BOSTON-- The Massachusetts Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change hosted a briefing today to discuss the findings of The Applied Economics Clinic and Sustainable Energy Advantage report which focuses on the impacts of the major electric sector provisions in the 2018 Act to Promote a Clean Energy Future bill which passed the Massachusetts Senate unanimously last month.
WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places announced its decision to restore the site of the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain labor conflict to the National Register, protecting the site from mountaintop removal by the coal industry. This decision follows years of legal action brought by a coalition of environmental and historic preservation groups including Sierra Club, the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Friends of Blair Mountain, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the West Virginia Labor History Association, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner (FERC) Robert Powelson announced his resignation to become CEO of the National Association of Water Companies.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 28, 2018 – Electric vehicle charging stations in every neighborhood. Cleaner air for our children and the elderly. Modern roadways. Communities built for walking and biking. A vision of the future that voters across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions can embrace. Ratcheting down air pollution and relieving snarled traffic, with modern, efficient, and visionary solutions that ensure people and products can get where they need.
State regulators today approved a $14 mandatory monthly rate hike for Duke Energy Carolinas’ customers and will force them to shoulder millions in costs for the utility’s statewide toxic coal ash cleanup.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA—The Sierra Club and allies filed comments opposing the air permit for a fracked gas plant at TECO’s Big Bend Power Station, near Tampa, because the permit neglects critical public health safeguards and fails to evaluate, much less mitigate, the plant's contribution to climate damage over its proposed 30-year lifespan.
The Sierra Club and Ohio Environmental Council formally requested that the federal Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement take immediate action to address widespread violations of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (“SMCRA”) in Ohio.
Diné (Navajo) community organizations Black Mesa Water Coalition, Diné CARE, and Tó Nizhóni Ání, supported by the Sierra Club, filed a lawsuit seeking a plan for reclaiming the 44,000-acre Kayenta Coal Mine located on the Navajo Nation. The mine is the exclusive provider of coal for the Navajo Generating Station (NGS), which is retiring on December 22, 2019 in favor of cheaper sources of power.
The Massachusetts Senate today voted to approve “An Act to Promote a Clean Energy Future”, which includes numerous provisions to help Massachusetts residents, businesses and governments reduce the use of fossil fuels.
Today, the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and District of Maryland handed down separate decisions holding EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt accountable for reducing dangerous smog pollution that travels across state lines and impedes downwind states’ ability to meet health-based national air quality standards.
E&E News reported yesterday that last year, coal executive Bob Murray presented Trump administration officials with six draft executive orders focused on ending clean air and water protections for dangerous coal pollution. The orders took aim at public health protections, several of which have since been targeted for elimination, significant roll-backs, or delay by federal agencies.
BOSTON, MA -- Hundreds of Boston residents and environmental leaders gathered outside the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting this morning to urge Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to take more aggressive action on climate change.