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Scott Pruitt is Out of Excuses: It’s Time He Paid the Price

Washington, DC -- Scott Pruitt’s excuses for spending more than $100,000 in tax dollars on his own luxury flights are falling apart -- and he’s only making things worse for himself. Amid mounting…

Sierra Club Statement on Scott Pruitt's Abuse of Taxpayer Funds

Washington, DC -- On Sunday, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt was exposed for flying first class on the taxpayers’ dime -- even spending more than $1,600 on a flight from Washington…

ICYMI: Scott Pruitt Has Spent More Than $100,000 on Private and First Class Travel

Washington, DC -- On Sunday, the Washington Post reported that, even after he was discovered and publicly admonished for taking private plane travel, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has repeatedly…

Sierra Club and Gulf Restoration Network Announce Legal Challenge To EPA Over Failure To Comply With Endangered Species Act in the Renewable Fuel Standard

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Sierra Club and the Gulf Restoration Network filed a lawsuit in D.C. Circuit Court challenging the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to consult with wildlife…

Sierra Club Launches Ads Calling on Utilities to Protect Public Lands

Oakland, CA -- The Sierra Club has launched a campaign encouraging people to call on their utilities to reject dirty fuels that may be mined in Grand Staircase Escalante and Bears Ears national…

Carper, Senate Democrats Reject Dangerous Trump Nominee

Washington, DC -- Today, the Washington Post reported  that Donald Trump’s nominee for the Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Hartnett White, has withdrawn her name for consideration.…

Zinke Seeks to Roll Back Protections for Public Lands

Washington, DC -- Late yesterday, the Department of the Interior announced that it is attempting to significantly limit legally mandated environmental reviews of fossil fuel operations on public…

Privatization and Elimination of Oversight Further Silences Puerto Ricans Voices

San Juan, Puerto Rico -- More than four months after Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck Puerto Rico, the island is continuing to try and recover. As it does, significant questions have been raised…

Trump Administration Finally Admits It

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, at the West Virginia Mining Symposium, S&P Global reported that a Department of Energy official told the crowd that "I'm not a researcher, I'm not a scientist, I'm an…

CORRECTION: Tallgrass Seneca Lateral Supply Connector Explodes

Noble County, OH -- Early this morning, the Tallgrass Seneca Lateral pipeline exploded. There were no injuries or deaths as a result of the pipeline, and five fire station crews were able to…