Brian Willis is the deputy press secretary for federal affairs for the Sierra Club.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – October 11, 2017 – One day after the Trump Administration formally announced its plans to rescind the Clean Power Plan, the Obama Administration's climate change policy that has…
Washington, D.C. - A leaked draft of the Trump Administration’s proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan is now being reported on by numerous outlets, while Politico reports EPA Administrator…
Phoenix, AZ - Donald Trump’s EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, was in Arizona today to speak about his efforts to roll back the historic Clean Power Plan (CPP) - the United States’ first direct effort…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Scott Pruitt, flouted a significant legal deadline yesterday, declining to implement new, stronger clean air…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump’s Secretary of Energy, Rick Perry, today asked FERC - an independent agency - to bail out the declining coal and nuclear industries, a move that's intended to …
WISE, Virginia - Late Wednesday, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia ruled in favor of the Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards and Sierra Club on a citizen request for…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver of expanding two massive coal mines in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin (PRB). The two mines approved for expansion (the…
WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, Donald Trump’s EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, granted a polluter petition to “reconsider” new clean water protections against dangerous coal ash pits near America’s…
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) projected a 28 percent increase in world energy use by 2040, predicting strong clean energy growth, but only a slight decline in…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Donald Trump’s EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, delayed deadlines for crucial clean water protections against coal sludge being dumped into America’s waterways by two…