Washington, D.C. - Today, the Sierra Club and NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), represented by Earthjustice, filed a petition at the D.C. Circuit Court to challenge the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of a proposal by the Southwest Power Pool that favors fossil fuels in the grid planning process.
Washington, DC – A new memo released today by the Sierra Club analyzes the legal risks polluters would be exposed to if Donald Trump and Administrator Lee Zeldin choose to rescind the Environmental Protection Agency’s landmark Endangerment Finding, as they
NEW LONDON, Conn. – Today, at New London Pier, Attorney General William Tong, New London Mayor Michael Passero, and several climate organizations, shared local stories of offshore wind’s economic, health, and climate benefits, as well as important updates on the fight to defend offshore wind in Connecticut.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Trump administration finalized a plan to open up millions of acres of fragile landscapes in the Western Arctic to oil and gas drilling.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued a Clean Water Act Section 401 certification for Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC’s proposed methane gas pipeline “Southgate,” rejecting concerns raised by North Carolina community members that the project would pollute streams and wetlands and harm protected aquatic species. More than 2,400 comments were submitted to the DEQ during the public input period.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Department of the Interior announced it would not apply a bedrock environmental protection law to offshore oil and gas lease sales mandated by Donald Trump’s reconciliation budget law.
Liberty, North Carolina - Toyota just announced a $10 billion investment in the U.S. over the next five years, with few details on how the funds will be used other than the construction of one battery manufacturing facility in Liberty, North Carolina.
Jefferson City, Mo. – The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) voted 4-0 to approve a consumer protection plan that governs how data centers, and other power-hungry customers who move into Evergy’s service territory, pay for electricity.
ANCHORAGE, AK— Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges and allied groups sued the Interior Department and King Cove Corporation today in U.S. District Court for signing a land exchange agreement aimed at making way for a road on a narrow isthmus in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
Denver, CO -- Xcel Energy and the Polis administration filed a petition to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) today asking for a lifeline to the Comanche 2 coal unit in Pueblo until the end of 2026, backpedalling on a long-standing commitment to retire the plant in 2025 and pushing for unnecessary pollution and costs to ratepayers.
Pension to present update on climate plan, which counts fossil fuel investments as 'green'
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A broad cross-section of Americans voiced their support for protecting public lands and preserving the Public Lands Rule as the Trump administration's 60-day public comment period to rescind the rule closed today.