Gabby Kientzle (formerly Brown) is the Sierra Club's Director of Federal Communications. She is based in Washington, DC.
Jun 4 2023
Lake Charles, LA — Over the weekend, residents of Southwest Louisiana experienced three industrial emergencies. A fire, reportedly caused by a lightning strike, burned from yesterday afternoon until…
Jun 1 2023
Last night, the House of Representatives voted in favor of a debt ceiling deal that would expedite the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline, despite significant public opposition to the project and…
May 26 2023
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the DC Circuit granted environmental and community groups a partial victory in a case challenging several orders by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission related to the…
May 10 2023
Washington, DC – This morning, the White House released a set of legislative priorities designed to accelerate federal permitting and environmental reviews for infrastructure projects. Priorities…
Apr 26 2023
Washington, DC – As House Republicans prepare to bring their extreme polluter wishlist to the floor in exchange for raising the debt ceiling and averting financial crisis, they’ve reportedly made…
Apr 17 2023
Washington, DC – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans are reportedly planning to demand massive cuts to investments in environmental justice, climate, and other critical programs as…
Apr 14 2023
ANCHORAGE – Today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it would grant approval for the exports from the proposed Alaska LNG project, a $38.7 billion fossil-fuel infrastructure plan to export…
Apr 12 2023
** READ THE LETTER ** Washington, D.C. — Today, 116 climate and environmental justice groups sent a letter to the Biden Administration ahead of this week’s G7 meeting of climate change and…
Oct 5 2022
Today, the leaders of the OPEC+ energy cartel agreed to coordinated production cuts in an effort to raise oil and gas prices. In response, Sierra Club Senior Director of Energy Campaigns Kelly…
Sep 27 2022
Washington, DC – Senators Manchin and Schumer have announced that Manchin’s proposed provisions to gut federal permitting requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) have been…