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FERC Costs Consumers Billions, Hobbles Clean Energy Economy, to Help Coal and Fracked Gas Execs

WASHINGTON, D.C.  - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) instituted a disastrous new rule today that will essentially exclude new renewable energy resources from the PJM capacity…

Environmental Coalition Slams Pro-Monopoly PURPA Rewrite in Comments

Environmental coalition comments can be found by clicking here  Washington, D.C. - A wide ranging environmental coalition filed comments late yesterday against the Federal Energy Regulatory…

Sierra Club: ‘Coal Knew, Too’, So Stop the Climate Charade

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Huffington Post reported new evidence today that the coal industry knew about the long-term, global impacts of its carbon pollution decades ago, and that the industry has…

Trump Administration’s Deregulatory Timeline Cements Legacy As Worst US Presidential Administration for Environment

Trump’s Unified Agenda aims to roll back environmental safeguards by the end of 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Trump administration released its Unified Agenda, a timeline of rollbacks it is…

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Block Independent, Peer Reviewed Health Studies (Again)

Sierra Club Slams Trump’s Latest Plan to Undermine Science and Public Health WASHINGTON, D.C. - Late yesterday, the New York Times reported that former coal lobbyist  Andrew Wheeler is preparing…

Former Coal Lobbyist Wheeler Capitulates to His Former Employers Again on Clean Water Protections

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler capitulated twice to his former employers in the coal industry today by rolling back important clean water protections…

With Rollback, Trump Administration Unleashes Toxic Water Pollution From Coal Plants Into Drinking Water

The Sierra Club releases video advertisement and comment website against rollback WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced another rollback of a key…

EPA Hearing Inspires Outrage Over Rollback of Safeguards Against Toxic Coal Ash

ARLINGTON, VA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a public hearing yesterday to take input on “Phase 2b” of its proposed rollbacks of safeguards against coal ash pollution. The…

Trump and Senator Murkowski Must Pair a Democratic FERC Nominee with Republican Nominee

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump seemingly broke a long-held, bipartisan norm last night by seeking to fill only one of two open seats on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Rather than…

FERC Must Not Stifle Clean Energy Development and Innovation with PURPA Changes

WASHINGTON, D.C. - FERC announced a new rulemaking today that would dramatically alter how small clean energy resources are compensated under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). The…