Gabby Kientzle (formerly Brown) is the Sierra Club's Director of Federal Communications. She is based in Washington, DC.
Sep 21 2022
Washington, DC – This afternoon, Senator Joe Manchin released the text of legislation that would overhaul federal permitting requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the…
Sep 21 2022
Washington, DC – This afternoon, Senator Joe Manchin released the text of legislation that would overhaul federal permitting requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the…
Sep 16 2022
Washington, DC – The Department of the Interior has announced that it will reinstate leases for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The leases were invalidated by the DC District Court earlier…
Sep 15 2022
Hammond, Ind. – BP has agreed to pay $2.75 million for penalties and environmental projects to resolve a 2019 lawsuit that charged the company’s more than century-old Whiting Refinery on the shore of…
Sep 12 2022
Washington, DC – This afternoon, Senate Republicans led by West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito released legislation that would overhaul federal permitting requirements under the National…
Sep 12 2022
Washington, DC – This afternoon, Senate Republicans led by West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito released legislation that would overhaul federal permitting requirements under the National…
Aug 30 2022
Washington, D.C. — The DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the Trump administration unlawfully auctioned off millions of acres to oil companies in two 2018 Gulf of Mexico lease sales.…
Aug 24 2022
Austin, TX – Today, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced a list of financial companies whose financing practices supposedly “boycott” energy companies. The list includes companies like BlackRock,…
Aug 16 2022
WASHINGTON — As the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) closes a comment period on two proposed rules that would create a standard framework for funds classified as environmental, social, and…
Aug 2 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – Late yesterday, reports broke that drastic changes to federal permitting requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) could be included in must-pass legislation…