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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…

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

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

Arkansas PSC Opens Door For Higher Electricity Bills

Little Rock, Ark. – Today, as the region focuses on an impending winter storm, the Arkansas Public Service Commission approved a move to raise customers’ electricity costs in much of…

Trump EPA Opens Door for More Haze Pollution in Texas, Benefiting Wealthy Utilities

Texas – Today the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved two do-nothing haze pollution plans from the Texas government, ignoring public pleas for EPA to reduce the…

Trump EPA Proposes Delaying Clean Water Protections

Arkansas – The Environmental Protection Agency announced this morning that it intends to give coal-fired power plants even more time to reduce their coal ash wastewater pollution, a decision that –…