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Trump EPA Plan to Put Louisiana in Charge of Toxic Coal Ash Threatens Drinking Water

Baton Rouge, LA — Today, Earthjustice, the Alliance for Affordable Energy Louisiana, and the Sierra Club urged the Trump administration to abandon its plan to put the State of Louisiana in charge of…

Sierra Club Urges Rejection of Meta Gas Plant Expansion Proposal

BATON ROUGE, La. – On Friday the Sierra Club filed testimony on Entergy’s expensive gas plant expansion proposal for the Meta Hyperion data center, urging the Louisiana Public Service Commission…

Sierra Club Urges Rejection of Meta’s Attempt to Use Minor Source Loophole

Richland Parish, Louisiana – In comments submitted today to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), Sierra Club argues that Meta’s most recent air permit revisions trigger major-…

EPA Moves to Eliminate Public From Permitting Process for Data Centers, Concrete Batch Plants

Austin, Tex. – On Tuesday the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency proposed cutting the public out of air pollution permits for “minor sources,” which include the large diesel…

Sierra Club: Gov. Landry’s Data Center Order is Too Little, Too Late

Baton Rouge – After spending years as one of the nation’s biggest data center supporters, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has issued a hollow executive order calling for guardrails that would do far…

LDEQ Must Conduct Full Environmental Justice Analysis of Hyundai Steel Facility

Donaldsonville, La.– Sierra Club and its Delta Chapter called on the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) to conduct a project-specific environmental justice analysis of Hyundai…

Facing Pressure from Sierra Club and Local Advocates, Hyundai Steel to Significantly Reduce Emissions, Switch from Gas to Electric Heaters at Proposed Louisiana Plant

Donaldsonville, La.– In an update made public Monday, Hyundai Steel submitted changes to its air permit application that reveal the company plans to switch nine dirty industrial heaters at its…

New Analysis Reveals Massive Water Use by Texas Power Plants

Texas – A new Sierra Club analysis on thermal plant water usage reveals that Texas gas, coal, and nuclear plants consume roughly 100 billion gallons of water every year, while renewables and battery…

Sierra Club Louisiana Responds: Trump Admin. To Repeal Major Health and Climate Protections

Louisiana – This Thursday, the Trump Administration is expected to finalize three decisions that will significantly increase climate-warming and health-harming pollution across America,…

Arkansas Responds: Trump Admin. To Repeal Major Health and Climate Protections

Fayetteville, Ark. – This Thursday, the Trump Administration is expected to finalize three decisions that will significantly increase climate-warming and health-harming pollution across America…