Press Releases

March 2, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, several environmental organizations moved to intervene to defend the Biden administration’s new clean car standards.

March 1, 2022

On Thursday the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will discuss a recent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) commitment to account for the climate and environmental justice impacts of new fracked gas pipeline proposals.

1 de marzo de 2022

El Presidente Biden dio esta noche su primer discurso sobre el Estado de la Nación.

March 1, 2022

Washington, DC – Tonight, President Biden delivered his first State of the Union address.

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

28 de febrero de 2022

Un reporte bilingüe del Sierra Club detalla cómo las dos plantas térmicas de gas fósil que Xcel opera en Denver —Arapahoe y Cherokee— contribuyen a injusticias ambientales en el área metropolitana.

February 28, 2022

As one of the worst states in the U.S. for carbon pollution, Indiana is critical to creating climate solutions.

February 28, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today climate action supporters, including parents, youth advocates, public health experts, and others representing the broad coalition in support of the Clean Air Act gathered on the steps of the Supreme Court to speak out against coal companies and far-right politicians’ attempt to roll back decades of progress in fighting the climate crisis. Showcasing wide-ranging support for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards to reduce carbon pollution, the event coincided with oral arguments before the Supreme Court in West Virginia v.

February 28, 2022

DALLAS, TEXAS -- Today, a coalition of environmental justice advocates, representing organizations across North Texas – including Lane Plating Community Advisory Group, Southern Sector Rising, Downwinders at Risk, Midlothian Breathe, Liveable Arlington, and the Sierra Club – sent a letter to Dr. Earthea Nance, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Regional Administrator for Region 6.

28 de febrero de 2022

El Panel Intergubernamental sobre Cambio Climático (PICC) de la ONU emitió hoy su Sexto Informe de Evalución del Grupo de Trabajo en el que detalla los costos y consecuencias de la crisis climática, incluyendo salud pública, desplazamiento poblacional, inseguridad de agua y alimentos, además del potencial y límites de la adaptabilidad a la crisis climática y mantener el calentamiento de la atmósfera a solo 1,5 grados centígrados.

February 28, 2022

EL PASO, TEXAS / LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO – On Friday, a coalition of environmental and community groups filed a motion to intervene in Texas’s challenge to the EPA's designation of El Paso County as being in nonattainment under the 2015 ozone standard for air quality.