Sierra Club Statement on Trump’s Threats to Dismantle FEMA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a visit to areas devastated last year by Hurricane Helene, Donald Trump suggested he would dismantle the federal agency tasked with organizing disaster response…
Ian Brickey is Associate Director for Federal Communications, working with Sierra Club's Conservation & Outdoors campaign.
Press Releases
Sierra Club Statement on Trump Blocking Clean Energy Approvals Nationwide
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As one of his first acts of the new administration, Donald Trump’s Interior Department issued a secretarial order effectively pausing approvals for all clean energy…
Sierra Club statement on Trump order revoking Tongass Roadless Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a flurry of executive orders declaring a “national energy emergency” and aiming to "unleash American energy,” Donald Trump acted to slash environmental protections in …
Sierra Club statement on Trump’s Alaska giveaway to Big Oil CEOs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a flurry of executive orders declaring a “national energy emergency” and aiming to "unleash American energy,” Donald Trump acted to slash environmental protections in Alaska,…
Sierra Club statement on Trump’s revocation of protections for offshore ocean waters
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of a series of executive orders seeking to "unleash American energy” via a “national energy emergency,” Donald Trump overturned protections for more than 625 million acres…
Sierra Club statement on Trump efforts to rename Denali
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Moments after taking the presidential oath of office, the White House confirmed that Donald Trump would seek to rename Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. The…
Sierra Club Statement on Confirmation Hearing for Doug Burgum’s Nomination as Secretary of the Interior
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is scheduled to hold hearings on the nomination of North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Department of the…
Sierra Club Celebrates Ash Meadows Mineral Withdrawal
AMARGOSA VALLEY, NEVADA— On Tuesday, January 14th, the Biden-Harris administration announced the administrative withdrawal of public lands from new mineral entry for a temporary period of 20 years in…
Sierra Club Statement on Utah’s Baseless Public Lands Lawsuit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear a case brought by the State of Utah seeking to seize public lands managed by the federal government.In August 2024,…
Sierra Club Statement on the Wildfires Affecting Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES -- A winter wildfire in southern California is turning into one of the most devastating disasters in recent history of the Greater Los Angeles area.Multiple wildfires broke out…