Brian Willis is the deputy press secretary for federal affairs for the Sierra Club.
ARLINGTON, VA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a public hearing yesterday to take input on “Phase 2b” of its proposed rollbacks of safeguards against coal ash pollution. The…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump seemingly broke a long-held, bipartisan norm last night by seeking to fill only one of two open seats on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Rather than…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - FERC announced a new rulemaking today that would dramatically alter how small clean energy resources are compensated under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). The…
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…
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)…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…