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Wheeler Attacks Obama Admin’s Policies, Then Ridiculously Takes Credit for Their Benefits

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Andrew Wheeler shamelessly took credit for the Obama Administration’s environmental achievements…

Trump Administration Cover Up Is Further Proof That Coal Bailouts Scheme is Unnecessary

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Late Friday afternoon, Bloomberg News reported that the Trump administration is covering up a report commissioned by the Department of Energy that disputes the administration’s…

Trump Administration’s Frantic Rush of Coal Bailout Backer McNamee a Sign of Politics Entering Into Independent FERC

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee announced today that it will take up the nomination of coal bailout architect Bernard McNamee to FERC next week in a hurried…

Westmoreland Files for Bankruptcy, Sierra Club Demands It Treat Workers with Respect, Meet Environmental Obligations

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Westmoreland Coal Company announced it will enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy today, following a recent trend in coal company bankruptcies caused by American energy consumers' increasing…

Trump Officially Nominates McNamee to FERC, Lighting Fuse to Confrontation Over Coal Bailouts

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump formally nominated his initial coal bailout architect, Bernard McNamee, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today in order to fill the seat of resigning…

Hundreds Stand Up Against Trump’s Dirty Power Plan at Chicago Hearing

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  Administrator Andrew Wheeler is holding the nation’s only hearing for public comment in Chicago today on…

Wheeler and Wehrum’s Pro-Mercury Proposal Poses Direct Threat to Kids’ Health and Transparent Appeal to Old Coal Clients

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The New York Times reported late yesterday that former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Andrew Wheeler, has finalized his proposal to…

Running Scared, Trump Admin. to Hold Only One Public Hearing For Clean Power Plan Rollback

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced today that he will only hold one public hearing for his plan to rollback the…

Sierra Club Statement on Steven Gardner Withdrawing Nomination to Direct OSMRE

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Media outlets reported today that Steven Gardner, a coal industry insider beholden to polluters, has withdrawn his nomination to Direct the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and…

EPA Inspector General Report Slams Pruitt’s Spending

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, a report from the EPA’s Inspector General found that former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt did not have the justification or authority to approve the exponential increases…