October 18, 2022
Sierra Club, Rainforest Action Network analysis details community & Indigenous opposition, climate & health impacts, ecosystem damage, reputational & financial risk
Press Releases
October 17, 2022
Phoenix, AZ – In a new version of Sierra Club’s groundbreaking report, the Dirty Truth About Climate Pledges, Arizona utilities Salt River Project (SRP), Tucson Electric Power (TEP), and Arizona Public Service (APS) earned poor grades for the way the utilities have delayed the transition to clean energy from coal and gas that poisons the air, threatening the public health of communities, and exacerbating the climate crisis.
October 17, 2022
Clearwater County, MN – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that his office filed criminal charge against Enbridge, the Canadian pipeline company behind the Line 3 tar sands pipeline, over an aquifer breach that happened during construction of the controversial pipeline.
October 17, 2022
Long Beach, CA – On Saturday, October 15, 2022 an oil slick was discovered off the coast of Alamitas Beach in Long Beach, California near the four THUMS islands – artificial islands formed by five oil companies to produce tens of thousands barrels of oil every day.
October 17, 2022
Today, Sierra Club launched Breaking the Cycle, a new podcast that features interviews with frontline community leaders and environmental advocates that live along the fracking cycle in the Permian Basin and Gulf Coast.
October 15, 2022
Milwaukee, WI – We Energies, one of the largest utility companies in Wisconsin, has requested a massive increase in its electricity and gas rates to the Public Service Commission (PSC), a government branch which must approve its plan for rate increase.
October 17, 2022
The Sierra Club is pleased to award its prestigious Environmental Service Award to retiring Ward 3 DC Councilmember Mary Cheh. The Environmental Service Award, awarded jointly by the Sierra Club national organization and Sierra Club Chapters, honors persons in public service for their long-term commitment to the environment and environmental justice.
October 14, 2022
More than 100,000 comments in support of the Department of Transportation’s proposed greenhouse gas rule were submitted during the comment period that ended yesterday.
13 de octubre de 2022
La ComisiĂłn sobre el 6 de Enero celebrĂł hoy su Ăşltima audiencia para investigar la insurrecciĂłn de Donald Trump y la conspiraciĂłn criminal para derrocar una elecciĂłn libre y justa.
October 13, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the January 6 House Select Committee held its final hearing to investigate Trump’s insurrection and the criminal conspiracy to overturn a free and fair election. The Committee has held eight hearings since June, focusing on all aspects of the lead-up to January 6 and the events at the Capitol that day. Today’s hearing provided new evidence of that criminal conspiracy and recapped all of the key facts and evidence uncovered by the committee and in previous hearings. The Committee also unanimously voted during the hearing to subpoena Donald Trump.