8 de marzo de 2023
La Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) anunció hoy una propuesta para reforzar las salvaguardas que protegen a la población contra el agua desechada por las plantas de combustión de carbón.
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March 8, 2023
Today, EPA announced a new proposal to strengthen water pollution safeguards and protect communities from toxic wastewater discharged by coal-fired power plants.
March 3, 2023
Washington, D.C.: The Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (FERC) granted a request for a rehearing and set aside its order approving Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) discriminatory capacity accreditation approach for wind and solar. The decision is in response to a lawsuit filed by a coalition of clean energy advocates.
March 2, 2023
Houston, TX – A new report by the Sierra Club has revealed that soot pollution from the Parish coal plant kills 109 people each year, making it the eighth most deadly coal plant in the nation. In 2019, Parish emitted 29,000 tons of sulfur dioxide pollution – the third most of all U.S. coal plants.
March 2, 2023
Dallas, TX – A new report by the Sierra Club has revealed that soot pollution from the Martin Lake coal plant in Tatum kills 154 people each year, making it the fifth most deadly coal plant in the nation.
1 de marzo de 2023
Un nuevo informe del Sierra Club revela que la contaminación de hollín procedente de plantas de combustión de carbón causa 3.800 muertes prematuras al año.
February 27, 2023
St. Louis, MO – A report released by Sierra Club today reveals that Ameren Missouri’s Labadie coal plant is the second deadliest for soot in the country, contributing to 195 premature deaths annually. Labadie will cause another 3,387 premature deaths by the time it retires based on the coal plant’s 2019 pollution levels.
February 23, 2023
Yesterday, Sierra Club sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to implement a federal plan to eliminate harmful levels of sulfur dioxide pollution from Luminant’s Martin Lake coal plant, as required by the Clean Air Act.
February 21, 2023
A new report out today from Greenlink Analytics shows a large disparity between the energy burden faced by different communities across Orlando, from a low of 1.8% to as high as 9.2%.
February 17, 2023
On Feb. 14, the Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for rejecting the state government’s plan to reduce smog pollution that crosses into other states. The TX plan fails to require any air pollution reductions at all.
February 14, 2023
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.
February 1, 2023
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.