Press Releases

Advocacy Groups Signal Support for SEC Climate Disclosure Rule

70+ groups, nearly 15,000 Sierra Club members submit comments supporting federal agency’s draft rule requiring publicly traded companies to acknowledge greenhouse gas emissions, climate-related financial risks

Sierra Club Responds to NextEra’s Announcement

Yesterday, NextEra Energy announced plans to eliminate all its carbon emissions by 2045, partly by growing Florida Power & Light’s solar fleet to 90,000 MW and its energy storage capacity to 50,000 MW.

Sierra Club Response to OPPD North Omaha Plant Extension Announcement

Eight years after committing to the retirement of the coal-fired power generation at North Omaha Station, this week Omaha Public Power District announced a dramatic change of plans to keep the polluting facility operating until at least 2026.

Environmental and Climate Justice Groups Picket National Grid’s ‘Equity in Energy’ Summit To Protest North Brooklyn Pipeline and Corporate Lobbying Against New York’s Climate Law

New York — Today, environmental and climate justice groups picketed utility company National Grid’s ‘Equity in Energy’ summit in Brooklyn. Community members called on the utility to shut off the gas in phases 1-4 of the North Brooklyn pipeline and abandon its LNG expansion plan that will increase health problems for low-income Black and brown communities already facing disproportionate levels of pollution and to stop lobbying against New York’s landmark climate law, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.

UN’s Race to Zero Campaign Raises the Bar on Limiting Fossil Fuel Expansion

The Race to Zero campaign’s new criteria are a major step forward, and makes clear that in order for the net-zero commitments at financial institutions to be credible, they must explicitly commit to phase out financing for new fossil fuels.

La EPA anuncia Importantes Advertencias sobre la Salud Pública Relacionadas con Ciertos Venenos Químicos

La Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) anunció hoy una dramática revisión de los límites en los niveles en el agua de cuatro venenos químicos llamados PFAS.

Duke Energy’s Proposed Carbon Plan Receives Failing Grades from Advocates

Duke’s carbon plan received failing grades in eight of 12 criteria, including setting an ambitious timeline for coal plant closure and reducing reliance on fossil fuels.

EPA Announces New Major Health Advisory Levels For Four Critical PFAS Chemicals

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a dramatic revision to its drinking water limits for four toxic PFAS chemicals. The agency is lowering its lifetime health advisory levels for two PFAS chemicals - PFOS and PFOA - by more than 1000-fold to 20 and 4 parts per quadrillion, respectively. EPA is also setting new health advisories for two common PFAS chemicals that were invented as replacements - known as GenX and PFBS, to 10 and 2000 parts per trillion respectively.

Sierra Club Applauds the House for Passing the Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA)

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House passed the Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA) with a 231-190 vote. This historic bipartisan bill would invest nearly $1.4 billion for states, territories, and Tribes to amplify their work in recovering, conserving, and protecting at-risk wildlife and habitat. 

In response, Bradley Williams, Associate Director of Legislative and Administrative Advocacy released the following statement: 

Surprise, Surprise: Oil and Gas Lobbyists Think the Solution to All Our Problems is More Oil and Gas

Washington, DC – Today, the American Petroleum Institute (API) released a new 10-point plan laying out policy demands for expanded oil and gas production in response to current high fossil fuel prices and geopolitical instability. 

In response, Sierra Club Senior Director of Energy Campaigns Kelly Sheehan released the following statement: