Speakers from environmental, public health, and community groups gathered outside the EPA Region 6 Office in Dallas and urged the agency to strengthen its federal rule on regional haze, a smoggy-like substance that forms when pollution, like sulfur dioxide from coal plants, mixes with other particles in the air.
St. Louis, MO -- Organizations are uniting to oppose Ameren Missouri’s proposed $316 million rate increase for its customers. More than 200,000 customers continue to struggle during the uneven economic recovery from the pandemic as Ameren’s profits soar. Ameren’s request for a rate increase with the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC), if approved, would add $12 per month for the average residential electric customer, including a $3 increase to fixed fees. Ameren seeks this rate increase as its net income was $990 million in 2021.
TEXAS -- Today, in a victory for communities around the country and a positive step toward clean water for all, EPA announced utilities in several states, including Luminant’s Martin Lake coal-fired power plant near Tatum, Texas, can no longer dump toxic coal ash waste into unlined ponds, denying utilities’ requests to continue the harmful and irresponsible practice.
The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) approved the Appalachian Power Company’s (APCo) 2022 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) as reasonable for purposes of planning.
San Antonio, TX – Today, the CPS Energy Board of Trustees approved a plan to retire the utility’s last remaining coal plant – the Spruce coal plant – by 2028. The announcement follows decades of community outcry about the plant, which advocates criticize for its contribution to global warming, air pollution, water pollution, and cost to CPS Energy ratepayers.
DETROIT, MI. -- Last week, an investigation by the Guardian revealed that the Unlock Michigan campaign–which aimed to repeal state COVID policies supporting families in a
Duke Energy Progress customers won’t have to foot the entire cost of toxic coal ash cleanup after a settlement agreement between the Sierra Club and utility reduces the company’s request for an 18.9% residential bill increase and prevents Duke from making customers pay $50 million for coal ash basin closure costs.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, in a victory for coal mining communities and clean water advocates across the country, Congress passed the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines (STREAM) Act as part of the fiscal 2023 omnibus spending bill, ensuring communities can use billions of dollars in new money for abandoned coal mine cleanup to address the ongoing acid mine drainage crisis, as well as mine fires and subsidence issues.
Today, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) made its final decision in Georgia Power’s 2022 rate case with a 4-1 vote, with Commissioner Bubba McDonald opposing.
While this settlement, approved by state regulators, is a better outcome for South Carolina families and businesses than the original proposal, Dominion’s continued reliance on volatile fossil fuels will continue to be a burden for customers and a threat to our air, water and public health.
GUNNISON, CO — On Tuesday, a Colorado court ruled that Gov. Jared Polis' administration violated state law by failing to act on an air pollution permit for the West Elk coal mine in western Colorado.
District Court Judge J. Steven Patrick said the Polis administration failed to approve or deny the mine permit by the legal deadline. The court also ordered the state to release records related to the “uncooperativeness” of Arch Coal and how the state responded.
BRUSSELS -- Today, during the EU-ASEAN Commemorative Summit, the Vietnamese government, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and others announced a Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) to help Vietnam transition from coal power and accelerate clean energy growth. Vietnam is one of the world’s top coal-using countries. The Vietnam JETP includes $15.5 billion over the next three to five years and aims to peak Vietnam’s power sector emissions by 2030, five years earlier than initially planned.