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With Weeks Left at EPA, Andrew Wheeler Condemns Millions to Asthma Attacks, Heart Attacks, and Premature Deaths

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler finalized his decision to maintain the insufficient ground level ozone standard of 70 parts per billion, despite the…

Sierra Club Congratulates Governor Granholm on DOE Post

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On December 15, the news broke that President-Elect Joe Biden will select former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to be his Secretary of Energy.  In response, John Coequyt…

Andrew Wheeler is Attempting to Force Future EPA Administrators to Cook the Books for Polluters

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist, and soon to be former EPA Administrator, Andrew Wheeler finalized new requirements today which distort how EPA calculates the costs and benefits for its clean…

Soon To Be Former EPA Administrator Burns the American People One More Time Before Leaving

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist turned EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler ignored the recommendations of EPA scientists and public health experts today by finalizing his proposal to not correct…

With FERC Approval of PJM’s Compliance Filing on MOPR, States Are Exiting Stage Left

WASHINGTON, D.C. - FERC approved PJM’s compliance filing for the Minimum Office Price Rule (MOPR) today, moving forward with the disastrous rule that will block most new renewable energy resources…

Sierra Club Statement on Rollback of Protections Against Coal Ash

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler finalized another rollback of clean water protections, which will allow utilities to keep dumping enormous…

Sierra Club Vows to Fight Repeal of “Once In, Always In” Framework

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler finalized another rollback allowing industrial polluters to skirt the Clean Air Act to release more dangerous…

Another Month, Half Million Clean Energy Workers Out of Work, and More Inaction by Donald Trump

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Despite bipartisan demands for Donald Trump and Senate Republicans to pass a relief package providing immediate relief for families suffering -- including the hundreds of thousands…

Andrew Wheeler Finalizes Rollback of Water Toxics Rule, Putting Thousands of Communities at Risk

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, former coal lobbyist and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler finalized another rollback of key clean water protections, which had been put in…

500k People Are Out of Work Because of the Dithering Incompetence of Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The BW Research Partnership released a new analysis today that found the U.S. clean energy sector added a scant 3,195 jobs in July, after the sector lost a total of 511,075 jobs…