Brian Willis is the deputy press secretary for federal affairs for the Sierra Club.
Click Here for DOE FOIA Request Click Here for FERC FOIA Request WASHINGTON, D.C. - A coalition of environmental organizations filed two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests today with the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Steven Gardner, a coal industry insider beholden to polluters, to be responsible for protecting America’s land, air, and water…
New findings shows massive subsidy for coal and nuclear facilities would cause electricity customers’ bills to skyrocket, destroy energy marketplaceLink to Data SpreadsheetsWASHINGTON, D.C. - Sierra…
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…