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.
Today, President Trump issued a freeze on all new grants and contracts awarded to states through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This decision will cut off financial support for states wanting to clean up air and water pollution. Jobs in the west could also take a hit as grants and contracts given to communities for clean up efforts create thousands of remediation jobs in the region.
Austin, TX - Donald Trump signed an executive order today to begin the process of repealing several Obama-era executive actions tackling the climate crisis and protecting clean air and water. Trump’s order includes steps to begin the process of dismantling the Clean Power Plan and attacks on the Clean Air Act.
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.
Today, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued a decision holding Ameren Missouri liable for violations of the Clean Air Act at its Rush Island coal plant in Jefferson County, Missouri.
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Contact:
Melissa Williams, melissa.williams@sierraclub.org
Sean Sarah, sean.sarah@sierraclub.org
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The Sierra Club has launched an ad campaign in the Carolinas and Indiana, calling out Duke Energy for shutting people out of its annual shareholder meeting by hosting it online only.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.— Duke Energy Progress today filed a request to raise customers’ rates, in large part to pay cleanup and storage costs for the utility’s coal ash waste.
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump fired off a series of tweets complaining about government funding, when in reality, it is his budget that included cuts for the programs mentioned, and it’s his allies in Congress that have the ability to either shut down the government or keep the lights on.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
Somerset, MA -- The Brayton Point Power Station, Massachusetts’ last operating coal-fired power plant, ended operations today. The 1,500 megawatt power plant, once the largest in the region, had been in operation for 50 years. The retirement was announced in 2013 and was the 150th coal-fired power plant across the country to announce retirement since 2010.
In response to today’s announcement Emily Norton, Chapter Director for the Massachusetts Chapter of the Sierra Club, stated:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the D.C.
Columbus – Last week, Republican Rep. Rick Carfagna introduced House Bill 239 and Republican Senators Peterson and Terhar introduced Senate Bill 155 which are designed to require Ohio’s electricity customers to pay higher electric bills for decades to keep two money-losing coal-burning plants operating. Those coal-burning power plants, Kyger Creek in Ohio and Clifty Creek in Indiana, were built in the 1950s, can’t compete in today’s energy market, and are jointly-owned by AEP, FirstEnergy, DP&L, and Duke.