October 10, 2024
Ashwaubenon, WISCONSIN – Today, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) will host a public hearing on Wisconsin Public Service’s (WPS) proposed rate increases.
Press Releases
October 10, 2024
Columbus, OHIO – New ads in downtown Columbus highlight the extreme cost House Bill 6 has caused Ohioans since 2020.
October 10, 2024
Just days after Hurricane Helene wreaked widespread destruction in the Southeast, Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida last night.
October 10, 2024
A new policy primer, released today by Sierra Club and Climate & Community Institute, lays out why and how decision-makers at the local, state, and federal level can prioritize tenant protections as efforts to decarbonize buildings gain momentum. From rent and eviction protections to strongly enforced habitability standards, the primer explains a suite of complementary policies and provides existing examples of each as a framework for similar legislation.
October 9, 2024
Phoenix, AZ – At its October 8 open meeting, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) doubled down on fossil fuels, voting to approve two new methane gas plants: Arizona Public Service Company’s (APS) Redhawk gas plant expansion project in western Maricopa County and Seguro Energy Partners’ Bella Energy Facility gas plant in Pinal County, near Casa Grande.
October 9, 2024
Madison, WISCONSIN – Dairyland Power and Minnesota Power, co-owners of NTEC, have withdrawn their air permit for the 625 MW methane gas plant planned to be built in Superior, Wisconsin.
October 9, 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa – Today, the Sierra Club released its annual Dirty Truth Report, with Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary MidAmerican Energy scoring a ‘D’ grade for the fourth consecutive year.
October 9, 2024
Kansas City, MO – Out of the 50 largest parent companies analyzed throughout the country, three of the top ten utilities that operate coal plants without a 2030 retirement commitment are headquartered in Missouri; Ameren Missouri (6th), Evergy (7th), and the Associated Electric Cooperatives of Missouri (10th).
October 9, 2024
Indianapolis, IN – Duke not only scored the worst among the five Indiana utilities evaluated, it tied for last place among all utilities throughout the country in the Sierra Club’s updated Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges report that was released today.
October 9, 2024
Washington, D.C. -- The 50 utility companies in the U.S. most invested in fossil fuels are planning to replace just half of their existing fossil fuel generation with clean energy by 2035, according to the Sierra Club’s 2024 Dirty Truth Report released today.