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With Coal Plant Retirements, FirstEnergy Solutions Should Concentrate on Treating Workers with Respect - Not Asking Trump for A Bailout

WASHINGTON, D.C. - FirstEnergy Solutions notified PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) today that it plans to deactivate two uneconomic coal plants unless the Trump Administration forces taxpayers and…

Trump’s EPA Admin. to Reconsider Whether It’s OK for Coal Plants to Poison Pregnant Women and Young Children

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Trump administration and former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler, officially announced today that they are…

Trump Releases Unlawful Dirty Power Plan, Rolling Back Life-Saving Pollution Limits

Trump and Wheeler Gut Clean Air Safeguards to Appease Fossil Fuel Billionaires As Economy Continues to Move Away from CoalWASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental…

Sierra Club Launches Ad Campaign Against Trump Administration Efforts to Bail Out Dirty, Uneconomic Coal Plants

Click here to view the advertisement videoWASHINGTON, D.C. - The Sierra Club announced today that it will be launching a five-figure digital advertising campaign against the Trump Administration’s…

Court Injunction of Trump’s Clean Water Rule Delay is a Victory for Millions of Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina issued a nationwide injunction today on the Trump Administration's delay of the Clean Water Rule…

Rick Perry Embraces His Inner Hypocrite Again, Affirms His Efforts to ‘Pick Good’ on Coal Bailouts

WASHINGTON, D.C. - After a tour of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today, Department of Energy Executive Rick Perry again stated his intention to force electricity customers and…

Bernard McNamee Would Lead the Charge at FERC to Bail Out Old, Expensive Coal Plants

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Media outlets reported yesterday that the Trump Administration is planning to nominate Department of Energy official Bernard McNamee to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (…

Sierra Club and EDF Take Trump’s FOIA Failure on Coal, Nuclear Bailout Documents to Court

Link to Lawsuit Filing HereWASHINGTON, D.C. - The Sierra Club and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) sued the Department of Energy today for its failure to hand over documents as part of a series of…

Smog Pollution Standards Maintained - But Clean Air Still in Jeopardy

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced today that he would not revise or repeal the 2015 smog pollution standard that helps protect…

Sierra Club Statement on Commissioner Robert Powelson’s Resignation from FERC

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner (FERC) Robert Powelson announced his resignation to become CEO of the National Association of Water Companies.In response, Mary Anne…