Press Releases

June 1, 2017

WHO: Concerned Chicagoans outraged by the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, Sierra Club Illinois, American Federation of Government Employees Local 704 representing EPA Region 5 employees, Faith in Place, Chicago Jobs with Justice, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Illinois, Food and Water Watch

 

May 31, 2017

Columbus, OH -- Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) notified Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) that it was conducting an investigation into the construction of the fracked gas Rover pipeline. The investigation comes as the Ohio EPA discovered the presence of petroleum hydrocarbon constituents, which are commonly found in diesel fluid, among the fluid ETP spilled near the Tuscarawas River during construction.

May 31, 2017

CHARLOTTE, N.C.— Duke Energy Progress today filed a request to raise customers’ rates, in large part to pay cleanup and storage costs for the utility’s coal ash waste.

May 31, 2017

Today, Donald Trump announced he intends to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement.

May 31, 2017

An expert panel of advocates from major American environmental and civil society nonprofits will respond to President Trump’s Rose Garden press conference, where he is expected to announce whether his administration will honor the United States’ commitment to the global Paris Climate Agreement.

May 31, 2017

Stow, OH -- Today, FreshWater Accountability Project, Michigan Residents Against the ET Rover Pipeline, and the Sierra Club sent a letter urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to immediately shut down all construction activity on Energy Transfer Partners’ controversial Rover Pipeline project.

May 31, 2017

Washington, DC -- A new report released today by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) claims that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is not a significant source of dangerous chemicals in drinking water, despite a significant body of scientific evidence to the contrary.

May 30, 2017

ANCHORAGE – Interior Secretary Zinke today signed a Secretarial Order opening the Arctic to increased oil and gas production. The Order initiates a review of the sensitive coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas development and aims to increase drilling in the Western Arctic.

 

In response Lena Moffitt, director of the Sierra Club’s Our Wild America campaign issued the following statement.

 

May 30, 2017

Today, it was widely reported that Donald Trump intends to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement.

May 30, 2017

In response to Donald Trump’s reported plans to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord, Climate Parents Director Lisa Hoyos issued the following statement.