Oklahoma City, OK -- Today, Judge Aletia Haynes Timmons of the Seventh District Court of Oklahoma ruled that Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, must disclose as many as 3,000 documents, which may contain correspondence between Pruitt and the fossil fuel industry.
In response, Sierra Club Legislative Director Melinda Pierce released the following statement:
Oakland, Calif. - Today Earthjustice, representing San Francisco Baykeeper and the Sierra Club, filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit from Oakland Bulk & Oversized Terminal, LLC, owned by private developer Phil Tagami, challenging Oakland’s ban on handling and storage of coal in Oakland.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Donald Trump signed into law a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that scrapped the Stream Protection Rule (SPR) and put the health of thousands of Americans living near coal mining sites at serious risk.
The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Alaska National Wildlife Refuges Rule. Voiding the rule undermines the management of public lands in Alaska, including not only national wildlife refuge lands, but also national park lands in Denali and other places.
St. Louis, MO -- Today, Sierra Club was granted conditional approval to become a formal party to a Clean Air Act lawsuit against Ameren’s Rush Island coal plant. A 2011 lawsuit led by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may be in jeopardy in light of Trump’s election, last week’s appointment of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and this week’s potential appointment of Scott Pruitt as head of the EPA.
WASHINGTON D.C.-- Tomorrow, the U.S. Senate will vote on whether or not to approve Donald Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
ATLANTA, GA.— Today, the Environmental Protection Division released a new draft discharge permit for Plant Hammond, the coal-burning power plant located in Rome.
WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, Senator Susan Collins (ME) announced her decision to oppose Donald Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump’s radically unfit nominee to run the Department of Labor is reportedly withdrawing from consideration after it became clear he could not be confirmed by the Senate.
Rep. Mick Mulvaney is being considered to serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The Sierra Club has opposed this nomination.