Brian Willis is the deputy press secretary for federal affairs for the Sierra Club.
Mar 26 2019
Boise, ID - Today, Idaho Power Company announced a commitment to provide 100 percent carbon-free electricity to customers by 2045. This makes Idaho Power the first major Pacific Northwest utility to…
Mar 19 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sierra Club submitted 57,722 comments yesterday to former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler demanding that he drop his decision to try and scrap climate safeguards…
Mar 18 2019
The environmental organization has also planned a media event with coalition partners and U.S. Senator Tom Carper on the steps of EPA WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sierra Club has organized dozens of volunteers…
Feb 14 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.— The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors voted today to retire the remaining coal unit at the Paradise power plant in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and the Bull Run…
Feb 14 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Sierra Club asked the public to write climate valentines to the EPA for delivery and today it will deliver hundreds to former coal lobbyist and acting EPA Administrator Andrew…
Jan 9 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Coal bailout architect and FERC Commissioner Bernard McNamee has submitted a letter to Senate Democrats informing them of an ethics official’s advice to him on recusing himself…
Jan 8 2019
Costs of Climate Disasters Skyrocket & Emissions Leap as Temperature Records are Shattered WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As Donald Trump attempts to manufacture a crisis along the border, a series of new…
Dec 28 2018
New Proposal Would Prioritize Profits over Health Benefits WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler proposed plans to ignore the health and environmental benefits of clean…
Dec 6 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced plans today to roll back carbon pollution standards for new coal-fired…
Dec 6 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate confirmed coal bailout architect and fossil fuel proponent Bernard McNamee to the technology-neutral Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today, despite…