Pittsburgh, PA - The Sierra Club today issued a Notice of Intent to Sue NRG Energy and GenOn Americas Generation for failure to meet key Clean Air Act (CAA) and Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan (SIP) pollution protections at their Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale, PA. Via publicly available air quality monitoring data, Sierra Club has discovered that the Cheswick plant is emitting nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution at levels beyond those allowed in its operating permit, despite having available technology installed in the plant that should ensure that pollution protection requirements are met. NRG will have 60 days to respond to the notice.
Energy Commission Updates Building Standards, Signaling Beginning of the End to Gas. This vote makes California the first state in the country to mandate zero net electricity
Today the California Energy Committee voted to update California’s building efficiency standards to encourage builders to use cost-effective, energy efficient technologies that will save consumers money, reduce energy demand and cut climate altering pollution.
Washington, DC -- After having worked with Donald Trump and his administration for more than a year to rollback the clean car standards, Ford and other automakers’ trade group, the Auto Alliance, is seeking to spin its efforts in the face of intense public opposition.
Since the public release of the Sierra Club’s 24,000+ page EPA document dump, secured under FOIA litigation, reporters at a wide range of outlets have use the documents to expose new Pruitt scandals, malfeasance and secrecy.
Representatives from the Gwich’in Nation, national environmental groups, and institutional investors will host a telephonic press briefing on Monday, May 14 at 2pm ET to unveil a new effort to defend the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from destructive oil and gas drilling.
The Bellingham City Council approved a resolution that establishes its commitment to a planning process that will assess the feasibility and pathways for getting to 100 percent renewable energy by 2030.
New Orleans, LA – Several local community organizations filed a lawsuit in Orleans Parish Civil District Court today, claiming that the City Council’s Utilities Committee and the City Council violated Louisiana’s constitution and Open Meetings Law at two recent meetings related to Entergy New Orleans’ application to build a gas plant in New Orleans East.
New Orleans, LA -- Today, the Alliance for Affordable Energy, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Earthjustice, Sierra Club and 350 New Orleans filed two legal actions: an appeal of the New Orleans City Council’s approval of Entergy’s gas plant in Louisiana District Court and a petition to City Council requesting a “rehearing” to reconsider the March 8 Council decision.
Even Scott Pruitt’s closest ally, Senator Jim Inhofe, knows Scott Pruitt’s ethical quandaries are deeply unpopular. Today, in an interview with Bloomberg News, Inhofe said he believes Pruitt “might get to the point where he doesn’t want to endure anymore” scrutiny over his abuse of taxpayer dollars. Inhofe then said Pruitt “could find something else to do that would be a lot less combative."
Department of the Interior pushes anti-immigrant agenda.