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Donald Trump to Give $700 Million of Taxpayer Money to America’s Coal Fleet, Including Wisconsin

WISCONSIN – Today, Donald Trump is expected to announce plans to give away $700 million in taxpayer grants to build a coal export terminal and prop up 13 coal plants across the country,…

ICYMI - Gubernatorial Candidates Show Concern for Line 5

MADISON, Wis. – At a recent Gubernatorial Forum focused on Wisconsin’s energy and electric sector, candidates shared strong words about Enbridge’s controversial Line 5 pipeline reroute project, which…

Merom Coal Plant to Power Google and Amazon Data Centers; Hoosiers at Risk for Footing the Bill

INDIANAPOLIS – NIPSCO GenCo recently signed a 12-year contract with Halldor Energy Company to power new Google (Michigan City) and Amazon data centers with its Merom coal-fired power plant…

In Court, Sierra Club and Earthjustice Argue Against the Illegal Coal Plant Extensions that are Increasing Hoosiers’ Bills

Washington, D.C. - Today, Sierra Club and Earthjustice presented oral arguments before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in the legal challenge against the Department of Energy’s (DOE) illegal…

Environmental groups call out invalid Line 5 permit application: Enbridge is not eligible

MADISON, Wis. – Environmental organizations submitted formal comments to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) opposing a series of applications for permits that would allow…

Sierra Club Wisconsin Slams We Energies for Rate Increase and Once Again Delaying Oak Creek Coal Plant Retirement

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – This week, We Energies has announced that it will once again delay closing its Oak Creek coal plant and that it intends to raise residential and small business rates by 4.7% in…

Sierra Club and Partners Challenge Trump Administration’s Illegal Efforts to Block the Retirement of Indiana Coal Plants

Washington, D.C. — Sierra Club and partners filed a challenge in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn Trump’s illegal “emergency” orders issued by the U.S. Department…

Sierra Club Wisconsin and Partners Applaud Public Service Commission Requiring Transparency in Alliant Beaver Dam Data Center Contract

MADISON, Wis. -- The Public Service Commission (PSC) is considering an Individual Contract Rate Agreement (Docket 6680-TE-115) in which Alliant Energy is attempting to gain approval of a contract…

Trump’s Newest Gutting to Environment Will Pollute Indiana Air and Water with More Mercury, Arsenic, Lead

INDIANAPOLIS – Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and dangerous toxic air…

Sierra Club Responds to Judge’s Decision to Uphold Line 5 Pipeline Reroute Permit in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. – Today, an administrative law judge upheld a key permit granted by the Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) allowing the Canadian oil giant Enbridge to build the…