Press Releases

September 20, 2022

Baton Rouge, LA – Last Friday, Sierra Club petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reject the air permit approved by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for the proposed Magnolia gas plant in Iberville Parish.

September 20, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a positive, long awaited step toward clean air for all, the EPA finalized determinations that dozens of areas home to millions of people across the United States have failed to achieve the 2008 and 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) under the Clean Air Act for ground-level ozone, also known as smog. 

September 20, 2022

Today, the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on the Public Lands and Waters Climate Leadership Act. This bill was introduced last week by Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and other members of the Committee. 

September 19, 2022

Puerto Rico - Yesterday, Hurricane Fiona made landfall on the island of Puerto Rico and in no time left all Puerto Ricans without power. Today, Sierra Club organizers on the ground are assessing the damage in communities across the island while being themselves without power or drinkable water.

May 4, 2024

Puerto Rico - Yesterday, Hurricane Fiona made landfall on the island of Puerto Rico and in no time left all Puerto Ricans without power. Today, Sierra Club organizers on the ground are assessing the damage in communities across the island while being themselves without power or drinkable water.

19 de septiembre de 2022

El Huracán Fiona impactó ayer en la isla de Puerto Rico y en poco tiempo dejó a todos los residentes sin electricidad. 

16 de septiembre de 2022

La administración Biden anunció un significativo paso adelante en sus esfuerzos por reducir las emisiones industriales de carbono y contaminación. 

September 15, 2022

Washington, DC – The Department of the Interior has announced that it will reinstate leases for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

September 16, 2022

NEW YORK – NRG-owned Astoria Gas Turbine Power and Beacon Wind filed a joint petition with the New York State Public Service Commission yesterday seeking approval of a sale transferring ownership of the land under the existing gas-powered peaker plant to Beacon Wind for electrical interconnection to their 1,230 MW wind project.

September 15, 2022

TOLEDO, OH -- Today, the Biden administration announced a significant step forward i