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New Poll Shows Nebraskans Overwhelmingly Prefer a Clean Energy Future

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…

Trump Administration Quickly Walks Back Any Talk of Climate Progress

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…

Former Shell Oil Chairman Named Head of Harvey Recovery

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,…

Pruitt Failing to Inform Public of Unlimited Polluting He’s Permitting in Harvey-Affected Communities

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…

FERC Attempts to Move Fracked Gas Pipeline Forward Despite Faulty Reviews

Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted Williams Transco the right to begin construction on the fracked gas Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline despite a faulty water review…

ICYMI: Pruitt and Trump Seek to Close EPA Lab in Houston Crucial for Recovery

Houston, TX -- Today, the Houston Chronicle reported that Donald Trump and Scott Pruitt is set to close EPA’s Region 6 Environmental Services Laboratory. The majority of the lab’s work has been…

Three Governors Take Significant Action to Ban Fracking

WEST TRENTON, N.J. -- Today, Governors Tom Wolf (PA), Andrew Cuomo (NY), and John Carney (DE), commissioners of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), voted to direct the executive director to…

ICYMI: Florida’s U.S. Senator Bill Nelson Calls Out Climate Deniers

Washington, DC -- Late yesterday, Senator Bill Nelson of Florida called out those who continue to deny climate change despite hurricanes ravaging our coastal states and wildfires tearing through the…

EPA Pick Pruitt Set to Continue Accepting Fossil Fuel Donations

Washington, DC -- According to E&E News, the Super PAC supporting Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump’s nominee to be EPA Administrator, is set to continue operations even in the…

Sierra Club Releases Two Ads Exposing Pruitt’s Dirty History

Washington, DC -- Today, just ahead of the confirmation hearing for Donald Trump’s nominee for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Sierra Club released two hard-hitting ads revealing why…