WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Sierra Club and partners around the country announced that more than one million public comments were submitted in opposition to the Trump administration’s proposed repeal of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, demonstrating overwhelming public support for protecting some of the nation’s most treasured national forests.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — On Friday (9/18), Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton announced her decision to veto a zoning ordinance text amendment (ZOTA) previously passed by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council. The ZOTA, which passed with eight yes to seven no Council votes, would open no greater than one percent of Fayette County, including agriculturally zoned land, for large-scale agrivoltaic solar development.
EL PASO, TX - Today, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone issued an emergency injunction to block border barrier and road construction across the Big Bend region.
LAS VEGAS, NV. — Sierra Club’s Toiyabe Chapter and community members gathered Friday outside the Las Vegas headquarters of Kingsbarn Realty Capital for a demonstration opposing a proposed land exchange in Yosemite National Park. Participants called on the company and Interior Secretary Burgum to abandon the deal and urged federal lawmakers to protect Yosemite’s public lands.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission just rejected TransAlta’s proposed cost-recovery plan for the Centralia coal plant, an important step toward protecting Northwest ratepayers from the Trump administration’s costly and unlawful effort to prop up the retired coal plant. The cost recovery filing was for money that TransAlta spent to keep the Centralia facility operating after the Trump administration issued its 202(c) emergency order in December 2025 at the Centralia facility, when the facility was scheduled to retire.
JACKSON, WY — Major League Baseball will no longer consider Grand Teton National Park as a site for a future game, Commissioner Rob Manfred told local leaders in a letter Thursday. The decision follows mass public opposition to the idea of building a ballpark inside the park.
In response to the news, Chris Kassar, director of the Sierra Club’s Wyoming chapter, issued the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of environmental and consumer protection organizations filed a lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s final rule rolling back federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, a move that will make new vehicles less fuel efficient, increase gasoline consumption, and drive up costs for American drivers already facing high gas prices.
PHOENIX – At its Resource Planning Advisory Committee meeting on Wednesday, Arizona Public Service shared that it has signed a coal supply contract extension with the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. that would extend operation of APS’s coal-fired Four Corners Plant past its previous 2031 closure date to 2038 – going back on its retirement commitment for the plant, increasing air pollution, continuing water use, and likely driving up costs for ratepayers.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Santee Cooper’s long-range energy plan admits that increased demand from large load customers, like data centers, is creating an upward pressure on costs, according to the utility’s filing with state regulators yesterday. Rather than meeting growing demand with affordable solar and wind, Santee Cooper wants to double down on expensive new gas plants and delay coal plant retirements.
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) ruled today that Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS) can proceed with closing its Tolk coal plant near Lubbock and constructing renewable energy and battery storage to provide reliable, clean electricity to Southwest Power Pool customers.