SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Today, the Trump Administration is expected to announce a suite of rollbacks that bolster the coal and fossil fuel industries, including the reversal of a ruling that has formed the backbone of climate advocacy for nearly two decades. Stemming from the first-ever lawsuit seeking federal greenhouse gas standards under the Clean Air Act–filed by the Sierra Club in 2003–and the resulting 2007 Mass v. EPA Supreme Court decision, the EPA’s endangerment finding established that greenhouse gas pollution could be regulated under the Clean Air Act. That finding serves as the legal basis for a number of crucial regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions, including regulations that limit power plant emissions, car emissions, and more.
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Yesterday, the US House of Representatives voted in support of rescinding Donald Trump’s harmful tariffs on Canada. Six Republicans joined Democrats to pass the legislation. The vote comes as the United States is legally required to review the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, a trade deal signed by President Trump in his first term and improved with strong engagement from Congress.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Trump Administration announced its latest scheme to bail out the coal industry ordering up to $175 million in funds originally intended to support energy resiliency, efficiency, and greenhouse gas reductions in rural communities to instead help prop up a number of old, inefficient coal plants.
LOUISVILLE, KY. - On the heels of receiving an inaugural “Undisputed Champion of Coal” award from an industry-backed pro-coal group, President Trump has announced $175 million in taxpayer-funded handouts to seven coal plants, including LG&E and KU’s Ghent Generating Station. The money, originally intended to support energy resiliency, efficiency, and greenhouse gas reductions in rural communities, will now instead subsidize new, expensive equipment on the Ghent plant, a move that Sierra Club has already previously opposed.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - On the heels of receiving an inaugural “Undisputed Champion of Coal” award from an industry-backed pro-coal group, President Trump has announced $175 million in taxpayer-funded handouts to seven coal plants, including Appalachian Power’s Amos and Mountaineer plants and Monongahela Power’s Fort Martin.
NASHVILLE – In a brazen assault on the health and welfare of the American public, the Trump administration finalized its rule revoking the Environmental Protection Agency’s longstanding greenhouse gas endangerment finding under the federal Clean Air Act. With the stroke of a pen, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has now formalized climate denialism as official government policy and moved to eliminate EPA’s ability to directly fight the climate crisis.
RALEIGH, N.C. – Trump announced the Department of Energy will throw a $175 million taxpayer-funded lifeline to six coal plants throughout the country, including Duke Energy’s Belews Creek in North Carolina. The DOE notes additional taxpayer money will be doled out to support coal plants in the future.
INDIANAPOLIS – This week, the Trump Administration is expected to announce a suite of rollbacks that bolster the coal and fossil fuel industries, threatening to keep our coal plants online longer and make our environment and climate dirtier.
MADISON, Wis. – This week, the Trump Administration is expected to announce a suite of rollbacks that bolster the coal and fossil fuel industries, threatening to keep our coal plants online longer and make our environment and climate dirtier.
ATLANTA – In a brazen assault on the health and welfare of the American public, the Trump administration finalized its rule revoking the Environmental Protection Agency’s longstanding greenhouse gas endangerment finding under the federal Clean Air Act. With the stroke of a pen, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has now formalized climate denialism as official government policy and moved to eliminate EPA’s ability to directly fight the climate crisis.