Gabby Kientzle (formerly Brown) is the Sierra Club's Director of Federal Communications. She is based in Washington, DC.
San Francisco, CA -- This week, Wells Fargo announced that 100 percent of its global electricity consumption for 2017 will be met with renewable energy. However, the bank continues its support for…
St. Paul, MN -- Today, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) announced that they will not reschedule a public hearing on the proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline in St. Cloud. The hearing was…
Washington, DC -- NBC News reported last night that, in addition to his questionable ties to Russia, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross also stands to personally profit from a trade agreement the Trump…
Washington, DC -- This afternoon, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on the “SECURE American Energy Act.” The bill aims to expand oil and gas drilling by rolling back federal…
Alberta, Canada -- It was reported last week that TransCanada, the Canadian company behind the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, is pushing the Alberta government to buy capacity in the proposed…
St. Paul, MN -- Today, an Administrative Law Judge issued a recommendation to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) that the Minnesota Department of Commerce (DoC)’s final environmental…
Washington, DC -- This morning, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Sierra Club in its legal challenge of the Department of Energy’s approval of exports of Liquefied Natural Gas from…
Coos Bay, OR -- Today, the Sierra Club and partner organizations filed a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) over the renewed proposal for the Jordan Cove LNG export facility…
Washington, DC -- Today, a leaked draft of the Interior Department’s five-year strategic plan for 2018-2022 showed the agency prioritizing increasing oil and gas drilling on national public lands.…
New Orleans, LA -- Today, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced plans to put up 77 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico up for oil and gas leasing. The largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in…