Caleb Heeringa is the deputy press secretary covering the Pacific Northwest / Mountain West for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.
Apr 29 2020
Today, more than 60 environmental, labor and social justice groups are calling for Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to extend the moratorium preventing public and private utilities from shutting off…
Feb 20 2020
Today, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) asked the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) for permission to sell its 25% ownership stake in Colstrip Unit 4 to NorthWestern Energy, a…
Feb 5 2020
Today, NorthWestern Energy asked the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) for pre-approval to buy an additional 25% stake in Colstrip Unit 4 from Puget Sound Energy (PSE), potentially locking its…
Dec 10 2019
Today Puget Sound Energy (PSE) announced that they would be selling their stake in Colstrip Unit 4 to Montana-based NorthWestern Energy, which intends to run the plant into the 2040s. The sale is…
Nov 21 2019
Avista Utilities would commit at least $3 million to assist in economic transition for the community of Colstrip and would no longer support investments that would extend the life of the plant past…
Dec 13 2018
Montana judge hears oral arguments in appeal of federal government’s halt of coal leasing review GREAT FALLS - Today the Sierra Club and environmental allies argued in U.S. District Court that the…
May 8 2018
BELLINGHAM, WA - On Monday, May 7, 2018, Bellingham, Washington adopted a resolution stating its ambition to transition to 100 percent clean and renewable energy. When the city completes the planning…
May 8 2018
Washington State's Utilities and Transportation Commission had some strong words for Puget Sound Energy over their continued use of the Colstrip coal plant in Eastern Montana - the largest source of…
Mar 27 2018
Today the Sierra Club joined a settlement filed with the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission in the proposed merger between Canadian utility Hydro One and American utility Avista…
Dec 15 2017
Puget Sound Energy, Washington State's largest utility, today committed to reducing it's climate pollution by 50 percent by 2040, an unambitious target that leaves the state well short of its climate…