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Sierra Club Welcomes New Federal Funding for TVA to Enhance Reliability, Affordability with New Transmission Infrastructure

Knoxville, Tennessee – Today, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and ten local power companies were announced as recipients of $250 million in federal funding from the Department of Energy’s…

Supreme Court Sides with EPA, Environmental and Health Groups in Carbon Emission Standards Case

Washington, D.C. – Today, the United States Supreme Court denied a request by big polluters to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) carbon emission standards for power plants from taking…

Court order stops construction of TVA’s Cumberland Pipeline

Nashville, Tennessee — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has paused two essential water permits for the proposed Cumberland Gas Pipeline, which would cut through parts of Dickson,…

Lawsuit challenges TVA plan to build methane gas plant at site of massive Kingston industrial spill

Kingston, Tennessee — The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority today for…

Utilities Only Planning Enough Clean Energy to Replace Half of Fossil Fuel Generation by 2035, New Sierra Club Report Finds

Washington, D.C. -- The 50 utility companies in the U.S. most invested in fossil fuels are planning to replace just half of their existing fossil fuel generation with clean energy by 2035,…

Supreme Court Sides with EPA, Environmental and Health Groups, Upholds Air Pollution Standards

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected large corporations and big polluters’ request to halt the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) updated Mercury and…

PJM Capacity Auction Flaws Spiked Prices By Billions for Customers

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Sierra Club, Earthjustice, and other environmental and consumer organizations filed a complaint to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) over PJM…

Conservation groups defend in court the ability of citizens to report problems with coal mines to federal authorities

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, a federal judge approved a motion by conservation groups to join in the defense of a Biden administration rule that makes it easier for individuals and community…

ADVISORY: ‘Rally for the Valley’ in Nashville to Demand TVA Stop Building Gas Plants

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On Saturday, September 21, people from across the Tennessee Valley will gather in Nashville’s Centennial Park to “Rally for the Valley” ahead of the release of the Tennessee…

Biden Administration Approves Tenth Offshore Wind Project Off Coast of Maryland

Maryland – Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a Record of Decision on US Wind’s Construction and Operations Plan for an offshore wind project in Maryland, marking the Biden…