Brian Willis is the deputy press secretary for federal affairs for the Sierra Club.
COLUMBUS, OH - Today, the Sierra Club and Ohio Environmental Council formally requested that the federal Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement take immediate action to address…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and District of Maryland handed down separate decisions holding EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - E&E News reported yesterday that last year, coal executive Bob Murray presented Trump administration officials with six draft executive orders focused on ending clean air and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Scandal ridden EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt released advanced notice of proposed rulemaking today. This step is in an effort to change how the EPA calculates the costs and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bloomberg reported late yesterday that the Trump Administration is considering an order that would force grid operators across the country to buy electricity from failing coal and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt designated 51 areas in the United States as out of compliance with the new, stronger smog pollution…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Contura Energy Inc. and Alpha Natural Resources Inc. announced today that the two coal mining companies have reached a “definitive merger agreement” that will re-merge the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Contura Energy Inc. and Alpha Natural Resources Inc. announced today that the two coal mining companies have reached a “definitive merger agreement” that will re-merge the…
Comment Period for Scott Pruitt’s Proposal to Rollback EPA Protections Against Toxic Coal Ash Ends TodayWASHINGTON, D.C. - Sierra Club and clean water coalition partners submitted 56,703 comments…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sierra Club and its allies submitted more than 115 thousand comments today demanding scandal ridden EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt leave the Clean Power Plan in place. The Clean…