A first-ever climate jobs and justice platform for Oakland County was unveiled Monday night with the support of the Sierra Club in partnership with Clean Water Action, Michigan League of Conservation Voters, Michigan Coalition of Human Rights, Michigan Interfaith Power and Light, Southeast Michigan Jobs with Justice and over 100 members of the community.
RICHMOND, VA - The Birchwood and Chesterfield coal-fired plants are the latest coal plants to announce retirement among the hundreds to retire in the last decade. These coal plants are simply no longer viable in today’s energy market, and represent an outdated form of energy generation that fuels the climate crisis.
HELENA, MT -- Today, the Helena City Commission unanimously passed a resolution establishing a community-wide goal of 100% clean, renewable electricity by 2030. Helena joins Missoula as the second city in Montana to set this goal.
Stakeholders and leaders from across the country to join advocates at rally opposing the Trump Administration’s plans to gut bedrock environmental and civil rights law
JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, has announced an updated energy policy that rules out financing for new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The policy also rules out financing for new thermal coal mines and coal-fired power projects worldwide, though the bank failed to put any restrictions on other oil and gas, including fracking and controversial tar sands projects.
Williams confirmed today that they are cancelling the 125-mile fracked gas Constitution Pipeline
This morning, Lloyds Bank, one of the largest banks in the UK, released an updated energy policy that rules out financing for oil and gas operations in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Brownsville, TX -- Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected a request from local residents and environmental groups to reconsider its approval of the Annova LNG and Texas LNG fracked gas facilities proposed for a site along the Gulf Coast near Port Isabel, Texas.
Local residents, the city of Port Isabel, and Sierra Club today filed suit against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for authorizing construction of the highly polluting Rio Grande LNG fracked gas facility and Rio Bravo Pipeline proposed for a site on the Gulf Coast near Port Isabel.
Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler proposed another dangerous rule today that will allow unlined, toxic coal ash ponds to stay open longer, and even permit their owners to use toxic material as part of the structures they are developing to permanently close the ponds.