May 9, 2018
Since the public release of the Sierra Club’s 24,000+ page EPA document dump, secured under FOIA litigation, reporters at a wide range of outlets have use the documents to expose new Pruitt scandals, malfeasance and secrecy.
Press Releases
May 8, 2018
Representatives from the Gwich’in Nation, national environmental groups, and institutional investors will host a telephonic press briefing on Monday, May 14 at 2pm ET to unveil a new effort to defend the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from destructive oil and gas drilling.
May 8, 2018
The Bellingham City Council approved a resolution that establishes its commitment to a planning process that will assess the feasibility and pathways for getting to 100 percent renewable energy by 2030.
April 19, 2018
New Orleans, LA – Several local community organizations filed a lawsuit in Orleans Parish Civil District Court today, claiming that the City Council’s Utilities Committee and the City Council violated Louisiana’s constitution and Open Meetings Law at two recent meetings related to Entergy New Orleans’ application to build a gas plant in New Orleans East.
April 9, 2018
New Orleans, LA -- Today, the Alliance for Affordable Energy, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Earthjustice, Sierra Club and 350 New Orleans filed two legal actions: an appeal of the New Orleans City Council’s approval of Entergy’s gas plant in Louisiana District Court and a petition to City Council requesting a “rehearing” to reconsider the March 8 Council decision.
May 8, 2018
Even Scott Pruitt’s closest ally, Senator Jim Inhofe, knows Scott Pruitt’s ethical quandaries are deeply unpopular. Today, in an interview with Bloomberg News, Inhofe said he believes Pruitt “might get to the point where he doesn’t want to endure anymore” scrutiny over his abuse of taxpayer dollars. Inhofe then said Pruitt “could find something else to do that would be a lot less combative."
May 8, 2018
Department of the Interior pushes anti-immigrant agenda.
May 8, 2018
After a series of backroom talks with Texas-based Dynegy, Governor Rauner’s Illinois EPA, is pushing to weaken Illinois air pollution standards in order to pad their own profits. In addition, Dynegy-Vistra is now also asking the state legislature for permission to raise rates on Central and Southern Illinois households, claiming that ratepayer-funded bailouts are needed to keep coal plants open due to the company’s financial hardship. However, the recent $20 billion merger between Dynegy and Vistra Energy tells a different story, as does a recent interview with Vistra’s CEO highlighted in Sierra Club’s video.
May 8, 2018
Washington State's Utilities and Transportation Commission had some strong words for Puget Sound Energy over their continued use of the Colstrip coal plant in Eastern Montana - the largest source of climate pollution in the Western United States.
May 8, 2018
With new information breaking daily on embattled Scott Pruitt’s countless scandals, White House staff are fed up with trying to weather the Pruitt storm. According to the New York Times, White House staff are continuing to urge Donald Trump to fire Pruitt, calling Pruitt’s scandals “a bottomless pit.”