beyond-coal

A Year of Oversight and Accountability: Sierra Club FOIAs Have Uncovered Oil & Gas Handouts, Canceled Grants, Opposition to Whitewashing of History, and More

Washington, DC – Today, the Sierra Club is highlighting the transparency generated by the organization’s Environmental Law Program in the first year of Donald Trump’s second term in office.

Democratic Governors Align with Sierra Club, Urge Big Tech to Pay Their Fair Share

Washington, D.C. - Today, Democratic governors from Pennsylvania, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Maryland signed onto a deal to ensure PJM takes measures that ensure Big Tech is paying their fair share for their massive power usage. 

EPA Rejects Colorado’s Regional Haze Plan, Including Coal Plant Retirement Dates

The EPA claims the voluntary coal plant retirements included in the state’s plan would harm grid reliability, but this is incorrect because the state and the utilities have long planned to retire the coal plants and to replace their generation with cheaper and cleaner resources.

Environmental Groups Demand PSC Reconsider Data Center Energy Plan Overreach

ATLANTA - Today, environmental groups demanded the Georgia Public Service Commission reconsider Georgia Power’s plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the nation.

New data center rate structure risks Wisconsinites picking up the bill for Big Tech

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) is considering a new rate structure on data centers that favors profits and protections for Big Tech companies and We Energies, putting Wisconsinites at risk to subsidize the infrastructure costs needed for these billion-dollar companies to run their data centers.

Donald Trump Illegally Extends Life of the Coal-Fired Craig Unit 1, Driving Up Electricity Bills and Increasing Pollution

DENVER— Yesterday, the Trump administration issued an “emergency” order to force utilities to operate Craig Unit 1 against their will, past the Dec. 31 retirement deadline that the utilities had decided upon and their state regulators had approved. Trump’s actions to prop up an uneconomic coal plant will drive up the cost of electricity in Colorado and throughout the West.  Craig Unit 1 is owned by three Colorado utilities–Tri-State, Xcel, and PRPA–along with PacifiCorp and Salt River Power.  

Donald Trump Illegally Extends Life of the Culley and Schahfer Coal Plants, Driving Up Electricity Bills for Hoosiers

INDIANAPOLIS – Today, as Americans are preparing for the holidays, the Trump administration issued an ‘emergency’ order to forcibly and illegally extend operations of F.B. Culley and R.M. Schahfer coal plants past their scheduled retirement, based on a sham reliability crisis that does not exist. The high cost to keep these aging coal plants online to, in part, power AI data centers are expected to be passed onto Hoosier families and small businesses.

Community Continues To Honor Workers on 17th Anniversary of Kingston Coal Ash Spill

KINGSTON, Tenn. - Families and allies of cleanup workers are carrying on their legacy for the 17th anniversary of the Kingston Coal Ash Spill, the first anniversary since the creation of a historic marker for the tragedy.

Georgia Public Service Commission Issues Final Order on Data Center Power Plan

ATLANTA - Today, the Georgia Public Service Commission approved Georgia Power’s plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the country.

SIERRA CLUB REACTS: Senate Confirms Trump’s TVA Nominees

NASHVILLE - Congress has confirmed four of President Donald Trump's nominees for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s board of directors.

Prairie Rivers Network and Sierra Club Illinois File Lawsuit Challenging Massive Federal Expansion of Illinois Coal Mining

Franklin County, Illinois - Today, Prairie Rivers Network and Sierra Club Illinois are suing the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a federally owned public power provider, to block the federal government from a massive expansion of coal mining in Illinois. 

Donald Trump Illegally Extends Life of Centralia Generating Station Coal Plant, Driving Up Electricity Bills

Centralia, Washington - Yesterday, the Trump administration issued an ‘emergency’ order to forcibly and illegally extend operations of Centralia Generating Station past its scheduled retirement. The high cost to keep this aging coal plant online is expected to be passed onto residents in the region.