KINGSTON, Tenn. — On Monday, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sent a notice of intent to sue to the Tennessee Valley Authority, warning the federal utility that its ongoing construction of a new methane gas plant near the site of its 70-year-old coal plant violates the Clean Air Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Republican Representative Harriet Hageman introduced legislation under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to revoke California's Clean Air Act waiver allowing the state to enforce stronger than federal greenhouse gas standards for vehicles.
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled on Friday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must follow the law and implement the strengthened health-based 2024 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution, commonly known as soot.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration is finalizing two new regulations that will undermine the implementation of federal protections for wildlife under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the nation’s cornerstone conservation law. One rule rescinds the longstanding blanket 4(d) rule, ending the practice of automatically extending key ESA protections from killing, injury, and harassment to newly listed “threatened” species.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of environmental organizations submitted comments urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its proposed "Ozone Reclassification State Implementation Plan Rule," which would allow states to miss deadlines for reducing dangerous ozone pollution and sidestep the consequences the Clean Air Act requires — allowing smog cleanup to stall for a decade or longer in communities that are already breathing unhealthy air.
RALEIGH, N.C. – NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy – two of the nation’s highest polluting utilities with record-high profits – submitted applications to the North Carolina Utilities Commission, South Carolina Public Service Commission, and the Virginia State
Removal of buffer exposes communities and sacred landscapes to oil and gas extraction
Boston - Eight Attorneys General have filed a notice of intent that they will challenge two unlawful payoffs from the Trump administration to energy companies. In these settlements, the administration paid energy companies nearly $2 billion in exchange for the companies to abandon offshore wind projects and double down on fossil fuels.
Richmond, VA. – NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy – two of the nation’s highest polluting utilities with record-high profits – have submitted applications to the Virginia State Corporation Commission, the South Carolina Public Service Commission, and the North Carolina Utilities Commission to merge into one single utility. The proposed merger fails public interest scrutiny and neglects the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) mandates.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Yesterday, NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy – two of the nation’s highest polluting utilities with record-high profits – submitted applications to the South Carolina Public Service Commission, North Carolina Utility Commission, and the Virginia State Corporation Commission to merge into one single utility.