🛢️In 2024, Trump told Big Oil execs he'd protect their interests if they spent $1 BILLION to elect him. Now, he's upheld his end of the deal. New @senatebudget.bsky.social report details how Trump gave Fossil Fuel companies a $3.5 BILLION *annual* tax cut to continue polluting our planet.

Tonight, as costs for American families continue to soar and environmental and public health protections are weakened by his administration, Donald Trump delivered the first official State of the Union address of his second term. 🔗 bit.ly/3OJVGH8

“If asset owners want to protect their investments from climate impacts, they must stop asset managers from financing the companies fueling the crisis. Too many still aren’t acting," write Sierra Club & Reclaim Finance in @climateandcap.bsky.social.

Trump’s EPA just rolled back critical, lifesaving Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, allowing dirty coal plants to release more mercury, arsenic, and other dangerous pollutants into our air.

New @nyccomptroller.bsky.social @marklevinenyc.bsky.social & NYC pension trustees are weighing a $40B+ move from BlackRock over its climate failures — which could set a key national precedent, writes Sierra Club ED Loren Blackford in @crainsnewyork.bsky.social:

The Sierra Club is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its rollback of key climate protections, arguing the move is illegal, unscientific, and harmful to public health.

The Sierra Club is saddened to learn of the passing of Rev Jesse Jackson. Civil rights leader, environmental justice advocate, and a strong tireless voice for those this nation too often fails to hear. We send condolences to his family, loved ones, and all who admired him as we celebrate his legacy.

In a new @newsweek.com, leaders from the @sierraclub.org, @nrdc.org, Environmental Defense Fund, and @earthjustice.org warn that the Trump administration’s latest Environmental Protection Agency pollution policy puts corporate profits ahead of public health.

On this season of Coal is Blind, the choice between renewables and coal may seem easy, yet Trump can't get enough of his toxic relationship with coal power plants. Trump just announced $175 million to upgrade six aging coal plants instead of retiring them.

Today, in a brazen assault on the health and welfare of the American public, the Trump administration announced its rule revoking the Environmental Protection Agency’s longstanding greenhouse gas endangerment finding under the federal Clean Air Act.

The Tennessee Valley Authority has announced plans to potentially roll back retirement dates for the Kingston and Cumberland coal plants, locking the region into coal energy for years to come. These inefficient coal plants will only add more burden to our budgets and pollute our communities.

🚨 BREAKING: Trump is moving to eliminate the EPA’s Endangerment Finding — one of the strongest legal tools we have to fight climate pollution. We will fight this. Polluters should pay — not the public. Read more at our statement bit.ly/4aNcAwb

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote NEXT WEEK on a resolution to repeal protections for the Boundary Waters watershed -- putting clean water and communities at serious risk. Act now: Tell your Senators to vote NO. sc.org/boundarywaters

Michigan is now the 11th state to sue Big Oil for its climate lies. 👏 👏 In a groundbreaking antitrust suit, Michigan says the "cartel" of ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP, and the American Petroleum Institute conspired to block clean energy, protect fossil fuels, and drive up costs for consumers.

🚨 Our new scorecard reveals U.S. public pensions are lagging on investing in climate solutions like clean energy & resilience infrastructure, despite knowing that climate change massively threatens millions of public sector workers' retirement savings.

California pension @calpers.bsky.social invested $60B in 'climate solutions'. So why does that include fossil fuels?  As the largest U.S. public pension, what CalPERS does matters, writes Allie Lindstrom & Jakob Evans for @calmatters.org. calmatters.org/commentary/2...

Oil and gas companies are making record profits, while we pay the price of the climate chaos they cause. We're working to Make Polluters Pay. Join a Virtual Action Hour event on Thurs, Jan 15, to make polluters pay to clean up their mess. @polluterspay.bsky.social sc.org/PollutersAct...

"The project reflects the broader mission of the @sierraclub.org, the nation’s largest grassroots environmental organization, which works to protect clean air and water, promote clean energy, preserve wild places and empower communities through education and advocacy." 2/

This is beautiful and inspiring. On a cold winters night in West Virginia, 56 people gathered together to make a quilt, "connect and imagine new ways to confront climate change through one of Appalachia’s most storied folk traditions." @sierraclub.org 1/

The Sierra Club and all of civil society depend on free speech, peaceful assembly, and a functioning democracy to create a brighter future for us all. The Sierra Club stands firm in our commitment to protecting our rights, dignity, and safety.

We honor the life and legacy of Betty Reid Soskin, who passed away this week at age 104 — a truth teller, historian, and the nation’s oldest active national park ranger when she retired at age 100. Read more about her life in a Sierra Magazine interview in 2015 www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2015-...

As 2025 wraps up, we’re celebrating clean transportation wins — despite constant roadblocks. From protecting the national EV charging network to opposing federal climate rollbacks, advocates kept progress moving. sc.org/CleanTranspo... @katherinejulia.bsky.social

This year, our connection nature has never faced a greater threat — from the firings of national park stewards to the efforts to sell off public lands. Here's how our Outdoors For All campaign met the moment in 2025. bit.ly/44teqzR

In 2025, while much of the financial sector backtracked on climate action, one key part of the system stepped up: public pension funds managing trillions in workers’ savings. 🏦 Here’s how our Sustainable Finance Campaign helped drive progress this year: bit.ly/3MH1q3t

"This move shows just how far the administration will go to sidestep our nation’s complex history." The Interior Department's recent decision to end free entry days at national parks on MLK Day and Juneteenth is "a step backward."

