Sierra Club has joined over 340 civil society organizations in signing an open statement calling on governments around the world to disengage from investor-state dispute settlements, or ISDS, a system that “threatens a just transition from fossil fuels and the urgent need for a social and ecological transformation for people and the planet.”
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously against Enbridge Energy, saying the company cannot move a case from state to federal court. The lawsuit in question was brought by Enbridge in response to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit to decommission the aging Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac, a critical waterway.
Salt Lake City - The EPA on Tuesday proposed rescinding a Biden-era ruling to reclassify Utah's Wasatch Front from “serious” nonattainment of the 2015 ozone standards to mere “moderate” nonattainment, significantly decreasing required pollution reductions. The proposal downplays local emissions, shifting blame to foreign sources instead of reining in local emissions. EPA has issued similar proposed rulings in other states across the West.
Legislation from Rep. Westerman would have drastically weakened bedrock environmental law
Boston - Today, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in favor of renewable energy developers, temporarily blocking a number of the Trump administration’s relentless and aggressive attacks on the industry.
NAOMA, W.Va. – Today, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia ruled in favor of Coal River Mountain Watch, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Appalachian Voices, and Sierra Club, blocking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to grant a Clean Water Act permit for valley fills associated with the Turkeyfoot Surface Mine.
Washington, D.C. - Donald Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act to give the coal industry access to potentially hundreds of millions of dollars, even as the industry has been in decline for nearly two decades.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Today, Clean Grid Alliance, Fresh Energy, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, and Sierra Club (collectively the Clean Energy Organizations or CEOs) filed comments at the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission regarding Minnesota Power’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) (Docket No. 25-127).
RICHMOND, Va. - Today, several environmental groups filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Clean Water Act permit for the controversial Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, or SSEP pipeline