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.
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.
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.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A new ad in downtown Indianapolis reminds Hoosiers that their high utility bills are thanks to coal.
MONTGOMERY, AL. - The Alabama Public Service Commission has approved a two-year rate freeze and large solar power projects for a proposed data center.
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.
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.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Today, CenterPoint Energy announced an intention to delay plans to retire Unit 3 of its F.B. Culley Generating Station, backtracking on their commitment to be entirely coal-free by 2027.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Today, AES Indiana outlined a plan to build a new gas plant solely to serve data centers as part of its 20 year energy plan.
COOKEVILLE, TN - Enbridge has announced it has begun building its Ridgeline Expansion Project, despite the outpouring of opposition to the dangerous fossil fuel pipeline.
ATLANTA - Environmental groups urged the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to deny the air permit for Georgia Power’s proposed new methane gas electric-generating units at Plant Bowen to protect the health and environment of Georgians.
Washington, DC – Amidst explosive news reports this week of more than 40 administration staffers having direct ties to fossil fuel companies and the existence of a “concierge, white glove service” set up by the Trump Administration to cater to fossil fuel companies’ demands across gover