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Court Sides with Sierra Club and Advocates to Strike Down EPA Clean Air Designation

DETROIT, Mich. -- Detroit area residents will be able to breathe easier as Sierra Club’s latest win for clean air will result in stronger pollution standards at a time when asthma rates in the region…

DOE to Loan West Virginia Utilities $1.44B to Extend Life of Six High-Cost Coal Plants

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)  has committed to loaning West Virginia’s utility companies $1.44 billion to fund projects to refurbish six of the state’s coal-fired…

Southeastern Utah’s Velvet-Wood Uranium Mine Scheduled to Break Ground on November 6

Salt Lake City, UT – Canada-based company Anfield Energy will officially break ground and start construction on its uranium- and vanadium-producing Velvet-Wood Project in southeast Utah on…

Advocates Pleased Deadly Springerville Plant Will Stop Burning Coal, Raise Concerns About Replacement Gas Operations

ARIZONA — Today, the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) Board of Directors voted to convert its Springerville Generating Station Unit 4 from coal to gas by 2029…

As Dearborn Works Idles, New Poll Upends Assumptions About Pollution, Clean Manufacturing Opinions in Wayne County

WAYNE COUNTY, MI - As Cleveland Cliffs temporarily suspends steelmaking operations at its Dearborn Works Mill, Sierra Club is releasing a new poll showing that public sentiments relating to…

West Virginians say “enough is enough” at AEP rate hike hearing

Wheeling, WV - West Virginians’ electric bills will rise, making them the fastest-rising rates in the nation, if the rate hike proposed by American Electric Power (AEP) is approved by the Public…

EGLE fails to meet own pollution reduction plan, Sierra Club files notice

DETROIT, MI - Residents in Southeast Michigan have lived with unsafe levels of ozone pollution for nearly a decade, a dangerous problem that should have been addressed by Michigan’s State…

Sierra Club Launches Data Tool Calculating Pollution Impact of EPA Rollbacks

CENTRAL APPALACHIA - People across Central Appalachia would be exposed to thousands of tons more of deadly air and water pollution if the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)…

STATEMENT: Local Advocates Respond to LNG Construction Accident

SABINE PASS, Texas – Early Tuesday morning three construction workers died and one others was injured in a tragic accident at the Port Arthur LNG site in Sabine Pass, owned by Sempra and…

Sierra Club Celebrates Legal Agreement with Prairie State Energy Campus

MARISSA, IL - Following litigation to hold Prairie State Generating Company accountable for operating its coal-burning power plant without enforceable air permits, the Sierra Club has agreed to…