JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Duval County has issued a health warning associated with the appearance of red tide near Fort George Inlet. Red tide is a harmful algal bloom that’s deeply concerning for Jacksonville and everyone who cares about the city’s waterways, wildlife, fisheries, and public health.
Baton Rouge, LA — Today, Earthjustice, the Alliance for Affordable Energy Louisiana, and the Sierra Club urged the Trump administration to abandon its plan to put the State of Louisiana in charge of oversight of toxic coal ash waste due to the state’s abysmal environmental track record.
Phoenix, Ariz. - EPA today announced that it approved an application from Salt River Project (SRP) for its coal ash pond at the Coronado Generating Station in Apache County. SRP’s application is supposed to demonstrate that the unlined coal ash pond doesn’t pollute groundwater or the environment. But the Coronado coal ash pond has violated EPA standards that set minimum criteria for safe coal ash disposal and monitoring.
NASHVILLE - Nearly 4,000 Tennesseans criticized the Tennessee Valley Authority’s energy plan as short-sighted and over reliant on gas.
KINGSTON, Tenn. — On Monday, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sent a notice of intent to sue to the Tennessee Valley Authority, warning the federal utility that its ongoing construction of a new methane gas plant near the site of its 70-year-old coal plant violates the Clean Air Act.
RALEIGH, N.C. – NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy – two of the nation’s highest polluting utilities with record-high profits – submitted applications to the North Carolina Utilities Commission, South Carolina Public Service Commission, and the Virginia State
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Yesterday, NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy – two of the nation’s highest polluting utilities with record-high profits – submitted applications to the South Carolina Public Service Commission, North Carolina Utility Commission, and the Virginia State Corporation Commission to merge into one single utility.
Phoenix, Ariz. – The Arizona Corporation Commission today took a final vote to eliminate Arizona’s Electric Energy Efficiency Standards (EES), finalizing a repeal process that it started in 2025. The EES requires utilities like Arizona Public Service (APS) and Tucson Electric Power (TEP) to offer cost-effective programs that help Arizonans conserve energy and lower electric bills.
CUMBERLAND CITY, Tenn. — The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Sierra Club, has notified the Tennessee Valley Authority of the groups’ intent to sue the federal utility because the construction and operation of its newly-built Cumberland Gas Plant alongside the nearby coal plant violates the federal Clean Air Act.
RALEIGH, N.C. – Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced yesterday that Duke Energy lowered its proposed rate increase from 18 percent to 11.6 percent, demonstrating that the monopoly utility – which raked in nearly $5 billion in profits last year – will respond to robust public pressure and rein in its efforts to make even more money at the expense of captive ratepayers.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Public Service Commission (PSC) finalized its May 15th approval of the Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Convenience and Necessity for the proposed Canadys Gas Plant last Friday.
Washington, D.C. - In a historic first, solar energy outperformed coal in the United States in May 2026. This milestone arrives despite Donald Trump’s anti-renewable energy policy.