Trump Administration Reverses Ban On Empire Wind
New York, NY - The Trump Administration has reversed course and lifted its stop work order on the Empire Wind project, and the project’s parent company has announced it will resume development.…
Christine Ho (she/her) is the deputy press secretary for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign.
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Groups File Brief in Support of Lawsuit Against Ban on Wind Power
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of 10 environmental groups filed a legal brief today in support of an effort by states and industry to overturn the Trump administration’s government-wide ban on new wind…
House Republicans Advance Budget to Take Away Jobs and Raise Costs
Washington, D.C. - Today, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee advanced their partisan budget reconciliation proposal, which included drastic cuts to clean energy, clean…
House Republicans Announce Plan to Take Away Jobs and Raise Costs
Washington, D.C. - Today, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee released their draft budget reconciliation proposal, which included drastic cuts to clean energy, vehicles, and…
States Sue Trump Over Wind Energy Ban
Washington, D.C. - Attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C. are suing the Trump Administration for its actions blocking onshore and offshore wind projects.On his first day in office…
EPA Begins Repeal of Carbon, Mercury, Air Toxics Emission Standards
Washington, D.C. - The Environmental Protection Agency has begun the official process of formally repealing both its most recent update to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards and its greenhouse…
TVA Considers Postponing Retirement for Deadly Coal Plants
Chattanooga, TN - Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Don Moul announced that the country’s largest federal utility is considering delaying retirement of four coal plants in its fleet. In…
New Sierra Club Dashboard Calculates Toll of Trump EPA Rollbacks
Washington, D.C. - Today, the Sierra Club unveiled a new tool that shows the pollution toll of the Trump Administration’s planned rollbacks of the Environmental Protection Agency’s…
Tennesseans Speak Out Against Ridgeline Pipeline
Cookeville, TN - Sierra Club members and Tennessee community members spoke at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s hearing on the Ridgeline Expansion Project, and urged the…
Senate Republicans Give Free Pass to Toxic Polluters
Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Republicans voted to eliminate an Environmental Protection Agency rule that prevents sources of especially persistent and bioaccumulative air toxics from…