Press Releases

November 22, 2022

Fossil fuel company Tellurian recently revealed in an official video that the company is committing major construction violations, such as driving approximately 4000 piles while only authorized to drive 26 test piles. Sierra Club filed a formal complaint to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) who authorized Driftwood LNG’s initial on-site activities but has not authorized such expansive action.

November 21, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Department of the Interior (DOI) outlined new steps related to oil and gas leasing tied to the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (

20 de noviembre de 2022

Hoy terminaron las negociaciones de la 27 Conferencia de Partes (COP27), con el acuerdo de países de desarrollar nuevas formas de financiación, incluyendo un fondo dedicado a ayudar a los países más vulnerables a sobrellevar los impactos adversos del cambio climático.

November 19, 2022

SHARM EL-SHEIKH -- Today, the 27th UN Conference of Parties (COP27) climate negotiations ended, with countries agreeing to develop new funding arrangements, including a dedicated fund to help the most vulnerable countries cope with the adverse impacts of climate change and reaffirming the need to stay below 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming. 

November 18, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, EPA denied Lightstone Generation’s request to continue dumping toxic coal ash waste into unlined storage ponds at the General James M. Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio.

November 18, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Biden Administration took a positive step toward ensuring reliability and accelerating the clean energy transition by announcing the availability of $13 billion in grants to support new and upgraded transmission lines, in the largest direct federal investment in transmission and distribution infrastructure to date.

18 de noviembre de 2022

Un juez de distrito federal favoreció al Servicio Federal de Pesca y Vida Silvestre y al Servicio Nacional de Pesca Marina retrasar la restauración de Protecciones de la Ley de Especies en Peligro (ESA) para cientos de especies y sus hábitats.

November 17, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced he will not seek leadership reelection in the 118th Congress but will continue to serve in Congress.  

In response, Sierra Club President Ramon Cruz released the following statement:

November 17, 2022

Today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced she will not seek reelection as leader of the House Democratic caucus in the 118th Congress, but will remain representing California’s 12th district.

November 17, 2022

Today, U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez and Sen. Ben Ray Lujan introduced the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, a move recognized by the Greater Chaco Coalition as a step in the right direction. Though the Coalition supports this legislation, more needs to be done to address the cumulative impact of extractive industries on the Greater Chaco Landscape and its communities.