Renner Barsella is an associate press secretary for the midwest with the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.
Sep 17 2020
MADISON, WI -- The Wisconsin Public Service Commission voted today to once again extend the utility disconnection moratorium for residential customers until November 1, 2020. The commission decided 2…
Sep 17 2020
DES MOINES, IA -- Advocates from across Iowa, including Sierra Club, NAACP, Des Moines Black Liberation Movement, and other environmental groups, are calling on the Iowa Utility Board to ban utility…
Aug 21 2020
MADISON, WI -- The Wisconsin Public Service Commission voted today to once again extend the utility disconnection moratorium for residential customers until October 1, 2020. The commission decided 2-…
Aug 19 2020
Alton, IL -- Tuesday night, concerned advocates hosted a Facebook Live event to call out Commercial Liability Partners (CLP) for their lack of transparency and unwillingness to engage in meaningful…
Aug 12 2020
DES MOINES, IA -- A new report, released today by the Sierra Club, finds that MidAmerican Energy’s George Neal North and South coal plants near Sioux City have lost $27.5 million for its customers…
Aug 3 2020
WISCONSIN -- Sierra Club members and partners today will kick off a statewide week of action through an online screening of the documentary “We Neighbors,” this evening which focuses on the…
Jul 23 2020
MADISON, WI -- The Wisconsin Public Service Commission voted today to extend the utility disconnection moratorium for residential customers until September 1, 2020. The commission decided 2-1 to…
Jul 20 2020
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - On July 10, the D.C. Circuit court ruled in favor of the Sierra Club’s lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its decision to omit Ottawa County from the…
May 22 2020
MADISON, WI -- This morning Alliant Energy announced that by the end of 2022 the utility plans to retire the last 380MW power generating unit at its Edgewater coal plant in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and…
Feb 20 2020
PEORIA, IL – Following a multi-million dollar settlement with the owner of the E.D. Edwards coal plant, Peoria-area organizations met today at Mt. Zion Baptist Church to celebrate the grants being…