Press Releases

Los Republicanos una Vez Más Socavan el Derecho al Voto

Anoche, los senadores republicanos usaron la norma filibustera, una reliquia de la Era Jim Crown de supresión del voto, para bloquear la votación sobre Libertad para Votar: La Ley John Lewis.

Republicans Once Again Filibuster The Freedom To Vote

WASHINGTON, DC -- Late yesterday evening, Republican Senators employed the filibuster, a Jim Crow-era tool, to again block a vote on the Freedom To Vote: John R. Lewis Act. Following this vote, Leader Schumer held a vote to slightly change the rules of the filibuster to allow a final vote on the bill. This vote failed when Senators Sinema and Manchin sided with Republican obstruction over protecting our right to vote and our democracy.

Sierra Club Response to President Biden’s Press Conference

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Biden held a press conference as the Senate has the opportunity to safeguard democracy and Americans’ right to vote and is continuing negotiations on Biden’s plan to invest in families and communities across the country, all in the face of unified Republican obstruction.

In response, Sierra Club Legislative Director Melinda Pierce released the following statement:

El Sierra Club Aplaude Que el Senado Empiece a Debatir sobre Libertad para Votar: La Ley John R. Lewis

El Senado por primera vez ha empezado a debatir sobre la Ley de Libertad para Votar y la Ley John Lewis para el Avance de los Derechos del Votante resumidas en un único proyecto de ley llamado Libertad para Votar: la Ley John R Lewis.

Sierra Club Announces Volunteer Mobilization, Ad Campaign Ahead of 2022 Georgia Energy Planning Process

ATLANTA, GA –  Today, the Sierra Club is announcing its intention to participate in the 2022 Georgia Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) process. During this process, Georgia Power (owned by Southern Company) will propose its plan for how it will procure energy over the next two decades, which must be approved by the Public Service Commission (PSC).

Citigroup Surpasses Peers With Absolute Emissions Reduction Target for Energy Finance, Still Fails to Rule Out Support for Fossil Fuel Expansion

Today, Citigroup announced new 2030 interim targets to reach its commitment to net-zero financed emissions by 2050. The plan includes a commitment to reduce absolute financed emissions from the energy sector by 29% and financed emissions intensity from the power sector by 63%.

Sierra Club Statement on Markup of Recovering America's Wildlife Act

Today, the House Natural Resources Committee is taking up the Recovering America's Wildlife Act. This 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.

U.S. Court of Appeals Hears Arguments on the Legality of Oklahoma’s Coal Ash Program

Oklahoma City, OK - Organizations representing concerned Oklahomans are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) approval of the state’s coal ash program. The groups argue that the EPA unlawfully failed to provide adequate public participation and allowed Oklahoma to issue dangerous “permits for life” to coal ash facilities. “Permits for life” deprive the public and regulators of predictable reviews of legal requirements and onsite conditions at coal ash facilities, like what’s required for air emissions and water discharge permits.

Leading Environmental Groups and Trade Associations Ask Supreme Court to Reject Attack on the Clean Air Act

Sweeping Attack on EPA Authority is Based on a Policy That Was Never Enforced and Will Never Go Into Effect

Texas LNG Fracked Gas Deal With Enbridge Spells Disaster for South Texas Communities and Environment

Today, the Glenfarne Group's proposed Texas LNG project at the Port of Brownsville entered into a 20-year deal to buy 720 million cubic feet of fracked gas per day from the existing Enbridge's Valley Crossing Pipeline