Washington, DC - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources is considering legislation proposed by Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) called the “Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act,” or the SPEED Act. This bill will undermine the National Environmental Policy Act, a bedrock environmental law, in order to rush through infrastructure projects without adequate review or safeguards.
Today, Senate Republicans rejected a Congressional Review Act resolution introduced by Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) that would have stopped the Trump administration from delaying the implementation of critical methane pollution standards. The courts, including the United States Supreme Court, have previously stopped other efforts by industry polluters and their political allies to block the EPA’s methane standards.
Local leaders testify, deliver petition at board meeting as pension gives update on its Climate Action Plan
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has committed to loaning West Virginia’s utility companies $1.44 billion to fund projects to refurbish six of the state’s coal-fired power plants, extending their lives by up to 20 years. Regardless of how long the refurbished coal plants manage to stay online, payments on the low-interest DOE loans will be passed on to West Virginian’s electric bills for decades.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Trump administration is proposing to fundamentally weaken implementation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in ways that could bring imminent harm to imperiled species. If finalized, the rules would bias listing decisions with unreliable economic analyses, obstruct the ability to list new protected species, and make it easier to remove those now on the federal endangered or threatened list.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republicans have approved resolutions intended to undermine the protection of millions of acres of public lands in Alaska and overturning guardrails on coal leasing in Wyoming.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Sierra Club and its partners are asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to release vital information from Mountain Valley Pipeline’s biological assessment for the proposed Southgate extension.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Filing a lawsuit today in the D.C. Circuit, the Sierra Club challenged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval for the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) to fast-track the interconnection of mostly fossil-fueled generation to the power grid. SPP spans 14 states, stretching from Louisiana, parts of Texas, and New Mexico up to Montana and North Dakota.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earthjustice filed the lawsuit today on behalf of environmental groups Clean Wisconsin and Natural Resources Defense Council, and together with Sierra Club, challenged FERC's approval to fast-track the interconnection of mostly fossil-fueled generation in states where Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) operates.