Renner Barsella is an associate press secretary for the midwest with the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.
Dec 9 2020
MADISON, WI -- Today, Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes released the Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change Report that included 55 policy recommendations to address climate change in Wisconsin. …
Nov 23 2020
DES MOINES, IA -- By December 21, the Des Moines City Council is expected to vote on a resolution committing to 100% clean renewable energy by 2030. As an advocate for clean energy commitments across…
Nov 6 2020
Milwaukee, WI -- This week, WEC Energy Group announced it plans to retire 1400 MW of coal by 2025, starting with the four remaining units (1192 MW) at the South Oak Creek coal plant in 2023 and 2024…
Oct 30 2020
OAK CREEK, WI -- The Clean Power Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin hosted an online press conference Thursday morning on the ninth anniversary of the We Energies’ Oak Creek bluff collapse incident…
Oct 29 2020
CHICAGO, IL -- Six months after a poorly executed implosion at the former Crawford coal plant, community activists are escalating the demand for answers with billboards calling out the developer,…
Oct 29 2020
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA -- This morning Alliant Energy announced that by the end of 2022, the utility plans to retire the last 275 MW power generating unit at its Lansing coal plant near Lansing, Iowa, and…
Oct 27 2020
OAK CREEK, WI -- On Thursday, October 29 at 10:00 AM, the Clean Power Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin will host an online event remembering the shoreline bluff collapse at We Energies’ coal-fired…
Oct 8 2020
MADISON, WI -- Advocates and concerned residents testified today before the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) to raise serious objections to the proposed rate increases filed by Madison Gas…
Sep 29 2020
CHICAGO, IL -- Texas based Vistra Energy announced plans today to accelerate its transition to clean energy generation by retiring all the coal plants owned by its subsidiaries in Illinois and Ohio.…
Sep 28 2020
DES MOINES, IA -- Today, Sierra Club released a report card grading MidAmerican Energy’s performance in seven key areas ranging from coal usage, to lack of an emissions reduction goal, to equitable…