Press Releases

July 1, 2022

Biden administration’s draft five year plan spares communities in 2022, but lays out plans for up to 11 lease sales in the coming years

1 de julio de 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson ha sido oficialmente juramentada como nueva magistrada asociada de la Corte Suprema. La Magistrada Jackson fue confirmada en una votación bipartidista en el Senado Federal en abril y así se convierte en la primera mujer negra en ser nominada y confirmada a la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos.

July 1, 2022

KANSAS CITY, MO - Yesterday, just hours after the Supreme Court of the United States released its decision to eliminate EPA’s most effective tool for reducing harmful climate pollution from existing power plants, the City of Kansas City, Missouri moved closer to formalizing a plan to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions city- and region-wide.

July 1, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC -- Yesterday, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was officially sworn in as the newest Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Justice Jackson was confirmed by a bipartisan Senate vote in April and is the first Black woman to be nominated and confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

June 30, 2022

Sierra Club and Clean Wisconsin filed an appeal today with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals to challenge the decision made by Dane County Circuit Court, rejecting their arguments that the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) failed to adequately consider environmental impacts for the $700 million Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) gas plant proposed by Dairyland Power, Minnesota Power, and Basin Electric in Superior, Wisconsin.

30 de junio de 2022

La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos emitió esta mañana su decisión sobre el crucial caso West Virgina v EPA sobre la acción climática.

June 30, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This morning, the Supreme Court of the United States released its decision in the crucial climate action case West Virginia v. EPA.

In response, the Sierra Club released the following statement from Andres Restrepo, senior attorney for the Sierra Club's Environmental Law Program:

June 29, 2022

State Building Code Council to pursue updates to residential building energy codes by end of year, accelerating clean, electric new construction

29 de junio de 2022

Varios grupos climáticos y de conservación presentaron anoche una demanda contra la reanudación por parte de la administración Biden de los arrendamientos de explotación de petróleo y gas en terrenos públicos, los primeros desde que el Presidente suspendió dichos arrendamientos al poco de asumir su mandato.

June 29, 2022

Climate and conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the Biden administration’s resumption of oil and gas leasing on public lands, the first auction since the president paused leasing shortly after taking office.