Press Releases

November 16, 2022

La Crosse, WI – Today Sierra Club hosted a press conference outside of Dairyland Power Cooperative in opposition of Dairyland Power’s proposed gas plant, the Nemadji Trail Energy Center, that they’ve co-proposed with Minnesota Power and Basin Electric Power Cooperative that would be built in Superior, Wisconsin.

November 22, 2022

Sierra Club applauds rulemaking process allowing private retirement managers to consider ESG

November 22, 2022

Eugene, OR — Over 100 community members rallied ahead of a Eugene City Council hearing last night to support the city’s proposed policy to phase out gas in new homes over climate and health concerns. At the rally, 63 people testified in support of the proposed ordinance, providing hours of testimony to the council about the benefits of electrification. 

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.