Brian Willis is the deputy press secretary for federal affairs for the Sierra Club.
Dec 19 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) instituted a disastrous new rule today that will essentially exclude new renewable energy resources from the PJM capacity market…
Dec 4 2019
Environmental coalition comments can be found by clicking here Washington, D.C. - A wide ranging environmental coalition filed comments late yesterday against the Federal Energy Regulatory…
Nov 22 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Huffington Post reported new evidence today that the coal industry knew about the long-term, global impacts of its carbon pollution decades ago, and that the industry has…
Nov 20 2019
Trump’s Unified Agenda aims to roll back environmental safeguards by the end of 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Trump administration released its Unified Agenda, a timeline of rollbacks it is…
Nov 12 2019
Sierra Club Slams Trump’s Latest Plan to Undermine Science and Public Health WASHINGTON, D.C. - Late yesterday, the New York Times reported that former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler is preparing to…
Nov 4 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler capitulated twice to his former employers in the coal industry today by rolling back important clean water protections…
Nov 4 2019
The Sierra Club releases video advertisement and comment website against rollback WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced another rollback of a key…
Oct 3 2019
ARLINGTON, VA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a public hearing yesterday to take input on “Phase 2b” of its proposed rollbacks of safeguards against coal ash pollution. The…
Oct 1 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump seemingly broke a long-held, bipartisan norm last night by seeking to fill only one of two open seats on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Rather than…
Sep 19 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - FERC announced a new rulemaking today that would dramatically alter how small clean energy resources are compensated under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). The…