June 15, 2022
Duke’s carbon plan received failing grades in eight of 12 criteria, including setting an ambitious timeline for coal plant closure and reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
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June 13, 2022
The Sierra Club and partners submitted comments into the Cumberland DEIS docket along with a commissioned Synapse report outlining a better path forward for TVA to replace retiring coal generation with renewable energy, battery storage, and energy efficiency commitments.
June 8, 2022
The Sierra Club held a press conference to release a report on the economic feasibility of JEA transitioning away from fossil fuel energy generation to clean renewable energy. Key findings show that retiring and replacing JEA’s Northside Coal Units (Units 1 and 2) with clean, renewable energy will save customers $15 million to $60 million per year while cutting climate pollution and local air pollution emissions by more than half.
June 2, 2022
The Sierra Club and Great Lakes Environmental Law Center submitted comments challenging the Marshall Energy Center, LLC’s proposal to install two new combined-cycle fossil gas-burning power plants in Marshall, Michigan. The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is currently reviewing the proposed permit which the groups urged not be finalized unless and until it has addressed numerous flaws and omissions.
May 17, 2022
Today, Dane County Circuit Court rejected Sierra Club and Clean Wisconsin’s arguments that the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) failed to adequately consider environmental impacts for the $700 million Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) gas plant proposed by Dairyland Power Minnesota Power, and Basin Electric in Superior, Wisconsin.
May 17, 2022
ATLANTA, GA -- Today, the Sierra Club is announcing the release of its Report Card that evaluates Georgia Power’s 2022 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), a proposal that will guide energy production in the state for the next 20 years.
May 9, 2022
People across the country concerned for their environment and health, including many in Texas, testified at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s public hearing regarding the federal agency’s proposal to “bump up” the ozone pollution nonattainment designations for the current ozone standard from marginal to moderate across the country, which includes the greater Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) areas
May 3, 2022
As the result of a settlement agreement secured by the Sierra Club and Earthjustice in a Clean Air Act enforcement case, DTE Energy is giving a combined $2.7 million to ten community-based environmental justice projects in River Rouge, Ecorse, and the 48217 zip code aimed at improving public health and reducing environmental impacts. The projects were chosen by a five-member Community Environmental Action Committee of experts and leaders from the three communities including Sierra Club-recommend experts Dr. Dolores Leonard, a retired educator and long-term community advocate in 48217, and Dr. Paul Mohai, a professor and a founder of the environmental justice program at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability. The Sierra Club-DTE settlement agreement required that DTE form the committee with three community members residing in Ecorse, River Rouge, or the 48217 to identify projects, and that the projects would seek to maximize public health and environmental benefits in those communities.
April 28, 2022
20 organizations, led by Sierra Club and Great Lakes Environmental Law Center, submitted comments urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider their proposal to redesignate the Detroit area from ozone nonattainment because it would prematurely halt state planning and actions to improve air quality. The EPA recently announced a proposal to approve Michigan’s maintenance plan and redesignate the seven-county Southeast Michigan area to attainment regarding the 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone. This would end the need for Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) to plan for reductions of ozone precursors such as nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), actions that are crucial because of the severe asthma burden already experienced by environmental justice communities in and around Detroit.
April 26, 2022
Today, Xcel Energy filed a new proposal for its electric resource plan that will have the 750 megawatt, coal-fired Comanche 3 unit close no later than January 1, 2031. The Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) signed on to this new proposal as part of a settlement agreement, which the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is expected to consider in May. According to this proposal, the precise date on which Comanche 3 will close will be set in 2024 as part of a Just Transition proceeding at the PUC.
April 25, 2022
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) released a draft Environmental Impact Statement for the retirement and replacement of the 2,470 megawatts Cumberland coal-fired power plant located northwest of Nashville. Cumberland is one of the nation’s largest and most polluting coal plants, releasing over 8 million tons of carbon pollution into the air each year.
April 25, 2022
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA -- Today, a coalition of environmental groups including the National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, and several other signees, published an open letter addressed to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) asking the agency to strengthen its regional haze plan to protect air quality in the state. The letter, including all signees, can be found here.