OAKLAND — Twenty-two California state and local elected officials are calling on Attorney General Rob Bonta and four district attorneys to open a formal investigation into two alleged AI astroturf campaigns that flooded air quality regulators with public comments. The letter, sent today by the Sierra Club, names district attorneys Nathan Hochman (Los Angeles County), Brooke Jenkins (San Francisco), Ursula Jones Dickson (Alameda County), and Jeff Rosen (Santa Clara County) as additional recipients.
Seattle, WA—Last night, the Department of Energy (DOE) renewed an emergency order forcing the TransAlta coal plant in Centralia to remain open, despite a challenge in federal court to overturn the Trump administration’s original illegal order.
SALT LAKE CITY – Yesterday, Utah Sierra Club and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) held a press conference with community members speaking out against Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Celeste Maloy’s (R-UT-02) attempt to overturn the Monument Management Plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
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Washington, D.C. - Today, Sierra Club Senior Attorney Greg Wannier testified before a joint hearing of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Donald Trump’s illegal attempt to force retiring coal plants to stay online.
Washington, D.C. — Sierra Club and partners filed a challenge in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn Trump’s illegal “emergency” orders issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), forcing two coal-fired power plants in Indiana to continue operating past their scheduled retirement dates.
UNION, MO – The Franklin County Planning & Zoning Commission will consider sweeping changes that could enable hyperscale data center developers to build new projects at two known locations while opening the door for more. Changes under consideration include zoning data centers to as little as 150 feet from residential property lines and the elimination of requirements for public hearings on future data center projects.
Washington, D.C. - Today, the Sierra Club and its environmental group allies took the Trump administration to federal court, suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its woefully inadequate Clean Air Act standards for gas-fired power plants’ emissions of nitrogen oxides.
SALT LAKE CITY — On Tuesday, March 17th, the Utah Sierra Club and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) will host a virtual press call with community members speaking out against Senator Mike Lee and Rep. Celeste Maloy’s plan to overturn the Monument Management Plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission unanimously approved the Southwest Power Pool’s innovative proposal to transform its siloed interconnection and transmission processes, which will accelerate the timeline for building new power generation while reducing costs to consumers.