Lauren Lantry is deputy press secretary for the Sierra Club's Resist campaign.
Feb 6 2019
A recent Washington Post opinion piece connects dots between disgraced former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Andrew Wheeler’s intimidation tactics with the media. Last Friday, after Acting EPA…
Feb 5 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Tonight, following the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Donald Trump delivered his second State of the Union speech. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director…
Feb 5 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted to advance the nomination of Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler to be EPA…
Feb 4 2019
Tomorrow, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will vote on advancing acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s nomination. On top of being cozy with polluters and rolling back our…
Feb 4 2019
Tomorrow, the Senate Energy and Public Works Committee will vote on advancing Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s nomination to the full Senate. But putting a coal lobbyist like Andrew Wheeler…
Feb 4 2019
A recent Sierra Club FOIA request of Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s emails and calendars show’s he is all too friendly with the industries he is supposed to be regulating. Here is a…
Jan 31 2019
This week, Politico reported that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler will not consider federal limits on per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals that are…
Jan 31 2019
Today, the Huffington Post reported that Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s old lobbying firm, Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting, was fired by Murray Energy shortly after Trump announced his…
Jan 29 2019
The Trump shutdown may be (temporarily) over, but the damage done to our communities, our national parks, and our environment will be felt for centuries. According to the Congressional Budget Office…
Jan 29 2019
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency released their 2018 year in review report. While this year’s report featured far fewer pictures of disgraced EPA administrator Scott Pruitt (0) than the…