Brian Willis is the deputy press secretary for federal affairs for the Sierra Club.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced today that American coal consumption in 2018 is expected to be at its lowest level in the past 39 years. EIA’s…
Washington, D.C. - The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee reported out the nomination of coal bailout architect Bernard McNamee for the technology neutral Federal Energy Regulatory…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bernard McNamee, a long time fossil fuel lawyer and architect of the Trump Administration’s failed coal bailout attempt, testified today before the United States’ Senate Energy and…
White paper hyperlinked here WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sierra Club released an energy transition white paper today showing utilities and electricity market stakeholders how to harness financial tools to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - PJM Interconnection LLC, America’s largest regional transmission organization, released a study today that found there was “no imminent threat” to the reliability of their…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Sierra Club submitted more than 56,000 public comments from its members and supporters opposing the Trump Administration’s Dirty Power Plan today, the deadline for the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Andrew Wheeler shamelessly took credit for the Obama Administration’s environmental achievements…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Late Friday afternoon, Bloomberg News reported that the Trump administration is covering up a report commissioned by the Department of Energy that disputes the administration’s…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee announced today that it will take up the nomination of coal bailout architect Bernard McNamee to FERC next week in a hurried…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Westmoreland Coal Company announced it will enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy today, following a recent trend in coal company bankruptcies caused by American energy consumers' increasing…