Gabby Kientzle (formerly Brown) is the Sierra Club's Director of Federal Communications. She is based in Washington, DC.
May 12 2022
When JPMorgan Chase faces its shareholders this Tuesday, the bank will face votes on two key shareholder resolutions pushing the bank to clean up its act on climate. The first proposal asks the bank…
May 12 2022
Washington, DC – The Biden administration’s Department of the Interior announced last night that it will not hold three planned lease sales for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and off the…
May 10 2022
This afternoon, the US Army Corps of Engineers will hold the first of six virtual public meetings to hear testimony on its review of Nationwide Permit 12, a blanket permit which allows fossil fuel…
May 4 2022
Today, Wells Fargo announced new 2030 targets to reach its commitment to net-zero financed emissions by 2050. The plan includes a commitment to reduce absolute financed emissions from the oil and gas…
Apr 26 2022
This morning, shareholders at Citi, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo voted 12.8%, 11%, and 11%, respectively, in support of groundbreaking resolutions pushing the banks to end their support for new…
Apr 21 2022
As big banks are gearing up for their annual shareholder meetings, they are facing unprecedented pressure on climate change. For the first time, the six biggest US banks – Bank of America, Wells…
Apr 21 2022
Washington, DC – Today, the EPA released a draft technical white paper on measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from gas-fired power plants. Despite the clear scientific consensus that, in…
Apr 20 2022
Today, in an open letter to Vanguard CEO Tim Buckley, over 100 organizations representing over 6 million people called on the world’s second-largest asset manager to enact the visionary financial…
Apr 19 2022
Washington, DC -- Today, the White House Council on Environmental Quality released Phase 1 of new regulations that restore the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and undo a Trump administration…
Apr 13 2022
Today, Bank of America announced new 2030 targets to reach its commitment to net-zero financed emissions by 2050. The interim targets set goals to reduce the emissions intensity from its auto…