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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…

Sierra Club Unveils Billboard Calling for Clean IRP

Cookeville, TN - Today, the Sierra Club unveiled two billboards in Cookeville calling on the Tennessee Valley Authority to finalize a long-term energy plan that prioritizes clean air and lower…

Trump Halts Offshore Wind Project, Fires Thousands of Americans

Washington, D.C. - The Trump Administration has demanded a halt to all construction on the Empire Wind Project, an offshore wind project off the coast of New York. The project, once…

TVA Proactively Sought Exemptions from Pollution Safeguards

Knoxville, TN - Four plants in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s fleet—Shawnee, Gallatin, Cumberland, and Kingston—have received presidential exemptions from the Trump Administration,…

Trump Hands Out Free Pass for Big Coal, Americans Pay the Price

Washington, D.C. - Trump’s Administration exempted 68 coal-fired power plants from lifesaving safeguards that curb emissions of mercury and air toxics and protect Americans from the deadly…

HISTORIC: Fossil Fuels Produce Less than Half of US Electricity

Washington, D.C. - Today, a new study by Ember reported that for the first time in history, fossil fuels produced less than half of the U.S. total energy generation for a month. In March, fossil…