HARRIMAN, Tenn. — On Thursday, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for violating the Clean Air Act and putting public health at risk by building its new Kingston Gas Plant, which TVA plans to operate alongside its 70-year-old Kingston Coal Plant, before receiving the required air permit or evaluating the impacts of the two plants’ combined emissions.
JACKSON, Ms. - Sierra Club has released its sixth Dirty Truth Report. This year, Mississippi Power scored a 44 out of 100. The report grades utilities across the country based on how much coal they are retiring, how much gas they are planning, and how much renewable energy they are adding.
MONTGOMERY, Al. - Today, Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report. This year, Alabama Power scored a 5 out of 100. The report grades utilities across the country based on how much coal they are retiring, how much gas they are planning, and how much renewable energy they are adding.
NASHVILLE - Today, Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report. This year, the Tennessee Valley Authority scored a 0 out of 100, its lowest score in the report’s history. The report grades utilities across the country based on how much coal they are retiring, how much gas they are planning, and how much renewable energy they are adding.
ATLANTA - Today, Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report. This year, Georgia Power scored a 0 out of 100 for the fourth year in a row. The report grades utilities across the country based on how much coal they are retiring, how much gas they are planning, and how much renewable energy they are adding.
MONTGOMERY, Al. - Donald Trump’s administration has proposed to repeal the Endangerment Finding for power plants – a move that would permanently strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas power plants under the Clean Air Act.
In Iowa, coal- and gas-burning power plants emitted 21.7 million metric tons of carbon last year, which is the equivalent of 5 million gas-powered cars on the road for a year.
NASHVILLE - Today, Donald Trump’s administration proposed to repeal the Endangerment Finding for power plants – a move that would permanently strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas power plants under the Clean Air Act.
ATLANTA - Today, Donald Trump’s administration proposed to repeal the Endangerment Finding for power plants – a move that would permanently strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas power plants under the Clean Air Act.
INDIANAPOLIS - Today, the U.S. District Circuit Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the Sierra Club, overturning the Department of Energy’s “emergency” order, under section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act, that forced the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan to continue operating past the retirement date set by the utility and state.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of the Sierra Club, overturning the Department of Energy’s“emergency” order overriding the state’s and utility’s decision to close the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant.
ATLANTA - After a tumultuous and secretive process, the Georgia Public Service Commission staff approved the contract between Georgia Power and OpenAI to power a 3.2 gigawatt hyperscale data center planned for Effingham County– without a direct vote from the commission itself.