Press Releases

June 28, 2018

Spokespeople from across Minnesota will hold a press conference shortly after a decision is announced on the Certificate of Need for the Line 3 tar sands pipeline today by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC).

June 28, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 28, 2018 –  Electric vehicle charging stations in every neighborhood. Cleaner air for our children and the elderly. Modern roadways. Communities built for walking and biking. A vision of the future that voters across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions can embrace. Ratcheting down air pollution and relieving snarled traffic, with modern, efficient, and visionary solutions that ensure people and products can get where they need.

June 27, 2018

Washington, D.C.– This week, a study from the Great Outdoors Lab was published in Emotion, a journal of the American Psychological Association.

June 27, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he is retiring from the Supreme Court. This announcement follows on several extreme Supreme Court decisions this week, including upholding Trump’s xenophobic Muslim ban and attacking public sector unions.

June 27, 2018

Washington, DC-- Moments ago, a Republican package introduced by Speaker Paul Ryan -- including funding for border wall, significant cuts to legal immigration and no protections for Dreamers -- failed, even further indicating how unpopular the anti-immigrant agenda driven by Trump and the Republican Congress remains.

June 27, 2018

The Government Accountability Office today sent a letter, released by U.S.

June 27, 2018

New report shows the deteriorating economics of PacifiCorp’s coal fleet as clean energy gets cheaper

June 27, 2018

Today, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada voted unanimously to approve several new investments by NV Energy, including $5M for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, a new energy storage incentive program, and updates to its existing solar incentives program.

June 27, 2018

Oklahoma City, OK -- Today, the Oklahoma Sierra Club rallied to “Boot Pruitt” outside of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation event in Oklahoma City where EPA administrator Scott Pruitt is hosting the event. On June 26th and 27th, Pruitt is hosting top environmental officials from North America in Oklahoma City as part of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, a commission created as part of the implementation of the NAFTA.

June 27, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Supreme Court reversed Janus v. AFSCME, which will restrict public sector unions’ long-standing ability to collect fair share fees from non-members who benefit from the work unions do.