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Senators Receive "Pruitt Survival Kits" at the U.S. Capitol

Clean air and water advocates are delivered “Pruitt Survival Kits” to members of the United States Senate today.

Donald Trump’s Decision to Meet with Flint's Mayor is Reminiscent of a Twilight Zone Episode

DETROIT, MI - Donald Trump announced today that he will meet with the Mayor of Flint, Michigan after pledging to cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget by historic levels.  

In response, Gail Philbin, Director of the Michigan Chapter of Sierra Club, released the following statement:

Scott Pruitt Using Cheap Tricks to Continue Promoting his Anti Clean Air and Water Agenda

According to E&E News, those working for and supporting Oklahoma Attorney General and Trump nominee to be EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, have opened a new political operation while shuttering his leadership PAC and Super PAC.

Connecticut Files Notice of Intent to Sue EPA For Failing to Answer Brunner Island Air Pollution Petition

Philadelphia, P.A.--The state of Connecticut filed a notice of intent to sue due to the Environmental Protection Agency’s failure to address a Good Neighbor Petition filed by the state in July of 2016. Both Connecticut and Delaware filed Good Neighbor petitions stating that the Brunner Island power plant, located in Pennsylvania, is interfering with the state’s ability to comply with the ozone safeguards in the Clean Air Act. Smog-causing NOx pollution from this plant has not only been contaminating Pennsylvania’s air, but also Connecticut’s and Delaware’s.

Sierra Club: Where Do Chesapeake Bay Area Senators Stand on Cuts to EPA That Threaten Their Clean Water?

WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, new findings revealed the Environmental Protection Agency programs that will be most affected by the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts, including a 93% budget cut for the Chesapeake Bay Restoration, which works with federal and state agencies, nonprofits, and academic institutions in six states to restore the watershed area.

Sierra Club: Pruitt Would Be Most Dangerous EPA Administrator in History

WASHINGTON D.C.-- Tomorrow, the U.S. Senate will vote on whether or not to approve Donald Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Sierra Club: Formerly-rejected Wehrum for EPA should be easy and obvious for Senate to throw out again

Late yesterday, President Trump announced his nomination of Bill Wehrum, a lobbyist and former George W. Bush-era EPA official, to lead the EPA's air and radiation office. Wehrum was nominated for this position once before, in 2006, and rejected by the Senate.

Pruitt Eliminates Climate Adaptation and Threatens Recovery Efforts Amid Two Massive Hurricanes

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey’s devastation along the Gulf Coast and Hurricane Irma’s havoc in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean and pending threats in Florida, Scott Pruitt has eliminated the EPA’s climate adaptation office, according to a spokesperson and as reported by Politico Pro.