Press Releases

New Mexico Residents Respond to Zinke’s Public Lands Recommendations

Las Cruces, NM-- Last night, a leaked Department of the Interior report made public by the Washington Post unveiled the appalling truth behind Secretary Zinke’s public land recommendations.

Massachusetts Residents Respond to Unprecedented Reversals on Marine Monument

Boston, MA-- Last night, a leaked Department of the Interior report made public by the Washington Post unveiled the appalling truth behind Secretary Zinke’s public land and waters recommendations.

Arizona Residents Respond to Zinke’s Public Lands Recommendations

PHOENIX, AZ --

Sierra Club Slams Unprecedented Attack on Utah Public and Tribal Lands

Salt Lake City, UT -- Last night, a leaked Department

Colorado Residents Respond to Zinke’s Public Lands Recommendations

Denver, CO-- Last night, the Washington Post revealed Sec.Ryan Zinke’s recommendations to alter national monuments around the country-- risking the value and preserved nature of public lands.

NEW REPORT: Solar Customers Are A Net Plus For Arkansas

Little Rock, Arkansas - The Arkansas Public Service Co

Nevada Residents Respond to Zinke’s Public Lands Recommendations

Reno, NV-- Last night, a leaked Department of the Inte

Washington Residents Respond to Zinke’s Public Lands Recommendations

SEATTLE, WA--Last night, Washington Post revealed Sec.Ryan Zinke’s recommendations to alter national monuments around the countr

Federal Court Decision Means FERC Must Revisit MVP and ACP Climate Analyses

The Sierra Club and its partners filed two letters with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) arguing that body must do new analyses of two fracked gas pipelines. While FERC has already issued Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) for both the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), neither sufficiently considered the pipelines’ impacts, including the long-term effects of the greenhouse gases produced from burning the gas transported by these pipelines.

Zinke Attacks Public Lands for All

A leaked copy of Interior Secretary Zinke’s secret recommendation on national monuments shows the Secretary hopes to strip protections from public lands and waters across the country. Sites that could lose protections include Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah, Cascade-Siskiyou in Oregon, Gold Butte in Nevada, Katahdin Woods and Waters in Maine, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and Rio Grande del Norte in New Mexico, Northeast Canyons and Seamounts near Massachusetts and Rose Atoll and Pacific Remote Islands.