Brian Willis is the deputy press secretary for federal affairs for the Sierra Club.
Aug 14 2019
To View Lawsuit, Click Here WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Sierra Club and a coalition of environmental allies launched a lawsuit today challenging former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s…
Aug 1 2019
WASHINGTON, DC - Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler revealed his plan today for significantly weakening air quality protections in the Clean Air Act New Source Review (NSR)…
Jun 19 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the midst of intense public pressure for action on the climate crisis, former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler did the opposite today by finalizing the Trump…
May 23 2019
Ohio Clean Air Program” anything but clean Columbus, OH-- Earlier today, state legislators passed House Bill 6 out of the Ohio House Energy and Natural Resources Committee. HB6 repeals Ohio’s clean…
May 22 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, media outlets reported that former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler sent a memo to several EPA offices, directing them to change how they calculate…
May 20 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Clean air experts sounded the alarm today as the New York Times reported that former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler plans to abandon peer-reviewed science in…
May 9 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign reached two major milestones this week with the announced retirements of the CD McIntosh coal plant in Lakeland, Florida and the Utah Power…
Apr 29 2019
Washington, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler delivered his draft plan today to the federal register to reopen the Startup, Shutdown, Malfunction (SSM) loopholes in…
Apr 17 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sierra Club will submit approximately 70,000 comments from around the United States to the EPA today demanding former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler not move…
Apr 9 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Matt Cartwright (D-PA) and Hal Rogers (R-KY) introduced the bipartisan RECLAIM Act today in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation will provide $1 billion…