June 27, 2024
Chicago, IL — Today, clean air advocates, frontline communities, and Illinois residents up and down the state showed their support for a transition to zero emission cars and trucks in Illinois.
Environmental Law Program
Environmental Law Program
The Environmental Law Program uses strategic legal campaigns to fight climate change, to protect clean air, water and wilderness, and to promote justice for communities threatened by pollution.
In the past year alone, we launched more than 200 legal actions to challenge the fossil fuel industry's destructive effects on our air, water, and climate.
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Our team of top-notch attorneys and legal staff leverages all of the Club's tools of democracy, integrating legal advocacy with grassroots organizing, sophisticated communications, a state-of-the-art digital strategies team, and administrative lobbying.
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We pair litigation with effective community organizing and strong local communications to build genuine, informed support from community members and government officials.
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We are a team of professional attorneys and staff who combine sophisticated legal tactics with a commitment to social and environmental justice at the grassroots level. We pair litigation with effective community organizing and strong local communications to build genuine, informed support from community members and government officials, making courtroom victories sustainable over the long term.
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June 13, 2024
Today Sierra Club and Public Citizen sued FERC for its approval of ONEOK’s Saguaro Connector Pipeline that would export massive amounts of methane gas from West Texas to Mexico for further transport, liquefaction, and export primarily to Asia.
June 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Administrative Law Judge issued an initial decision finding that Basin Electric Cooperative failed to meet its obligation to assess cheaper alternatives when the utility spent tens of…
May 16, 2024
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved plans to stop coal mine expansions on public lands in the Powder River Basin, spanning Montana and Wyoming. The Powder River Basin is the source of 40 percent of all U.S. coal,…
May 15, 2024
Denver, CO -- Today the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) concluded deliberations on Xcel Energy's first Clean Heat Plan with a preliminary approval for a portfolio of resources that will substantially reduce emissions from the natural gas…
10M+
acres of wilderness protected
200+
lawsuits filed to resist Trump
1K+
miles of dirty fuel pipelines blocked
382
coal plants retired