Press Releases

January 8, 2017

Better World Club (BWC), America’s eco-friendly auto and bicycle assistance club, and the Sierra Club, the nation’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, announced today a partnership that will provide Sierra Club members with special membership benefits—and bolster both organizations’ environmental efforts.

January 9, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing to examine the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama to be Attorney General at the Department of Justice.
 
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
 
“Appointing Jeff Sessions to lead the Justice Department is an oxymoron -- the words ‘Justice’ and ‘Jeff Sessions’ don’t belong in the same sentence, let alone the same title.

January 8, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, USAToday reported that ExxonMobil did business with Iran, Syria and Sudan under President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
 
The Sierra Club also released a new video today called "Reject #RExxon" and will promote it in select media markets.
 
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January 8, 2017

On Wednesday, Governor Cuomo is expected to announce plans to install over 500 electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations, 500 at New York workplaces and 69 along the New York State Thruway, as a part of his State of the State agenda.

January 5, 2017

In Response to comments made by Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) about Donald Trump’s EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt, Bill Price, a Sierra Club organizer and public health advocate in Charleston, West Virginia, released the following statement.

January 5, 2017

According to E&E News, the Super PAC supporting Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump’s nominee to be EPA Administrator, is set to continue operations even in the event that Pruitt be confirmed.

January 4, 2017

Today, final numbers of U.S. electric vehicle (EV) sales for the 2016 year were released showing that despite low gas prices, a record-breaking 24,785 electric vehicles were purchased this past December, the largest sales month ever (the last highest sales month was September 2016 when 17,224 EVs were sold in the U.S.).

January 3, 2017

Today the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion affirming that a West Virginia coal mine violated the Clean Water Act when it discharged toxic pollution into nearby waterways.

January 3, 2017

Close to midnight yesterday, on the last day of the informal session, the Massachusetts legislature passed an Act promoting zero emission vehicle adoption, which contains measures to reduce barriers to electric vehicle (EV) ownership in Massachusetts.

January 3, 2017

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are expected to take up a slurry bills this week aimed at stripping away vital clean air and water protections that safeguard public health.