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Sierra Club Connecticut Reacts to Federal Judge’s Decision to Vacate Trump’s Unlawful Wind Energy Ban

HARTFORD, Ct. - Last night, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that Donald Trump’s executive order banning wind projects in the United States was unlawful and vacated the order. 

Sierra Club Massachusetts Reacts to Federal Judge’s Decision to Vacate Trump’s Unlawful Wind Energy Ban

Bianca Sanchez, bianca.sanchez@sierraclub.org

Trump EPA Opens Door for More Haze Pollution in Texas, Benefiting Wealthy Utilities

With the Trump EPA's approval of two do-nothing regional haze plans from TCEQ, wealthy coal plant owners – like NRG and Luminant – can avoid installing readily available, common-sense pollution controls and move forward with spewing more toxic emissions into the air.

New Study Finds Delaying Retirement of Ray Nixon Coal Unit Will Increase Long-Term Costs

The study examined the long-term costs of continuing to burn coal at Nixon Unit 1 compared to three options for retiring and replacing the coal unit.

Largest Utah Coal Plant Goes Quiet as Los Angeles Goes Coal-Free

On one of the biggest holidays of the year, people’s lights stayed on and no one noticed that these coal units went offline.

Environmental Groups to EPA: Maintain Regional Haze Rule to Ensure Clean Air, Clear Skies in National Parks, Wilderness Areas

Organizations Submit Letter During Comment Period on Proposed Restructuring of Rule

Regulators Uphold Strong Clean Heat Standards Despite Pushback from State and Utilities

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued a final written order on Clean Heat targets, directing Colorado's major investor-owned gas utilities to achieve 41% reductions in emissions by 2035, compared to 2015 levels.

Donald Trump’s $100 Million Power Plant Boondoggle is Extended for Third Time

Eddystone, Pennsylvania - Last night, the Trump administration extended its fake ‘emergency’ order to keep the Eddystone power plant online past its scheduled retirement for the third time. The administration also extended a similar order for the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan last week. 

DOE to Loan West Virginia Utilities $1.44B to Extend Life of Six High-Cost Coal Plants

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has committed to loaning West Virginia’s utility companies $1.44 billion to fund projects to refurbish six of the state’s coal-fired power plants, extending their lives by up to 20 years. Regardless of how long the refurbished coal plants manage to stay online, payments on the low-interest DOE loans will be passed on to West Virginian’s electric bills for decades.

Missouri Regulators Approve Consumer Protection Plan for Evergy Customers

Jefferson City, Mo. – The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) voted 4-0 to approve a consumer protection plan that governs how data centers, and other power-hungry customers who move into Evergy’s service territory, pay for electricity.

Xcel Energy, Gov. Polis Petition to Walk Back Comanche 2 Retirement

Denver, CO -- Xcel Energy and the Polis administration filed a petition to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) today asking for a lifeline to the Comanche 2 coal unit in Pueblo until the end of 2026, backpedalling on a long-standing commitment to retire the plant in 2025 and pushing for unnecessary pollution and costs to ratepayers.  

USGS Designation Ignores Law, Groups Say Coal for Steel is Not Critical

Today, the US Geological Survey (USGS) added metallurgical coal to a list of “critical minerals,” which could allow the Trump administration to steamroll bedrock environmental laws to boost coke production and widen the devastation of coal mining.