Gabby Kientzle (formerly Brown) is the Sierra Club's Director of Federal Communications. She is based in Washington, DC.
Harrisburg, PA -- Today, national and Pennsylvania-based environmental groups sent petitions urging the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) to adopt full-cost bonding for conventional and…
Columbus, OH -- In response to multiple meetings with Ohio residents raising concerns about the use of radioactive oil and gas waste on roads, the Ohio Department of Transportation will reportedly no…
Columbus, OH -- PTT Global Chemical America (PTTGC) has announced that a final investment decision on its massive petrochemical facility, known as an “ethane cracker,” remains delayed indefinitely…
Richmond, VA -- Today, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VADEQ) issued a draft water quality certification for the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline under section 401 of the Clean…
Washington, DC -- This afternoon, environmental justice advocates and community members will attend the annual meeting of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) to express…
Corpus Christi, TX -- Yesterday, the Port of Corpus Christi announced a plan to convert an existing facility into a hydrogen production plant. The Port claims the project will be carbon neutral, but…
Houston, TX -- Affected community members testified last night at a public hearing on TPC Group’s proposed expansion of its polluting butadiene plant in the Houston Ship Channel. TPC Group has…
Sabine Pass, LA -- Federal regulators have hit LNG operator Cheniere Energy with a $2.2 million fine over a dangerous gas leak from its Sabine Pass LNG facility in early 2018. The Pipeline and…
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency now says that Enbridge has had at least 27 spills of drilling fluid during the construction of the controversial Line 3 pipeline. Enbridge has polluted the…
Washington, DC -- In a victory for Gulf Coast communities, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled today that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) failed to conduct an…