WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friday, President Trump signed an executive order revoking decades-old protections that have guided the management of off-highway vehicles on federal public lands since the 1970s. The order directs federal agencies to rescind or revise regulations ensuring motorized vehicle access is balanced with protecting natural, cultural, and historic recreational resources.
Today, the Department of Energy issued guidance that will create confusion, make it significantly harder for households to access funds to upgrade polluting or inefficient appliances, and disrupt programs already approved and underway in multiple states.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Sierra Club submitted Direct Testimony on Friday in the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) case for Mon Power’s proposed $2.48 Billion, 1,200 MW combined cycle gas plant. The plant, according to the utility, would be built adjacent to the existing Fort Martin coal plant without first retiring the facility's aging, inefficient coal units.
MADISON, Wis. – At a recent Gubernatorial Forum focused on Wisconsin’s energy and electric sector, candidates shared strong words about Enbridge’s controversial Line 5 pipeline reroute project, which has been partially stayed by a Circuit Court Judge.
BROOKFIELD, Ct. -- On May 30 and 31, fourteen Sierra Club Connecticut and Sunrise New Haven members and supporters completed the Ride to End Fossil Fuels, a 100 mile bike ride across the state in protest of methane gas expansion projects.
Proposal would leave investors with less information about climate risks while advancing legal theory that could weaken corporate disclosure more broadly
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Yesterday, Jacksonville residents joined advocates and environmental leaders from across the country to participate in a public hearing regarding EPA’s attempt to roll back its Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) rule, a move which experts warn would put communities, waterways, and public health at greater risk.
ATLANTA - Today, despite the efforts of two commissioners, the Georgia Public Service Commission agreed to allow Georgia Power to continue automatically passing along all of its fuel costs to ratepayers rather than creating an incentive for the utility company to better manage fuel costs.
Washington, DC – Today, the Sierra Club released more than 35,000 comments submitted to the National Park Service in response to Donald Trump’s efforts to whitewash history on public lands via the executive order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History”.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – In the past month, 304 West Virginians have submitted comments to Governor Patrick Morrisey expressing concerns over a $1.44 billion U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) loan to West Virginia utilities to refurbish six unnamed coal-fired power plants, extending their lives by up to 20 years. Regardless of how long the plants manage to continue operating, payments on the DOE loan will be passed on to West Virginians’ electric bills for decades.