July 5, 2018
Today, President Donald Trump tweeted that he accepted scandal plagued EPA administrator Scott Pruitt’s resignation.
Press Releases
July 5, 2018
New reporting from POLITICO found that Utah Governor Gary Herbert copied talking points provided by an oil and gas industry lobbyist nearly verbatim in a letter sent to the EPA requesting an exemption from safeguards that control the amount of life-threatening smog pollution in local air.
July 5, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, dozens of organizations, including Sierra Club, sent a letter to Senators urging them to oppose Ronald Mortenson’s nomination for Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (RPM). Mortensen’s extremist, anti-immigrant views and his lack of any relevant experience should disqualify him from overseeing U.S.
July 3, 2018
Today, the coalition of clean water advocates that forced a halt of construction activities for the Mountain Valley Pipeline in West Virginia has formally requested the same for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
July 3, 2018
Today, Politico reported that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt placed Elizabeth Beacham White, the former treasurer of Pruitt's political action committee, in charge of an office that has been slow to release his most sensitive documents.
July 3, 2018
Neither the builders of the fracked gas Sabal Trail Pipeline nor the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will ask the Supreme Court to review a landmark ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from last year.
July 3, 2018
Saint Paul, Minnesota -- Today, Administrative Law Judge Jeanne Cochran recommended that the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MNPUC) deny Minnesota Power’s petition to co-own a natural gas power plant in Superior, Wisconsin because Minnesota Power failed to show that the proposed plant would be in the public interest.
July 3, 2018
Yesterday, reporting by CNN, Washington Post, and the New York Times shows more corruption, and possible law breaking, from EPA administrator Scott Pruitt. Trump Administration whistleblowers indicate that Pruitt and his aides kept "secret" calendars and schedules, routinely “scrubbing them” to hide controversial meetings and calls with representatives of corporate polluters and disgraced figures like Cardinal George Pell.
July 2, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C -- Sen. Barrasso today introduced a bill that would unravel the Endangered Species Act by weakening the reliance on sound science, giving authority over wildlife decisions to often hostile state management, and stripping the ability of the public to hold agencies accountable when they fail to act.
In response, Jordan Giaconia, Sierra Club federal policy associate, issued the following statement.