Press Releases

April 12, 2023

Advocacy groups want FTC to tackle net-zero claims, offsets, 'natural' gas, greenwashing

April 13, 2023

ANCHORAGE – Today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it would grant approval for the exports from the proposed Alaska LNG project, a $38.7 billion fossil-fuel infrastructure plan to export liquified natural gas (LNG). It would be capable of exporting 20 million metric tons of gas per year – a quantity that could result in over 50 million metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution emissions annually. 

13 de abril de 2023

La Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) anunció una propuesta para reforzar los estándares federales de contaminación de vehículos, la cual reducirá emisiones del sector transporte para ayudar a proteger la salud pública y el clima.

13 de abril de 2023

En su análisis más completo sobre este crucial problema, 625 organizaciones de 75 países emitieron la 14a Edición del Reporte sobre Financiación del Caos Climático.

April 12, 2023

Annual report details massive bank support for climate-destroying corporations

April 12, 2023

St. Louis, MO – Today, the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC), which regulates monopoly utilities like Ameren Missouri, unanimously approved the utility’s proposal to build and own a 150 megawatt solar farm in White County, Illinois. That is enough clean energy to power about 16,000 homes. Sierra Club intervened before the PSC in support of the Boomtown Solar Project. 

April 12, 2023

On Tuesday, officials advised residents to evacuate their homes due to a significant industrial fire in Richmond, Indiana.

April 12, 2023

On Monday the Sierra Club, Earthjustice, and dozens of Texas residents urged the EPA to stop an East Texas coal plant from continuing to dump toxic coal ash in an unsafe pond that leaks into groundwater.

April 12, 2023

New letter urges the Biden Administration to oppose the Japan-led G7 efforts to support expansion of new Liquefied Natural Gas supplies.

April 12, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to strengthen federal clean car standards, which will cut emissions from the transportation sector and help protect our health and our climate. The EPA also announced a proposal to strengthen federal standards that would help clean up pollution from heavy-duty trucks and buses.