Washington, DC – Today, the Department of the Interior announced $63.8 million to plug and clean up orphaned oil and gas wells located in national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges,…
Lake Charles, LA — Over the weekend, residents of Southwest Louisiana experienced three industrial emergencies. A fire, reportedly caused by a lightning strike, burned from yesterday afternoon…
Last night, the House of Representatives voted in favor of a debt ceiling deal that would expedite the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline, despite significant public opposition to the project and…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the DC Circuit granted environmental and community groups a partial victory in a case challenging several orders by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission related to the…
Washington, DC – This morning, the White House released a set of legislative priorities designed to accelerate federal permitting and environmental reviews for infrastructure projects. …
Washington, DC – As House Republicans prepare to bring their extreme polluter wishlist to the floor in exchange for raising the debt ceiling and averting financial crisis, they’ve reportedly made…
Washington, DC – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans are reportedly planning to demand massive cuts to investments in environmental justice, climate, and other critical programs as…
ANCHORAGE – Today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it would grant approval for the exports from the proposed Alaska LNG project, a $38.7 billion fossil-fuel infrastructure plan to export…
** READ THE LETTER **
Washington, D.C. — Today, 116 climate and environmental justice groups sent a letter to the Biden Administration ahead of this week’s G7 meeting of climate change and…
Today, the leaders of the OPEC+ energy cartel agreed to coordinated production cuts in an effort to raise oil and gas prices.
In response, Sierra Club Senior Director of Energy Campaigns Kelly…