Press Releases

Sierra Club Applauds Senate for Announcing the For The People Act as S.1

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer designated the For The People Act as S.1, the honorary first bill the new Senate will take up this term.

Corte Invalida en Plan de Energía Sucia, Rematando Así los Numerosos Fracasos Legales de la Administración Trump

La Corte Federal de Apelaciones del Distrito de Columbia invalidó la regla conocida como “Energía Limpia Asequible” y la envió de nuevo a la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA).

Governor Lamont’s Climate Commission Fails To Address New Fossil Fuel Power Plants

Hartford, C.T.--Governor Lamont’s Council on Climate Change released their final Phase 1 report on how the state can meet its climate goals of 45% carbon reductions by 2030.

Court Vacates Dirty Power Plan, Bookending the Trump Administration’s Wide Ranging Legal Failures

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the ‘Affordable Clean Energy’ rule and remanded it to the EPA.

Biden Nominees and Appointments Demonstrates his Commitment to Reinvigorating the Integrity of Science

Washington, DC -- Today, President-elect Joe Biden announced his planned appointments to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). This office will provide scientific expertise on a number of critical issues, including the ongoing pandemic and the climate crisis.

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Failure to Cut Airplane Climate Pollution

Environmental groups sued the Trump administration today over its finalization of the nation’s first-ever airplane climate emissions standards, which don’t actually reduce greenhouse gas pollution.

Sierra Club Condemns Swap of Sacred Indigenous Land to Mining Company

The Trump administration is expected to release today a final proposal to transfer ownership of Oak Flat, a sacred land to a dozen Indigenous Tribes, to a mining company with ties to the destruction of an Aboriginal site in Australia. The move comes just days before Trump leaves office and comes despite years of opposition from Apache-Stronghold, the San Carlos Apache Tribe, and other Tribal entities, religious leaders, locals, and environmental groups.

South Carolina regulators agree to update long-expired permits at 3 coal plants located in majority Black communities

The Sierra Club and South Carolina’s environmental regulators have entered into an agreement to update permits at three coal burning power plants that have been discharging mercury, arsenic and other dangerous pollutants into local waterways using permits that expired as long ago as 2010.

Groups File Brief with D.C. Circuit Opposing Trump Administration’s "Indefensible" Clean Cars Rollback

Washington, D.C.—A dozen of the nation’s largest public health, consumer and environmental groups today presented the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia with a detailed and substantial case showing why the Trump administration’s rollback of the Clean Car Standards is unlawful.

Trump’s Last-Ditch Banking Rule Seeks to Prop Up Fossil Fuels

Washington, DC -- Today, just 10 days after the public comment period ended (which saw more than 35,000 public comments), the Trump administration’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized a rule which effectively tries to force banks to lend to fossil fuel companies and other businesses without regard to strategic or reputational risks.