Press Releases

November 6, 2018

Detroit, MI -- Democrat Gretchen Whitmer has won her campaign to become Michigan’s next governor. Whitmer campaigned on protecting Michigan’s communities and ensuring everyone has access to clean, safe drinking water.

November 6, 2018

Miami, FL -- Tonight, Sierra Club-endorsed candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell won their election to become the next representative for [district]. Sierra Club members and supporters helped get out the vote for Mucarsel-Powell as part of its Victory Corps program, a nationwide coordinated effort that embeds staff on state and federal campaigns around the country.

November 6, 2018

Herndon, VA -- Tonight, Sierra Club-endorsed candidate Jennifer Wexton won their election to become the next representative for Virginia’s 10th district. Sierra Club members and supporters helped get out the vote for Wexton as part of its Victory Corps program, a nationwide coordinated effort that embeds staff on state and federal campaigns around the country.

September 26, 2018

Washington, DC -- Today, the Sierra Club announced the launch of its Victory Corps program, a nationwide coordinated effort that embeds staff on congressional and gubernatorial campaigns around the country.

November 5, 2018

Washington, DC -- Today, the Washington Post is reporting that much maligned Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke broke his ethics pledge by continuing to discuss business related to property owned by his family’s foundation.

November 5, 2018

Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, November 7, environmental organizations that have been working heavily in the 2018 election cycle will host a press conference to discuss their electoral activities up and down the ballot and their impacts.

November 4, 2018

 

November 2, 2018

Today, local environmental and Indigenous advocates, faith leaders, Youth Climate Intervenors, and members of local tribes attended their first court appearance following an act of civil disobedience last month urging Governor Mark Dayton to stop Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline.

November 2, 2018

According to reports from the Washington Post, Donald Trump is increasingly concerned about allegations of misconduct by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, and Trump has asked aides for more information about Zinke’s shady land deal with the chairman of Halliburton.

November 1, 2018

PJM Interconnection LLC, America’s largest regional transmission organization, released a study today that found there was “no imminent threat” to the reliability of their electricity marketplace.