Gabby Kientzle (formerly Brown) is the Sierra Club's Director of Federal Communications. She is based in Washington, DC.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly taken unprecedented action on behalf of an oil company by blocking a shareholder resolution on climate change. Axios reported this morning…
Anchorage, AK -- Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced it will begin the process for an offshore drilling lease sale in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea.The sale would take place in 2019…
Washington, DC -- Last night, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a proposal to cancel an increase in civil penalties for automakers whose vehicles fail to meet fuel-…
Washington, DC -- One year ago, Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at exploiting our public lands for fossil fuel development and rolling back Obama-era safeguards. Included in this order…
Despite 2017 being the costliest year on record for weather disasters, the report reveals that banks increased extreme fossil fuel financing last year, led by a more than doubling in lending to tar…
Washington, DC -- Yesterday, the Department of the Interior announced that it will seek to identify more ways to speed up permitting for offshore oil and gas drilling off America's coasts.The…
New Orleans, LA -- Today, the Department of the Interior hosted what it had touted as the largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in American history, offering up all available, unleased areas…
Anchorage, AK — Conservation and Alaska Native groups have a green light to hold President Trump accountable to the rule of law. The coalition of ten groups had sued Trump in May of 2017 over…
St. Paul, MN -- Today, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) ruled that the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) on Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline will be considered…
A new report released today by Physicians for Social Responsibility and Concerned Health Professionals of New York further highlights the serious threat fracking poses to public health, noting that…