Press Releases

March 20, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the House Natural Resources Committee held a legislative hearing to consider multiple bills that would weaken conservation protections and make it easier for Big Business to drill and mine on public lands. The bills are the latest assault by Congressional Republicans on public lands and waters. One bill from Rep.

March 20, 2024

CHIPS Communities United Calls for Community Benefits Agreement to Protect Workers and Community

March 20, 2024

Washington, DC — Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized federal standards to strengthen the nation’s emissions requirements for light-duty vehicles that will encourage the production of cleaner passenger cars and light- and medium-duty trucks.

March 19, 2024

Oil and gas industry executives kicked off CERAWeek by dismissing the urgent need to meet globally agreed upon climate goals and calling for an increase in fossil fuel extraction and exports against scientific evidence, according to reporting from Politico. The industry message emerging from CERAWeek overlaps with House Republicans’ dirty “energy week.”

March 19, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) finalized a rule to update a two-decade-old calculation that determines the equivalent fuel economy of electric vehicles (EVs), phasing in important adjustments to the calculation.

March 19, 2024

Media Advisory: Thursday, March 21 @ 12:00PM (EST) in Cincinnati, Ohio

Indigenous and Environmental Advocates Rally with Michigan Attorney General 

Dana Nessel Ahead of Oral Arguments on Dangerous Line 5 Pipeline 

March 18, 2024

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) Last Updated Two Decades Ago

March 18, 2024

BOSTON, MA. – Sierra Club Massachusetts, a grassroots non-partisan climate and environmental protection organization, is pleased to announce the selection of Vick Mohanka as the new Chapter Director. 

March 15, 2024

BOSTON, MA. – Today, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s administration announced the establishment of a first-of-its-kind state office dedicated to championing the state’s clean energy transition. Called the Office of the Energy Transformation (OET), this new office will be charged with taking the lead on executing actions required to move Massachusetts off polluting fossil fuels and increase the development and distribution of clean energy resources.

March 15, 2024

Today, House Republicans rolled out a set of bills they plan to vote on as part of a so-called “energy week” next week.