on public lands and offshore. The court’s preliminary injunction, which applies to Department of the Interior leasing nationwide, harms efforts to rapidly transition the nation away from fossil fuels and stave off the worst effects of climate change, including catastrophic droughts, floods and wildfires.
8 de junio de 2021
Hoy, el 115 aniversario de la Ley de Antigüedades, el Sierra Club instó a la administración Biden a priorizar esta protección fundamental para salvaguardar sitios históricos y culturales, detener la pérdida de biodiversidad y luchar contra la crisis climática.
June 8, 2021
Haines, AK— On today’s 115th anniversary of the Antiquities Act, the Sierra Club called on the Biden administration to prioritize the bedrock environmental safeguard to protect cultural and historical sites, stop mass biodiversity loss, and fight the climate crisis. Chris Hill, Director of the Sierra Club’s Our Wild America campaign, released the following statement: “The Antiquities Act is one of the best safeguards to preserve places with deep cultural, historical and ecological significance.
4 de junio de 2021
La administración Biden dio hoy varios pasos para deshacer los debilitamientos del gobierno previo de la Ley de Especies en Peligro.
May 21, 2021
Las Vegas, NV-- Today, the Nevada Assembly passed AJR3, a resolution in support of protecting 30% of the lands and waters in Nevada by 2030 as a necessary step to protect natural systems and mitigate the climate and extinction crises. The resolution also calls for the establishment of the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument and the permanent protection of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge from the threat of military expansion.
May 6, 2021
Albuquerque, NM— Today, the Department of the Interior released an outline that lays the groundwork for the national effort to protect 30% of lands and waters in the United States by 2030 (an effort known as “30x30”).
May 5, 2021
Today, seven national and regional organizations delivered a letter to President Joe Biden requesting his intervention to halt any actions by the US Air Force that could lead to the installation of commercial and private cargo operations at the Homestead Air Reserve Base in Southern Florida at the edge of America’s most threatened national parks.
April 28, 2021
Newe legal motion responds to 14 states challenging the leasing pause
April 27, 2021
Sierra Club issued the following statements on the passing of Adam Kolton, executive director of Alaska Wilderness League.