Freedom of Information Act #FOIA request uncovers documents revealing many Americans oppose the Trump administration's efforts to whitewash history on public lands. www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...

In 2025, much of the financial sector backtracked on climate action — but one major pillar stepped up: public pensions that manage trillions in workers’ savings. 🫰 Here’s our @sierraclub.org campaign year-end review of key developments & what’s next 👇 www.sierraclub.org/articles/202...

New @reclaimfinance.org report endorsed by @sierraclub.org reveals pension funds and other asset owners are failing to stop asset managers like BlackRock from supporting fossil fuel expansion.

Thank you, ‪@hickenlooper.senate.gov for being the first Senator to publicly oppose the nomination of Sell-off Steve Pearce to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management! Our public lands are not for sale.  📢 Call your Senators to urge them to vote NO on "Sell Off Steve" Pearce: 1-855-980-5638

"Gutting the (gas-mileage) program will make cars burn more gas and American families burn more cash," said  @katherinejulia.bsky.social, director of the Sierra Club’s Clean Transportation for All program.

Trump and Republicans just slashed clean energy tax credits that help families save on solar and home upgrades. ⏳ You still have limited time to claim these savings before they’re gone. Learn how you can take advantage of these tax credits before December 31, 2025! ⚡🏡 sc.org/taxcredits

Climate change threatens our economy and millions of workers' retirement security. NYC pensions can set a powerful precedent: asset managers who fail to confront climate risk should expect to lose clients to those that do better. @sierraclub.org statement ⬇️ www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...

👀 If the NYC pension boards adopt the @nyccomptroller.bsky.social recommendations and move BlackRock's $42B mandate to other asset managers, it could be one of the most consequential climate-related actions ever taken by a pension fund in the US or anywhere in the world.

The Trump administration is proposing massive entrance fee increases at national parks for non-residents in 2026. This will do nothing more than set parks up to become playgrounds for the super-rich. @altnps.bsky.social Full statement 👇

President Trump and his cabinet secretaries are enamored with coal, a dying energy source whose operating costs outweigh the revenue it generates. So who’s asking for this? Hint - it’s not the average American.

Holly Bender recently joined her daughter on a field trip to the Ice Age Trail in Wisconsin. @sierraclubwi.bsky.social   It was a perfect backdrop to hand out Every Kid Outdoors passes providing a year of free entry to national parks for 4th graders & families.

On the opening day at COP30, the United Nations’ annual climate summit, the scene was emblematic of a shifting order. With the United States absent, all eyes were on China. ✍️ 📸 Nour Ghantous

The Trump administration is moving to weaken the Endangered Species Act, possibly threatening protections for vulnerable wildlife and opening the door to habitat loss and extinction—even as broad bipartisan support for the ESA remains strong nationwide. 🔗 bit.ly/4o73iPY

This week, the House is voting on measures that would open the Arctic and other irreplaceable places to destructive oil and gas leasing. We need to speak up.

"By entering this exchange, the Trump administration is tearing up a plan they themselves designed and advancing a version that will be even more destructive to fragile landscapes and wildlife populations." - @sierraclub.org's Athan Manuel.

This week we are honoring and uplifting the courage, service and sacrifice of our military veterans — and we're especially proud of how getting outside, together, can make a difference.

This weekend, the New York Times ran a story claiming Sierra Club’s values have diluted our mission. They couldn’t be more wrong. The list of their errors is too long for one social post, but we go over some examples in these slides.

The Florida wildlife commission has approved a bear hunt despite the objections of Floridians. Even the state agency has debunked one of the primary justifications for the hunt, which is that bears will run out of habitat. Now, advocates are mounting a novel way to save the state’s bears.

In 2024, the planet crossed what many scientists consider a dangerous threshold: It warmed to about 1.55 °C above pre-industrial levels, passing the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C threshold. That same year, American utility companies largely failed to do their part to ramp down fossil fuel usage.

With the federal government shut down, states aren’t getting the funds they need to help low-income families pay rising utility bills. Power shut-offs during extreme weather can be deadly. We’re calling on utilities to keep the lights on during the shutdown. ⚡️

These migratory birds were leaving New York and never returning. Their disappearance stumped the researchers who banded them. However, their discovery led to an unlikely partnership between a coastal Brazilian community and an ornithologist in the US. ✍️ Jill Langlois 📸 Afonso Farias

“The Trump administration is weaponizing the government shutdown to gut staffing, weaken environmental protections, and normalize their ultimate goal of privatizing public lands,” writes @jackieostfeld.bsky.social in @thehill.com . thehill.com/opinion/ener...

🚨 We just launched an interactive tracker analyzing the proxy voting guidelines of major U.S. public pensions. 🔍Take a look & learn how these influential investors decide where to cast their votes on shareholder proposals at major corporations.

In March, an EPA official told a Ford executive, “Although I am recused from Ford issues, you always have a friend here.” Then, Trump banned states from setting vehicle emissions standards. In our latest FOIA request, we dive into which groups have the EPA's ear: sc.org/FOIA