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…
Christine Ho (she/her) is the deputy press secretary for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign.
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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…
Trump to Bolster Coal with Executive Order
Washington, D.C. - According to Politico, today Donald Trump will sign executive orders in an attempt to bolster coal production in the United States. According to reporting, Donald…
Largest Polluter Plant in Northwest Requested Clean Air Act Exemptions
Washington, D.C. - The operators of Colstrip Power Plant have requested a presidential exemption from the Environmental Protection Agency’s updated Mercury and Air Toxics Standard after Trump's…