INDIANAPOLIS - Today, the U.S. District Circuit Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the Sierra Club, overturning the Department of Energy’s “emergency” order, under section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act, that forced the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan to continue operating past the retirement date set by the utility and state.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — On Thursday, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council voted to pass a zoning ordinance text amendment (ZOTA) opening up no greater than one percent of Fayette County, including agriculturally zoned land, for large-scale solar development. Notably, the amendment also requires that all approved solar projects are agrivoltaic, enabling both farming and renewable energy production on one site. The amendment was fiercely championed by local Sierra Club members and supporters.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. District Circuit Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the Sierra Club, overturning the Department of Energy’s“emergency” order overriding the state’s and utility’s decision to close the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Today, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) rejected Minnesota Power’s request to build a costly new gas plant to meet future energy demand and ordered the electric utility to continue investigating alternatives that would maintain grid reliability.
CUMBERLAND CITY, Tenn. — This week, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority over the utility’s failure to take federally required steps to protect Middle Tennessee communities from the harmful air pollution impacts of running its Cumberland coal plant alongside its newly built Cumberland Gas Plant.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Today, environmental activists from across Indiana delivered more than 1,300 petitions to Governor Mike Braun and Attorney General Todd Rokita, calling on them to challenge President Trump’s latest "emergency energy order" that will require coal burning units at NIPSCO’s Schahfer and Centerpoint’s Culley coal plants to continue operating despite the fact they were supposed to retire -- and Hoosiers were supposed to stop paying for them -- in December 2025.
MICHIGAN – Today, Governor Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced their reconsideration of the Line 5 tunnel project in the Strait of Mackinac, after the Michigan Supreme Court issued that the state must assess potential environmental damage from the tunnel project and evaluate other alternatives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Sierra Club is raising serious concerns following reports that a Labor Day weekend family camping trip ended with five men taken away by immigration agents as their loved ones and young children watched.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — In a win for communities across the Tennessee Valley, a federal court ruled that the Tennessee Valley Authority’s decision to build its massive Kingston Gas Plant had “fundamental” errors that violated federal law. The court’s order, which currently remains sealed, vacates TVA’s environmental impact statement and record of decision for the Kingston Gas Plant.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of the Interior to consider removing or reducing Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves and Mexican wolves.