Brian Willis is the deputy press secretary for federal affairs for the Sierra Club.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, embattled Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt again ignored science and announced that burning trees from managed forests will be considered…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Media outlets reported earlier today that the Trump Administration is considering using the Defense Production Act - a relic of the Cold War - to force electricity customers and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump issued an executive order today ordering the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to recklessly cut short the review of clean air permits and reconsider important…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, CNN reports that a memo released by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility shows that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, embattled among numerous scandals over…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - FirstEnergy Solutions (FES) -- together with its subsidiaries FirstEnergy Generation and FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company -- announced its bankruptcy last night after years of…
Click here to view letterWASHINGTON, D.C. - The Sierra Club sent a letter to Energy Secretary Rick Perry today urging him to reject FirstEnergy Solutions’ request for him to illegally use emergency…
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, FirstEnergy Solutions (FES), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corporation, formally requested that Energy Secretary Rick Perry use an extraordinary emergency order (Section 202c of…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced today that he is severely weakening the Clean Air Act’s New Source Review (NSR) program for air pollution…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam of the Northern District of California found that Scott Pruitt had illegally delayed the Environmental Protection Agency’s designation…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday evening, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt proposed weakening vital clean water protections against toxic coal ash. His proposal clears the way for polluters, and polluter…