Gabby Kientzle (formerly Brown) is the Sierra Club's Director of Federal Communications. She is based in Washington, DC.
Tacoma, WA -- Advocates for a Cleaner Tacoma filed a lawsuit today challenging the Washington State Department of Ecology’s issuance of a key permit for Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) proposed fracked…
Great Falls, MT— Conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ illegal approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to be constructed through…
Seattle, WA—Ignoring risks to native people, climate and the Salish Sea, the Canadian government today formally approved an expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. This decision comes after a major…
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Ten environmental groups sued the Trump administration today to challenge rollbacks of the 2016 Well Control and Blowout Preventer Rule, a safety regulation meant to prevent…
Bakersfield, CA -- Environmental and community groups gather in Bakersfield today to oppose the Trump administration’s draft plan to open more than a million acres of public land and mineral…
SAN FRANCISCO (June 6, 2019) –The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a legal challenge to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, ruling the case was no longer active due to President Trump’s…
St. Paul, Minn -- Today, Minnesotans and allied organizations with over 17,000 petition signatures from over 460 towns, cities, and municipalities across Minnesota gathered at Governor Tim Walz’s…
Washington, DC -- The Trump administration’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) released a new proposal today seeking to criminalize public protest of fossil fuel…
Brownsville, TX -- In a newly discovered presentation to shareholders, NextDecade, the company behind the controversial proposed Rio Grande LNG export terminal and Rio Bravo pipeline, revealed that…
Houston, TX -- Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who was forced to resign last year amid multiple ethics investigations, apparently believes he still has a future in government. According to the…