December 22, 2025
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.
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December 19, 2025
ATLANTA - Today, the Georgia Public Service Commission approved Georgia Power’s plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the country.
December 18, 2025
NASHVILLE - Congress has confirmed four of President Donald Trump's nominees for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s board of directors.
December 18, 2025
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.
December 17, 2025
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.
December 12, 2025
ATLANTA - Donald Trump has issued an executive order seeking to remove state guardrails around artificial intelligence and the infrastructure needed to run AI, including popular state-level initiatives to require data center build transparency, protect privacy, and reduce impacts on electric affordability and pollution.
December 11, 2025
ATLANTA - An hour before hearing testimony from the public and advocacy groups, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) posted a settlement agreement approving Georgia Power’s plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the country, leaving Georgians to foot the bill.
December 9, 2025
DETROIT, Mich. -- Detroit area residents will be able to breathe easier as Sierra Club’s latest win for clean air will result in stronger pollution standards at a time when asthma rates in the region are rising. The legal victory [link to opinion] comes after the Sierra Club and the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center sued EPA in 2023, challenging two EPA rulemakings under the Clean Air Act that allowed Michigan to move the Detroit area from “nonattainment” with ground-level ozone standards to “attainment” -- a label that allowed the state to avoid stricter air regulations and more robust permitting for new sources of pollution. The Detroit area has long suffered from bad air days caused by high ozone pollution levels, along with disproportionate levels of asthma and other health harms associated with ground-level ozone.
December 8, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A new ad in downtown Indianapolis reminds Hoosiers that their high utility bills are thanks to coal.
December 4, 2025
MONTGOMERY, AL. - The Alabama Public Service Commission has approved a two-year rate freeze and large solar power projects for a proposed data center.
November 10, 2025
MONTGOMERY, AL - A coalition of six organizations submitted a letter to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), demanding better protections for Alabamians in the department’s air pollution reduction plan.
November 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, the Trump administration announced it is distributing up to $100 million to “refurbish and modernize” dangerous and deadly coal plants, a part of the Department of Energy’s plan to invest $625 million to prop up the coal industry.