Washington, DC - Sixteen health and environmental groups have filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency outlining severe flaws in its rule to repeal the Endangerment Finding and motor vehicle climate pollution standards and describing how the Clean Air Act requires the agency to reconsider that damaging action.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate voted to approve a controversial proposal, backed by the Trump Administration, to allow toxic sulfide mining in the watershed of one of the country’s most visited wilderness areas.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – New analyses have found that Wisconsinites across the state and across political affiliations strongly dislike data data centers, citing concerns around affordability, energy and water.
RALEIGH — More than 133 million cubic yards of coal ash at North Carolina coal-fired power plants, with 40.2 million cubic yards at the Duke Energy’s Roxboro plant alone, could more seriously impact local waterways after the EPA moved last week to seriously weaken rules that have protected waters from toxic coal ash for over a decade. In response, the Sierra Club is urging North Carolinians to share concerns at an upcoming EPA hearing and submit public comments.
TOPEKA, Kansas – Today, the Shawnee County Commission voted 3-0 to approve an ordinance for utility-scale solar that moves beyond their initial moratorium toward a comprehensive, permitting framework , expanding the opportunity for cleaner, cheaper energy sources to be built quickly at a time when energy affordability is top-of-mind for many households.
SEATTLE — On Friday, April 17, the Sierra Club, Washington Trails Association, The Wilderness Society, The Mountaineers, and additional partner organizations will be joined by elected officials, representatives of Tribal governments, conservation and outdoor recreation groups, and concerned members of the public at a community meeting on the need to preserve the Roadless Area Conservation Rule
Phoenix, Ariz. - Today, the Trump administration announced plans to gut critical protections against deadly coal ash pollution – one of the most toxic industrial waste streams in the country, taking direct aim at the health of American communities.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Trump administration has taken direct aim at the health and lives of hundreds of American communities, announcing plans to gut critical protections against deadly coal ash pollution – one of the most toxic industrial waste streams in the country.
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Trump administration has taken direct aim at the health and lives of hundreds of American communities, announcing plans to gut critical protections against deadly coal ash pollution – one of the most toxic industrial waste streams in the country.
LOUISVILLE, KY. - Today, Donald Trump’s administration took direct aim at the health and lives of hundreds of American communities, announcing plans to gut critical protections against deadly coal ash pollution – one of the most toxic industrial waste streams in the country.
Coal ash contains a toxic brew of mercury, cadmium, chromium, and arsenic, which can cause cancer, neurological damage, and various other serious illnesses.