Press Releases

September 13, 2022

Today, several environmental and community organizations formally petitioned EPA to eliminate nearly 100 exemptions in the Clean Air Act that allow industrial polluters around the country to dump deadly air pollution with impunity into nearby communities during start ups, shutdowns, and malfunctions (SSM). 

May 17, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, several environmental and community organizations formally petitioned EPA to eliminate nearly 100 exemptions

September 12, 2022

Washington, DC – This afternoon, Senate Republicans led by West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito released legislation that would overhaul federal permitting requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other federal environmental protection laws including the Clean Water Act and Endan

May 17, 2024

Washington, DC – This afternoon, Senate Republicans led by West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito released legislation that would overhaul federal permitting requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other federal environmental protection laws including the Clean Water Act and Endan

September 12, 2022

MISSOULA, MT— Nine conservation organizations filed a lawsuit today to challenge the U.S. Forest Service’s 2021 decision to authorize expanded livestock grazing on six allotments on the east side of Montana’s Paradise Valley. The allotments lie just north of Yellowstone National Park in occupied grizzly bear habitat.

September 12, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Sierra Club joins over 150 advocacy groups in launching the #SolutionsForPollution campaign. This campaign calls on the Biden Administration to set the strongest possible pollution standards to meet the president’s commitment to slash climate pollution by at least half by 2030 and to protect our health, communities, air, water, land and wildlife from dangerous pollution.

September 9, 2022

Washington, DC – Today, following lobbying efforts and a massive rally outside the Capitol against the permitting loophole bill, 72 House members led by House Natural Resources Committee Chair Grijalva sent a

September 8, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Biden recently announced that John Podesta will serve as Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation. Current National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy will step down from her position, and Ali Zaidi will be promoted to Assistant to the President and National Climate Advisor.

September 8, 2022

LAS VEGAS -- Today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland traveled to southern Nevada to meet with the Tribal Council of the Mojave Tribe and local community leaders, including stops at sites considered sacred by several Tribes. One of the sites visited by Secretary Haaland, Rep. Susie Lee, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Laura Daniels-Davis, and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada State Director Jon Raby, was Spirit Mountain, which is called Avi Kwa Ame by the Mojave Tribe.

September 7, 2022

AES Indiana customers and clean energy activists delivered nearly 3,000 petitions to the capital city’s hometown utility Wednesday morning, demanding a rapid transition from dirty, dangerous fossil fuels toward the clean energy resources the community deserves.