Brian Willis

Brian Willis is the deputy press secretary for federal affairs for the Sierra Club.

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Press Releases

Bloomberg Announces $64 Million in New Funding to Move America Beyond Coal as Trump EPA Tries to Prop Up Dead End Fuel Source

WASHINGTON, D.C. – October 11, 2017 – One day after the Trump Administration formally announced its plans to rescind the Clean Power Plan, the Obama Administration's climate change policy that has…

Proposal to Repeal Clean Power Plan Would Threaten Thousands of Lives

Washington, D.C.  - A leaked draft of the Trump Administration’s proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan is now being reported on by numerous outlets, while Politico reports EPA Administrator…

Pruitt Travels to Arizona, Outrageously Brags About Attempts to Roll Back Clean Power Plan

Phoenix, AZ - Donald Trump’s EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, was in Arizona today to speak about his efforts to roll back the historic Clean Power Plan (CPP) - the United States’ first direct effort…

Pruitt Blatantly Ignores the Law, Again Proves He Shouldn’t Be EPA Administrator

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Scott Pruitt, flouted a significant legal deadline yesterday, declining to implement new, stronger clean air…

Polluter Shill Perry Asks Independent FERC to Prop Up Uneconomic Coal and Nuclear Plants

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump’s Secretary of Energy, Rick Perry, today asked FERC - an independent agency - to bail out the declining coal and nuclear industries, a move that's intended to â€¦

Local Public Health Activists in Wise County Hold Polluters Accountable for Dangerous Water Contamination

WISE, Virginia - Late Wednesday, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia ruled in favor of the Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards and Sierra Club on a citizen request for…

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Hands Down Landmark Ruling on Public Lands and Climate Change

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver of expanding two massive coal mines in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin (PRB). The two mines approved for expansion (the…

Pruitt Gives Another Present to Coal Executives, Targets Coal Ash Safeguards

WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, Donald Trump’s EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, granted a polluter petition to “reconsider” new clean water protections against dangerous coal ash pits near America’s…

EIA Finally Sees Reality of Coal’s Decline, but Needs a Reality Check on How Quick It’s Happening

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) projected a 28 percent increase in world energy use by 2040, predicting strong clean energy growth, but only a slight decline in…

Scott Pruitt Capitulates to Coal Again, Allows Industry to Dump Toxic Industrial Sludge Into Local Drinking Water Supplies

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Donald Trump’s EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, delayed deadlines for crucial clean water protections against coal sludge being dumped into America’s waterways by two…