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Westmoreland Files for Bankruptcy, Sierra Club Demands It Treat Workers with Respect, Meet Environmental Obligations

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Westmoreland Coal Company announced it will enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy today, following a recent trend in coal company bankruptcies caused by American energy consumers' increasing…

Trump Officially Nominates McNamee to FERC, Lighting Fuse to Confrontation Over Coal Bailouts

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump formally nominated his initial coal bailout architect, Bernard McNamee, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today in order to fill the seat of resigning…

Hundreds Stand Up Against Trump’s Dirty Power Plan at Chicago Hearing

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  Administrator Andrew Wheeler is holding the nation’s only hearing for public comment in Chicago today on…

Wheeler and Wehrum’s Pro-Mercury Proposal Poses Direct Threat to Kids’ Health and Transparent Appeal to Old Coal Clients

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The New York Times reported late yesterday that former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Andrew Wheeler, has finalized his proposal to…

Running Scared, Trump Admin. to Hold Only One Public Hearing For Clean Power Plan Rollback

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced today that he will only hold one public hearing for his plan to rollback the…

Sierra Club Statement on Steven Gardner Withdrawing Nomination to Direct OSMRE

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Media outlets reported today that Steven Gardner, a coal industry insider beholden to polluters, has withdrawn his nomination to Direct the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and…

EPA Inspector General Report Slams Pruitt’s Spending

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, a report from the EPA’s Inspector General found that former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt did not have the justification or authority to approve the exponential increases…

With Coal Plant Retirements, FirstEnergy Solutions Should Concentrate on Treating Workers with Respect - Not Asking Trump for A Bailout

WASHINGTON, D.C. - FirstEnergy Solutions notified PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) today that it plans to deactivate two uneconomic coal plants unless the Trump Administration forces taxpayers and…

Trump’s EPA Admin. to Reconsider Whether It’s OK for Coal Plants to Poison Pregnant Women and Young Children

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Trump administration and former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler, officially announced today that they are…

Trump Releases Unlawful Dirty Power Plan, Rolling Back Life-Saving Pollution Limits

Trump and Wheeler Gut Clean Air Safeguards to Appease Fossil Fuel Billionaires As Economy Continues to Move Away from CoalWASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental…