Denver, CO -- Xcel Energy and the Polis administration filed a petition to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) today asking for a lifeline to the Comanche 2 coal unit in Pueblo until the end of 2026, backpedalling on a long-standing commitment to retire the plant in 2025 and pushing for unnecessary pollution and costs to ratepayers.
Pension to present update on climate plan, which counts fossil fuel investments as 'green'
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A broad cross-section of Americans voiced their support for protecting public lands and preserving the Public Lands Rule as the Trump administration's 60-day public comment period to rescind the rule closed today.
MONTGOMERY, AL - A coalition of six organizations submitted a letter to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), demanding better protections for Alabamians in the department’s air pollution reduction plan.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Today, State Sen. Habush Sinykin and Rep. Angela Stroud introduced new legislation to bolster transparency and accountability as more tech companies look to build data centers across Wisconsin.
Today, the US Geological Survey (USGS) added metallurgical coal to a list of “critical minerals,” which could allow the Trump administration to steamroll bedrock environmental laws to boost coke production and widen the devastation of coal mining.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Community members with Ridgeline Voices and other groups rallied at the TVA headquarters on Wednesday evening to protest the start of construction of the 122-mile-long Ridgeline Expansion Project, coinciding with the TVA board meeting. Ridgeline is a methane gas pipeline that threatens water quality and wildlife habitat in hundreds of east and middle Tennessee streams and allows a proposed 1,550-megawatt gas plant to fuel devastating climate change.
Topeka, Kan. – The unanimous settlement reached by Evergy, the Sierra Club, Google, and several other intervenors was approved today by a 3-0, unanimous vote, at the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC).
Washington, DC – Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi announced today that she will not seek reelection to the House of Representatives, after a lengthy career in service to her constituents and our nation. First elected in 1987, Pelosi rose through leadership to become the first and only woman elected as Speaker of the House.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Loren Blackford released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Donald Trump announced his latest pick to run the Bureau of Land Management.