Press Releases

Report: Tampa Electric Still Failing Tampa Bay Residents

TAMPA, FL. -- Tampa Electric Company (TECO) has received its second consecutive failing grade, according to the Sierra Club’s 2024 Dirty Truth Report.

Rhode Island Climate Justice Groups Rally to Stop Project Maple

PROVIDENCE, RI. – Today, a group of Rhode Island’s climate justice organizations rallied at the State House in opposition to Enbridge’s proposed Project Maple fracked-gas pipeline expansion. The groups hand-delivered a letter addressed to Governor Daniel McKee and the Department of Environmental Management. In total, eleven State Representatives and three State Senators signed on opposing the project. The petition-signers and community members present at the rally demand the denial of all further Project Maple permits.

Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Lease Sale Results in Two Winning Bids on Four Lease Areas

MAINE. – Today, the Department of Interior (DOI) announced the results of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s first-ever Gulf of Maine wind energy auction for eight lease areas off the shore of Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

Sierra Club Pulls San Francisco City Attorney Endorsement, Endorses no Mayoral Candidate

SAN FRANCISCO — Today, the Sierra Club Bay Area Chapter is announcing that it has pulled its endorsement of San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu and is not endorsing any candidate for the city's mayoral race. The Club's decision is tied directly to the city's ongoing lawsuit against the EPA, a case that experts warn could seriously weaken clean water regulations across the country. 

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $3 Billion in Clean Ports Funding to Cut Freight Pollution

Baltimore, MD - Today, the Biden-Harris administration announced the awardees of its $3 billion Clean Ports Program, to address pollution at ports and freight hubs across the country.

Biden-Harris Administration’s New ERA Award for Connexus Energy Will Boost Clean Energy Future for Minnesota

Ramsey, MINNESOTA – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Connexus Energy will move forward in the Biden-Harris Administration’s Empowering Rural America Program (New ERA) award process to procure new clean energy investments throughout rural Minnesota and South Dakota.

Sierra Club Endorses New Industrious Labs Report Unveiling Alarming Health Costs of U.S. Coal-Based Steelmaking

Washington, D.C. – A new report from Industrious Labs offers the first facility-by-facility breakdown of toxic emissions from U.S. coal-based steel and coke plants, exposing the staggering human toll: up to an estimated 892 premature deaths, 250,500 cases of asthma symptoms, and $13.2 billion in health costs every year associated with pollution from just 17 facilities in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, and Virginia.

CalPERS Beneficiaries Testify Calling on Pension Fund to Drop Exxon

SACRAMENTO, CA – Dozens of CalPERS beneficiaries testified September 16, 2024 in front of the CalPERS Board of Directors and more than 2,000 beneficiaries and supporters sent letters to CalPERS’ staff. They are calling on the fund to exit Exxon given the company’s actions against shareholders and the risk continued investment in the company poses to retirement security.

Tri-State Awarded $2.5 Billion in Federal Grants and Low-Cost Loans to Advance Clean Energy

WESTMINSTER, Colo. – Today the U.S. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the finalization of $2.5 billion in grants and low cost loans to Tri-State Generation and Transmission Cooperative, and $1 billion in grants to six other smaller electric cooperatives around the country to advance affordable, renewable energy under the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program.

Study Shows Project 2025’s Weakening of Clean Air Act, EPA Enforcement Would Cost Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars

Sierra Club co-authored research reveals the substantial health benefits at stake if a future administration weakens the Clean Air Act and limits regulatory authority of the EPA