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Sierra Club and Allies Launch Lawsuit Against Trump’s Dirty Power Plan

To View Lawsuit, Click Here WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Sierra Club and a coalition of environmental allies launched a lawsuit today challenging former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s…

Once a Coal Lobbyist, Always a Coal Lobbyist: Wheeler Weakens Air Quality Protections Again

WASHINGTON, DC - Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler revealed his plan today for significantly weakening air quality protections in the Clean Air Act New Source Review (NSR)…

Thousands of Deaths Per Year, Billions of Dollars Lost: Trump Advances Dirty Power Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the midst of intense public pressure for action on the climate crisis, former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler did the opposite today by finalizing the Trump…

Ohio Nuclear Bailout Bill Expands to Now Also Bail Out Eisenhower Era Uneconomic Coal Plants - Moves out of Committee

Ohio Clean Air Program” anything but clean Columbus, OH-- Earlier today, state legislators passed House Bill 6 out of the Ohio House Energy and Natural Resources Committee. HB6 repeals Ohio’s clean…

With Cost-Benefits Memo, Wheeler Tries to Institutionalize Allowing Polluters to Poison People

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, media outlets reported that former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler sent a memo to several EPA offices, directing them to change how they calculate…

Andrew Wheeler is Trying to Hide 1,400 Deaths a Year to Help His Former Coal Industry Clients

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Clean air experts sounded the alarm today as the New York Times reported that former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler plans to abandon peer-reviewed science in…

Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign Reaches Major Milestones

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign reached two major milestones this week with the announced retirements of the CD McIntosh coal plant in Lakeland, Florida and the Utah Power…

Andrew Wheeler Rips Open Loophole for Companies to Pollute Vulnerable Communities with Impunity

Washington, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler delivered his draft plan today to the federal register to reopen the Startup, Shutdown, Malfunction (SSM) loopholes in…

Sierra Club to Submit ~70,000 Comments Demanding Mercury Standards Stay in Place

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sierra Club will submit approximately 70,000 comments from around the United States to the EPA today demanding former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler not move…

Sierra Club Applauds Introduction of the RECLAIM Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Matt Cartwright (D-PA) and Hal Rogers (R-KY)  introduced the bipartisan RECLAIM Act today in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation will provide $1…