Washington, DC -- Today, Senate Republicans passed the budget resolution, opening the door to oil drilling in the sensitive coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The resolution…
Washington, DC -- Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has made headlines this week for all the wrong reasons. Speaking before the National Petroleum Council, on Monday, Zinke claimed that nearly one…
Washington, DC -- EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s taxpayer-covered tab continues to skyrocket, even surpassing embattled Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. Since taking office in January…
Washington, DC -- EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt appears to be seeking to one-up Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price as he comes under fire for racking up hundreds of thousands of…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, the Sierra Club filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) a challenge to Florida Southeast Connection’s (FSC) request for fast-track authorization to…
Washington, DC -- Yesterday, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, when speaking before the National Petroleum Council, claimed that nearly one-third of the staff at the Interior Department are “not…
Omaha, NE -- Today, the Sierra Club released a poll detailing Nebraskans’ attitudes on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and transitioning to 100 percent clean, renewable energy. The poll, conducted…
Washington, DC -- Today, the White House quickly walked back reports that Donald Trump will not pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Following his original decision to withdraw…
Houston, TX -- Today, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner named former Shell chairman and president Marvin Odum as the chief recovery officer to oversee the recovery from Hurricane Harvey.In response,…
Houston, TX -- Today, the Texas Tribune reported that Scott Pruitt’s EPA is refusing to publicly share the pollutant levels throughout the region affected by Hurricane Harvey while his agency…