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Donald Trump Gives Big Coal $700 Million Handout While Americans Pay

Washington, D.C. - According to reporting, today Donald Trump is set to announce plans to give away $700 million in taxpayer grants for aging, expensive, toxic coal plants—including grants…

NEW: Sierra Club Analysis Shows Low-Income Families Bear Highest Energy Burden

Washington, D.C. - Today, Sierra Club released new analysis and interactive dashboard that shows the staggeringly high energy burden low-income households are facing across the country.…

Sierra Club and Earthjustice Argue Against Illegal Coal Plant Extensions in Court

Washington, D.C. - Today, Sierra Club and Earthjustice presented oral arguments before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in the legal challenge against the Department of Energy’s illegal…

EPA to Allow More Coal Plants Off the Hook for Toxic Waste Dumped in U.S. Waterways

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed rolling back protections that stop coal-fired power plants from dumping toxic wastewater—including arsenic, mercury,…

EPA to Allow Power Plants to Bulldoze Through Pollution Protections

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would allow data centers, power plants, and industrial facilities to begin construction on “non-emitting” components before…

NEW: Sierra Club Tool Shows Deadly Impact of Coal on Public Health Across the Country

Washington, D.C. - Today, Sierra Club released a new web tool that shows that every year, approximately 6,500 Americans die prematurely from illnesses linked to coal air pollution. The…

WIN: Judge Blocks Trump’s Efforts to Kneecap Renewables

Boston - Today, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in favor of renewable energy developers, temporarily blocking a number of the Trump…

Trump to Give Coal Industry More Handouts While Americans Pay

Washington, D.C. - Donald Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act to give the coal industry access to potentially hundreds of millions of dollars, even as the industry has been in…

Donald Trump Guts Public Health Protection to Bolster Big Coal

Washington, D.C. - Today, Donald Trump’s administration took direct aim at the health and lives of hundreds of American communities, announcing plans to gut critical protections against …

Coalition Sues Trump EPA Over Illegal Repeal of Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of public health, environmental, and community advocates filed a lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration's repeal of standards that limit brain-…