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State House Votes To Block Pennsylvania from Joining RGGI As Governor Wolf Pledges To Veto Attack On Climate Initiative

Harrisburg, PA — Today, the Pennsylvania House passed SCRRR1 disapproving of a regulation enabling Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). The bill now heads to Governor…

Advocates Confident Danskammer Permit Denial will be upheld by New York State

New York — Earlier this month, Danskammer Energy, LLC filed a request for an adjudicatory hearing on the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)’s denial of their Title V Air Permit. Despite…

Treasurer Goldberg Asks Massachusetts State Pension Fund To Update Policy To Vote Against Directors at High-Polluting Portfolio Companies

Boston — Today, Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg announced new draft rules that would allow the state pension fund to vote against directors at companies that are not aligned with the…

Advocates Oppose Petition to Subsidize Fossil Fuels & Undermine Definition of ‘Zero-Emission’

New York — Today 25 environmental and environmental justice groups filed a response pushing back against a petition by the Independent Power Producers of New York (IPPNY) that seeks to classify…

Richmond City Council and Levin Terminal Reach Monumental Settlement to Phase Out Handling of Coal and Petcoke in the City By 2026

Richmond, CA — Today, the Richmond City Council reached a monumental settlement with the Levin-Richmond Terminal Corporation to phase out the storage of coal and petcoke in the city by the end of…

Maine’s ballot vote against NECEC is a Big Win for Commonwealth

Boston, MA — Voters in a statewide ballot in Maine last week rejected a proposed transmission line that would cut through Maine forests and prop up expensive, unjust, and ecologically destructive…

ISO-NE REQUESTS TERMINATION OF KILLINGLY CONTRACT

Hartford, CT -- Yesterday, ISO-NE sent a letter to FERC requesting to terminate its contract with NTE Connecticut, LLC the developer of the proposed 650 megawatt fossil fuel power plant in Killingly…

Sierra Club to Rep. Rice: Support Immediate Passage of Build Back Better

New York, NY -- The Sierra Club urges Rep. Kathleen Rice to endorse immediate passage of the Build Back Better Act, a transformational bill that includes the vast majority of President Biden’s…

Sierra Club Praises EPA Ozone Announcement

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The EPA announced today that it will reconsider the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone (smog pollution). Under the previous administration, EPA declined to…

State Senate Attempts to Block Pennsylvania from Joining RGGI As Governor Wolf Pledges To Defend Climate Initiative

Harrisburg, PA — Today, the Pennsylvania Senate passed SCRRR1 disapproving of a regulation enabling Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Under the Regulatory Review Act…