Today Sierra Club and Public Citizen sued FERC for its approval of ONEOK’s Saguaro Connector Pipeline that would export massive amounts of methane gas from West Texas to Mexico for further transport, liquefaction, and export primarily to Asia.
The Senate voted to confirm three nominees to serve terms as commissioners at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Judy W. Chang was confirmed today, and David Rosner and Lindsay S. See were confirmed yesterday.
HILLSBOROUGH, FL - Tampa Electric Company (TECO) customers and advocates with the Sierra Club, Food and Water Watch, League of United Latin American Citizens, Florida Rising, League of Women Voters Hillsborough, and Central Florida Jobs with Justice blasted the monopoly utility’s proposed rate hike at a press conference and public hearing this morning, saying it’s unaffordable and props up expensive and polluting coal-burning power plants.
Today, despite ten years of fierce community opposition and countless failures and violations, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted approval to allow the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline to go into service.
NEVADA — On June 12th, the Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, chaired by Senator Cortez-Masto (D-NV) will receive testimony about the proposed Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act (SNEDCA), commonly known as the Clark County Lands Bill.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Administrative Law Judge issued an initial decision finding that Basin Electric Cooperative failed to meet its obligation to assess cheaper alternatives when the utility spent tens of millions of dollars upgrading overpriced coal-fired power plants, passing the exorbitant costs onto its captive customers. Basin Electric is the largest rural cooperative in the United States, serving rural customers in 9 states, and remains heavily dependent on coal for its electricity generating needs.
Phoenix, AZ – In a 4 to 1 vote, today the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) reversed a decision by the Arizona Power Plant and Line Siting Committee in April that required utility Unisource Electric (UNSE) to obtain a certificate of environmental compatibility (CEC) for its planned 200 MW expansion of its Black Mountain Generating Station in Mohave County.
Senate Republicans today released their version of a framework for the 2024 farm bill, which weakens climate investments, cuts bedrock environmental laws to expedite logging projects, and jeopardizes SNAP support for the poor and hungry.
SPRINGFIELD, IL -- Members of the Springfield, Illinois, community turned out on Monday to call on President Biden to designate the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot as a national monument. The public hearing, hosted by Interior Assistant Secretary Shannon Estenoz and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory, comes after a National Park Service feasibility study concluded that the site, near the historic home of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, is suitable for inclusion in the national park system.
SPRINGFIELD, IL -- Springfield NAACP, Springfield ACLU, and other partners are urging members to attend a meeting on Monday, June 10, hosted by the U.S. Department of the Interior to discuss the community's vision for commemorating the Springfield Race Riot of 1908. The meeting is a follow up to a special resource study conducted by the National Park Service concluding that the archeological site near Madison Street and 10th Street is eligible for inclusion in the National Park System.