Press Releases

February 20, 2017

 

WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, in his introductory remarks to EPA employees, lifelong EPA opponent and new EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt quoted Sierra Club Founder John Muir.

 

In response, Michael Brune, Sierra Club’s Executive Director, released the following statement:


“John Muir is rolling over in his grave at the notion of someone as toxic to the environment as Scott Pruitt taking over the EPA.”

February 16, 2017

KNOXVILLE, TENN. Today, the U.S. Senate voted to approve Donald Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

 

In response, Scott Banbury, Conservation Coordinator for the Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club, released the following statement:

 

February 16, 2017

LITTLE ROCK.-- Today, the U.S. Senate voted to approve Donald Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

 

In response, Glen Hooks, Arkansas Sierra Club’s Director, released the following statement:

 

February 16, 2017

WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, the U.S. Senate voted to approve Donald Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

 

In response, Sierra Club’s Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:

 

February 15, 2017

Oklahoma City, OK -- Today, Judge Aletia Haynes Timmons of the Seventh District Court of Oklahoma ruled that Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, must disclose as many as 3,000 documents, which may contain correspondence between Pruitt and the fossil fuel industry.

In response, Sierra Club Legislative Director Melinda Pierce released the following statement:

February 15, 2017

Oakland, Calif. - Today Earthjustice, representing San Francisco Baykeeper and the Sierra Club, filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit from Oakland Bulk & Oversized Terminal, LLC, owned by private developer Phil Tagami, challenging Oakland’s ban on handling and storage of coal in Oakland.

February 15, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Donald Trump signed into law a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that scrapped the Stream Protection Rule (SPR) and put the health of thousands of Americans living near coal mining sites at serious risk.

February 15, 2017

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Alaska National Wildlife Refuges Rule. Voiding the rule undermines the management of public lands in Alaska, including not only national wildlife refuge lands, but also national park lands in Denali and other places.

February 15, 2017

St. Louis, MO -- Today, Sierra Club was granted conditional approval to become a formal party to a Clean Air Act lawsuit against Ameren’s Rush Island coal plant. A 2011 lawsuit led by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may be in jeopardy in light of Trump’s election, last week’s appointment of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and this week’s potential appointment of Scott Pruitt as head of the EPA.

February 15, 2017

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.