Donald Trump Gives More Passes to Big Polluters
Washington, D.C. - Last night, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency exempted more big polluters from lifesaving EPA guardrails. In his announcement, Donald Trump exempted…
Christine Ho (she/her) is the deputy press secretary for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign.
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Bipartisan Governors Pushes PJM for Better Board
Norristown, PA - Today, nine governors representing both Democratic and Republican states sent a letter to the PJM board expressing concerns about the board’s leadership and urging the…
Donald Trump Proposes Forcing Americans to Pay Big Tech’s Utility Bill
Pittsburgh, PA - Today, Donald Trump announced a $90 billion investment to boost data centers that support multibillion dollar tech companies.Just last month, the Sierra Club, Amazon Employees…
DOE Takes Step to Extend Lives of Polluting Power Plants Under False Energy Emergency
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a methodology to analyze reserve power margins across the country that systematically undercounts the contributions of clean…
EPA Places 100+ Employees on Leave for Dissenting Donald Trump
Washington, D.C. - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency placed 139 employees who signed onto a letter dissenting the Trump Administration on administrative leave. In response, Sierra…
Lee Zeldin Intends to Allow More Heavy Metals in Our Waterways
Washington, D.C. - Today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s intention to gut the Effluent Limitation Guidelines. These guardrails were recently…
Sierra Club Celebrates Removal of Bull Run Smoke Stacks
Claxton, TN - Tomorrow, two smoke stacks at the Bull Run power plant will be imploded and removed, marking the end of the coal-fired power plant. Following years of advocacy by the Sierra Club,…
Groups Challenge the Trump Administration’s Illegal Eddystone Plant Extension
HARRISBURG, PA – Public interest groups, led by NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), today legally challenged the Department of Energy’s mandate to keep the Eddystone Generating Station open…
Trump’s Intervention Leaves TVA Paralyzed Without Board Members
Knoxville, TN - Donald Trump has fired three members of TVA’s Board of Directors, leaving the Board without enough members to make critical decisions for the federal utility’s 10 million…
Ten Groups Push Back Against Trump’s Illegal Campbell Plant Extension
West Olive, MI - Today, 10 public interest groups challenged the Department of Energy’s illegal extension of the J.H. Campbell power plant past its planned expiration. On May 23, the…