Sumer Shaikh is the communications assistant for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.
Jul 28 2020
Arizona -- Thirty local Arizona businesses from cities across the state are raising their voices in support of bold, progressive action from the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) in the Energy…
Jul 27 2020
Denver, CO -- This morning, the Sierra Club hosted a webinar with Congressman Jason Crow, Mayor Laura Weinberg of Golden, and CEOs of three local clean energy companies. The telepresser was an…
Jun 26 2020
Colorado Springs, CO -- Today, in a 7-2 vote, the Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) Board voted to accelerate the closure timeline for its two coal plants. Martin Drake -- one of the nation’s last…
May 28 2020
Fort Collins, CO -- Yesterday, Sierra Club delivered a community letter to Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) to retire Rawhide coal plant by 2030 in its long-term energy planning. Every four years…
May 14 2020
DENVER— Conservation groups sued Arch Coal today over illegal pollution at the company’s West Elk coal mine in western Colorado. The mine is the single-largest industrial source of methane pollution…
Mar 10 2020
PHOENIX, AZ -- Arizona State Representative Kirsten Engel joined advocates from Vote Solar, Sierra Club, Solar United Neighbors, and Arizona Interfaith Power & Light at the Arizona State Capitol…
Mar 2 2020
Denver, CO— A federal appeals court today ruled that the U.S. Forest Service broke the law by failing to consider an alternative that would protect the Gunnison National Forest’s Pilot Knob area…
Feb 13 2020
Price, UT -- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted a public comment session on the state of Utah’s do-nothing regional haze plan. In April 2019, Utah submitted a regional haze…
Jan 29 2020
Colorado Springs, CO -- Today, almost 200 residents provided feedback on Colorado Spring Utilities’ (CSU) long-term energy plan, including calls for early coal plant retirements and prioritization of…
Jan 28 2020
TUCSON, AZ-- At the second Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) public comment session on Tucson Electric Power’s (TEP) rate increase request, about 50 people submitted comments against the hike.…