LOUISVILLE, KY - Kentuckians could see increased electricity costs and worsening health impacts as a result of executive orders being signed today by President Donald Trump. According to reporting, the executive orders will aim to force coal plants to remain open past their scheduled retirement dates by invoking an outdated wartime law that allows the Department of Energy to compel power plants to temporarily remain operational. Donald Trump attempted a similar strategy during his first administration, but nearly 100 coal plants retired or announced retirements during Trump’s first term in spite of his administration’s efforts.
MORGANTOWN, WV - West Virginians could see higher electricity costs and worsening health impacts as a result of executive orders being signed today by President Donald Trump. According to reporting, the executive orders will aim to force coal plants to remain open past their scheduled retirement dates by invoking an outdated wartime law that allows the Department of Energy to compel power plants to temporarily remain operating. Donald Trump attempted a similar strategy during his first administration, but in spite of his administration’s efforts, nearly 100 coal plants retired or announced retirements during Trump’s first term.
Washington, D.C. - According to Politico, today Donald Trump will sign executive orders in an attempt to bolster coal production in the United States.
Washington, D.C. - The operators of Colstrip Power Plant have requested a presidential exemption from the Environmental Protection Agency’s updated Mercury and Air Toxics Standard after Trump's EPA openly invited the fossil fuel industry to email the agency with requests for presidential exemptions from critical safeguards in the Clean Air Act.
Salt Lake City, UT – Today, in coordination with partners around the country, community members gathered at Rocky Mountain headquarters to protest the utility’s latest move to lock Utah into decades of costly, volatile fossil fuels – driving up energy bills while cleaner, more affordable renewables are overlooked. The demonstration comes after Rocky Mountain Power’s parent company, PacifiCorp’s, release of its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which slashes renewable energy investments and delays the transition to lower-cost clean power.
Yesterday, PacifiCorp, the parent company of Rocky Mountain Power which serves Wyoming, released its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), significantly scaling back and slow-walking investments in renewable energy, instead prioritizing expensive and volatile fossil fuels. The IRP, meant to guide the utility’s energy procurement strategy for the coming decades, represents a stark step backwards from cost-effective clean energy solutions that could lower customer bills and boost local economies.
Washington, D.C - The Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, has taken aim at its next government agency to shutter—the Office of Mine Safety and Health Administration.
FRANKFORT, KY -- After weeks of engagement from Sierra Club and partners, and growing opposition from Kentuckians across the political spectrum, Governor Andy Beshear has vetoed Senate Bill 89 (SB 89). If the veto is overturned, the legislation would strip decades old protections for Kentucky's groundwater, streams, and wetlands leading to increased pollution risks, higher water treatment costs, and more flood risks for communities across the Commonwealth–including drinking water of more than one million Kentuckians. Because of these wide-reaching impacts SB 89 has attracted broad opposition, not only from every environmental organization in Kentucky, but from cultural and community voices like Kentucky Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author, Silas House, and Louisville based band Bendigo Fletcher, whose new single “One Little Drink” is an ode to water in protest of SB 89. The bill is being lobbied for by corporate interests who would increase profit margins with fewer health and safety standards to follow.
Salt Lake City, UT – Today, dozens of Utahns gathered at the Marmalade Branch Library for The People’s Hearing – a public forum hosted by Utah Needs Clean Energy (UNCE) in response to the Utah Public Service Commission’s (PSC) refusal to hold a public hearing on the latest phase of Rocky Mountain Power’s proposed rate increase.
Washington, D.C. - Last night, Donald Trump declared on Truth Social that he is “authorizing [his] Administration to immediately begin producing Energy with BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN COAL.”
Jefferson City, Mo – As predicted by Sierra Club last week, the Missouri House of Representatives fast-tracked unpopular legislation that will increase utility bills by more than $1,000 annually.