Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Harmful NEPA Rules
WASHINGTON (Aug. 6, 2020) – A broad coalition of justice and environmental groups sued the Trump administration today over its regulations that would gut environmental reviews and silence…
Gabby Kientzle (formerly Brown) is the Sierra Club's Director of Federal Communications. She is based in Washington, DC.
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Trump Exposes Communities to Even Greater Risk With Keystone Expansion
The Trump administration issued a new permit yesterday that would allow the Keystone pipeline -- part of the pipeline system that would include the controversial proposed Keystone XL -- to increase…
Trump to Tout Permian Fossil Fuel Development as Local Communities Face Rising Pollution
Midland, TX -- Tomorrow, Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at an oil rig in Midland, Texas. Trump is expected to tout his administration’s attacks on key environmental protections, with the goal of…
MN Legislative Auditor Finds PUC Mishandled Line 3 Public Hearing Process
St. Paul, MN -- An audit of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s public participation process, released today by the Office of the Legislative Auditor, found that the PUC mishandled public…
Kinder Morgan Spills More Drilling Fluid Along Permian Highway Pipeline Route
Gillespie County, TX -- Local landowners are reporting that Kinder Morgan has had yet another spill of drilling fluid this weekend during construction of its Permian Highway fracked gas pipeline…
Multinational Banking Giant Deutsche Bank Will Not Fund Arctic Drilling
Frankfurt, Germany -- Multinational investment bank and financial services company Deutsche Bank released an updated energy policy today that rules out funding for new oil and gas drilling or…
Morgan Stanley Will Be First Major US Bank to Track and Report its Climate Impact
New York, NY -- Today, in an announcement reported by Politico, Morgan Stanley announced it would become the first major American bank to track and report the greenhouse gas emissions from its loans…
Trump Administration Unlawfully Rescinded Protections against Methane Waste, Court Rules
San Francisco — Late yesterday, in a resounding victory for taxpayers, public health, and the environment, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California invalidated the Trump…
Trump Administration to Finalize Shameless Plan to Gut Environmental and Public Health Protections, Silence Communities
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump is expected to announce final new regulations gutting requirements for environmental reviews of fossil fuel infrastructure, logging projects, and other major…
Keystone XL Faces New Legal Challenge Over Faulty Review by BLM
Great Falls, MT -- Conservation and landowner groups filed a new lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to be constructed on federal lands…