April 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Democrats are moving to block attempts by the Trump administration to sell off public lands to fund tax cuts for billionaires.
Press Releases April 2025
April 4, 2025
ATLANTA — Last week, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) published a draft permit to “cap-in-place” the coal ash ponds at Plant McDonough in Smyrna, a plan that will put the health of millions of Georgians in jeopardy.
April 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a sweeping new policy that puts more than 100 million acres at risk of destruction.
April 3, 2025
Boise, ID - Idaho Power has filed an application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to significantly decrease the compensation rates for the excess energy produced by rooftop solar owners, known as the Export Credit Rates (ECRs) in another attempt to hurt rooftop solar financial viability in Idaho as electricity rates continue to rise.
April 3, 2025
Albany, NY – To protect the health and safety of all New Yorkers, state legislative leaders are speaking out against a corporate misinformation campaign to undermine a life-saving clean air program, the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) standard.
April 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A former Trump administration official is set to take over as leader of a top oil and gas industry lobby group, just as the group’s former leader is set to join the Trump administration.
April 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Late last night, House Republicans Rep. John Joyce (R-PA), John James, (R-MI), and Jay Obernolte (R-CA), introduced resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal three California clean vehicle waivers: Advanced Clean Cars II, Advanced Clean Trucks, and Heavy-Duty low-NOx Omnibus.
April 3, 2025
BROOKFIELD, Conn. – Sierra Club Connecticut and Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania (PSR PA) have released new infrared footage of large, polluting gas plumes – undetectable to the human eye – exiting smokestacks at four local gas facilities across the state.
April 2, 2025
Comptroller Brad Lander announces pension systems have surpassed interim emissions reduction targets
April 2, 2025
Washington, D.C. - The operators of Colstrip Power Plant have requested a presidential exemption from the Environmental Protection Agency’s updated Mercury and Air Toxics Standard after Trump's EPA openly invited the fossil fuel industry to email the agency with requests for presidential exemptions from critical safeguards in the Clean Air Act.
April 2, 2025
The entire staff of the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program was fired as part of sweeping cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The program provides critical help “to reduce the costs associated with home energy bills, energy crises, weatherization, and minor energy-related home repairs.” LIHEAP helps Americans afford the energy they need to keep their homes safe, powered, and habitable, especially during extreme heat and cold events.
April 2, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, IL - On March 27, 2025, the Illinois Commerce Commission approved “Beneficial Electrification Plans” (“BE Plans”) for the state’s two largest utilities, Commonwealth Edison (“ComEd”) and Ameren Illinois, that will invest approximately $254 million in transportation electrification in Illinois over the next three years.