Press Releases

September 28, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced another $500 million in rebates for the Clean School Bus Program, which offers funding for school districts to purchase clean school buses, install charging infrastructure, and cover workforce development.

September 27, 2023

St. Paul, MN – A new report released by Sierra Club, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and WE ACT for Environmental Justice demonstrates the climate, health, and environmental justice concerns posed by outdoor air pollution from buildings, a source that is largely overlooked and unregulated.

September 27, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Biden Administration announced watershed abundance goals for salmon recovery in the Columbia River Basin, identifying restoration of the species as a policy priority.

October 3, 2023

Seattle, WA - Pollution from the combustion of fossil fuels in Washington’s homes and buildings is threatening human health and the climate, and those threats disproportionately burden vulnerable populations, according to a new report released by Sierra Club, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and WE ACT for Environmental Justice. 

September 27, 2023

Washington, DC – A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) released this week shows that the pathway remains open for the global energy sector to meet the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.

September 27, 2023

A novel Inflation Reduction Act program to bring economic development and lower cost energy to rural communities received applications from 157 electric cooperatives.

September 27, 2023

Multnomah County, OR - Pollution from the combustion of fossil fuels in Oregon’s homes and buildings is threatening human health and the climate, and those threats disproportionately burden vulnerable populations, according to a new report released by Sierra Club, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and WE ACT for Environmental Justice. 

September 27, 2023

A new report released by Sierra Club, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and WE ACT for Environmental Justice demonstrates the climate, health, and environmental justice concerns posed by outdoor air pollution from buildings, a source that is largely overlooked and unregulated.

September 26, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Biden vetoed attempts to remove protections for two at-risk species.

September 25, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Over the weekend, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning visited Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to meet with federal, Tribal, state, and local officials, along with community members to hear their vision for preserving the region’s natural and cultural resources.