Richmond, VA— Today, the Fourth Circuit declined to reconsider its December ruling that the U.S. Forest Service lacked authority to authorize the Atlantic Coast Pipeline from crossing the Appalachian Trail. The Court also found that Atlantic and the Forest Service ignored routes that would avoid the National Forest.
New Mexico -- A study released this morning finds a mix of renewable energy, battery storage, and energy efficiency is the lowest-cost option for Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) to replace the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station. San Juan is on track to close in 2022.
Yesterday, the Sierra Club launched their #TellTheTruthTECO campaign, designed to hold the Tampa Electric Company (TECO) accountable for doubling down on climate-disrupting fossil fuels like coal and gas, even as they prepare for the effects of climate change
This morning, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) are announcing plans to cancel billions worth of spending to repower three gas plants, totaling more than 1.6 gigawatts. Instead, the City will invest in transmission improvements and at least 3 gigawatts of clean energy and battery storage resources that will create thousands of union jobs.
Today, a coalition of climate and clean water advocates are applauding the latest move to protect Maryland’s waters from dirty, dangerous fracked gas pipelines, the Maryland Pipeline and Water Protection Act (PAWPA)
a coalition of climate and clean water advocates will hold a Telepresser to discuss new legislation designed to protect Maryland’s waters from dirty, dangerous fracked gas pipelines
Today, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) granted the final air permit for Tampa Electric Company’s (TECO) proposal to lock the Tampa Bay area into decades of dependence on climate-disrupting fossil fuels
Florida Power and Light (FPL) announced they would install tens of millions of new solar panels by 2030. While this is a positive step forward, their announcement left out some crucial perspective.
The Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board voted to grant a permit to Dominion Energy for the Buckingham Compressor Station, a 54,000 horsepower industrial facility proposed for the historic Union Hill community in Buckingham County. The facility will pump fracked-gas through Dominion’s controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Today, on the Friday before Christmas, the Department of Environmental Quality opened a comment period on specific documents newly submitted to the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board (Board) on the Buckingham County Compressor station.
the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board (Board) delayed a vote on a crucial permit for a fracked gas compressor station
The Roanoke Times reported that Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC has admitted for the first time that their 300 mile, $4.6 billion pipeline may never be built, a stunning departure from the brave face the company has put forward publicly