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March 12, 2025

Salt Lake City, UT – Today the Sierra Club, in partnership with Current Energy Group, published a new report, Utah and Wyoming: Economic Opportunities in PacifiCorp’s Renewable Energy Transition that provides a detailed analysis of how investments in renewable energy could create thousands of long-term, good-paying jobs while boosting economic activity and generating critical tax revenue for communities in both states.

March 11, 2025

Houston, TX - At CERAWeek, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in an interview that the U.S. should restart retired coal-fired power plants.

March 7, 2025

Jefferson City, Mo – On Monday, the Missouri House of Representatives is poised to bypass its democratic role in the legislative process to do the bidding of the state’s monopoly electric utilities.

March 7, 2025

Evansville, Ind – Faith, clean energy, and environmental advocates will host a press conference this Saturday detailing the various reasons why House Bill 1007 will create massive energy inflation throughout Indiana, including Evansville.

March 5, 2025

Topeka, Kan. – The Kansas legislature may pass a bill that could cause massive energy inflation for Evergy customers throughout Kansas, right as President Trump hurls the United States into a trade war that is estimated to cost the average family up to $2,000 in additional costs on everyday products. 

March 5, 2025

SPRINGFIELD, IL - Springfield's municipal utility, City Water Light and Power (CWLP), has operated with a gross lack of oversight leading to numerous pollution violations at its Dallman coal power plant, argued Sierra Club and other advocacy groups at Tuesday’s Springfield City Council meeting.

March 4, 2025

FRANKFORT, KY — Drinking water, public health, and flood resilience for more than two-million Kentuckians would be seriously impacted by a bill currently advancing through the state legislature, said experts at a press conference this morning.

February 20, 2025

Motion to intervene filed in a lawsuit from Montana and Wyoming

February 13, 2025

Today, Governor Shapiro filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s illegal move to block funding for programs in Pennsylvania.

February 13, 2025

Washington, DC – New reporting confirms that state Abandoned Mine Lands programs are no longer receiving Congressionally-approved bipartisan funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law following the Trump Administration’s illegal funding freeze.

February 12, 2025

DES MOINES, Iowa Analysis from the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic at Washington University, released today by Sierra Club and the Iowa Environmental Council, highlights how elevated levels of toxins from MidAmerican Energy’s coal ash waste pose significant health threats to Iowans.

February 12, 2025

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S.