Sierra Club & Partners Sue Elon Musk, DOGE Over National Park Layoffs

March 12, 2025

The Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, OCA–Asian Pacific American Advocates and Japanese American Citizens League filed a joint lawsuit over the “unjustified mass firings of federal workers.” Campaign Legal Center is representing all four groups. Sierra Club’s Environmental Law Program is co-counsel representing the Sierra Club.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has executed mass layoffs within federal agencies that oversee national parks across the United States, including in Hawai’i, Alaska and the U.S. territories, and other federally managed public lands. The layoffs have sparked widespread protests over concerns about safety, conservation, wildfire prevention, resource management, wildlife protection, economic impact and more. RV-Pro