Blog posts from around the country
Maine Chapter
As the lead Federal agency for the review of the project under NEPA and for CWA Section 404 permitting, USACE holds the primary responsibility to coordinate both in a predictable and transparent manner. The lack of an organized, consolidated…
New Jersey Chapter
Today, Governor Murphy signed the beach access bill into law. The public beach access law, S1074(Smith) provides for protection of public right of access to certain public trust lands. However, there were last minute amendments added to the bill…
North Star Chapter
Today, clean energy groups Sierra Club, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, and Union of Concerned Scientists appealed the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) approval to build the Nemadji Trail Energy Center gas power plant…
North Star Chapter
On May 1st, Sierra Club, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, and Union of Concerned Scientists appealed the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) approval of a plan to build a new gas power plant in Superior, Wisconsin. Minnesotans…
North Carolina Chapter
The N.C. Senate voted 27-21 today to pass Senate Bill 559, Storm Securitization/Alt. Rates, a bill that would allow Duke Energy to seek permission for up to five years of rate increases in one request to the N.C. Utilities Commission, instead of…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for May 2019. Click the title to see the news this month.
Maine Chapter
As the Corps is aware, the CMP Transmission Project is the second attempt by the state of
Massachusetts to acquire electric power from large hydropower dams in northern Canada via
transmission lines through other New England states. The first…
Virginia Chapter
Today, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed the state budget with two environmentally harmful budget items. These items target interstate climate compacts, including the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), and the Transportation Climate…