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.
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.
Read MoreWe 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.
Find Out MoreWashington, DC -- Today, the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, and Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging Andrew Wheeler’s Environmental Protection Agency for its…
WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places announced its decision to restore the site of the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain labor conflict to the National Register, protecting the site from mountaintop removal by…
Today, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada voted unanimously to approve several new investments by NV Energy, including $5M for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, a new energy storage incentive program, and updates to its existing solar…
Diné (Navajo) community organizations Black Mesa Water Coalition, Diné CARE, and Tó Nizhóni Ání, supported by the Sierra Club, filed a lawsuit seeking a plan for reclaiming the 44,000-acre Kayenta Coal Mine located on the Navajo Nation. The mine is…
Today, the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and District of Maryland handed down separate decisions holding EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt accountable for reducing dangerous smog pollution that travels across state…
10M+
acres of wilderness protected
200+
lawsuits filed to resist Trump
1K+
miles of dirty fuel pipelines blocked
382
coal plants retired