GOVERNOR INSLEE REJECTS MASSIVE OIL SHIPPING TERMINAL
January 29, 2018 (Olympia, WA)—Washington Governor Jay Inslee today rejected the largest oil shipping terminal proposed in North America as not in the best interests of the state and its people…
Gabby Kientzle (formerly Brown) is the Sierra Club's Director of Federal Communications. She is based in Washington, DC.
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Massachusetts Sierra Club Responds to Attorney General’s Request that Department of Public Utilities DENY Special Contract for Back Bay Pipeline
Boston, M.A. -- Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed an initial brief on Tuesday in the matter of National Grid’s request for approval of a Special Contract with luxury real estate…
Air Agency Will Conduct Climate Analysis of Proposed Tacoma LNG Facility
Seattle, WA -- Today, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency announced that, rather than beginning the public comment period on the proposed Puget Sound Energy Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility in…
ICYMI: Ryan Zinke: Not a Geologist, Definitely a Liar
Washington, DC -- Interior Secretary Zinke claims to be a geologist, but he can’t figure out how to stop digging himself deeper into a hole over his disastrous handling of the administration’s draft…
Groups Submit Briefs Laying out Case Against Line 3 Pipeline
St. Paul, MN -- Today, environmental groups, Tribes, Youth Climate Intervenors, and other stakeholders submitted their briefs on Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline to Administrative Law…
With Latest Flip-Flop on Offshore Drilling, Zinke Makes it Clear He Can’t Be Trusted
Washington, DC -- This morning, in a hearing before the House Natural Resources Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Walter Cruickshank…
Obstacles Remain for Keystone XL Pipeline
Today, Canadian pipeline company TransCanada made an attempt to claim that the Keystone XL pipeline is moving forward by announcing it has sufficient commercial support for the Keystone XL tar sands…
ICYMI: Ryan Zinke’s No Good, Very Bad Week
Washington, DC -- Once again, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is having a disastrous week. But this time it has nothing to do with his penchant for extravagant travel or his failure to be the…
Zinke Scrambles to Make it Look Like He Cares Whether States Want Offshore Drilling Or Not
Washington, DC -- In the wake of questions about the rationale behind Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s removal of Florida from draft offshore drilling plans just days after it was released, Zinke is…
Groups Challenge Approval of Fracked Oil Bayou Bridge Pipeline
Baton Rouge, LA -- Today, a coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit challenging the approval of the Bayou Bridge pipeline. The pipeline, proposed by Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), the…