November 4, 2019
Austin, Tex. - Late Friday, the EPA quietly signed a supplemental proposed Texas Regional Haze rule that attempts to shore up its inadequate proposal from over a year ago.
Press Releases
November 4, 2019
Pittsburgh, P.A. - Former coal lobbyist for Murray Energy and current EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced another rollback of a key water safeguards today -- a move that will allow the vast majority of coal plants across the country to dump their toxic industrial sludge into the drinking water of millions of Americans.
November 4, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced another proposed rollback of a key water toxics safeguard today -- a move that may embolden coal plant owners to try to continue their harmful toxic discharges.
November 3, 2019
Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced another rollback of a key water toxics safeguard today -- a move that would allow the vast majority of coal plants across the country to dump their toxic, industrial sludge into the drinking water of millions of Americans.
October 31, 2019
Sierra Club disappointed with WPSC decision to approve proposed WEC Energy’s partial settlement of its rate case
Settlement fails the basic ‘public interest’ test through collecting excessive fees from local customers
MADISON, WI -- Today, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission indicated its intention to approve the proposed settlement in WEC Energy Group’s ongoing rate cases.
October 31, 2019
Sierra Club Applauds Alliant Energy’s Plans for New Solar Generation
“Clean energy works for Wisconsin. It’s time to move beyond coal.”
Madison, WI -- Today, Alliant Energy announced it will add up to 1000MW of new solar generation to be built in Wisconsin by 2023.
In response, Sierra Club Wisconsin Chapter’s Elizabeth Ward released the following statement:
October 31, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, in its first formal vote on the impeachment inquiry, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution to guide the impeachment process with open, transparent, and public hearings.
October 30, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO— Conservation groups today sued the Trump administration to challenge its Oct. 4 decision to allow fracking and drilling on 725,500 acres of public lands and mineral estate across California’s Central Coast and the Bay Area.
October 31, 2019
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— The Trump administration today announced a proposal to open more than 1 million acres of public lands and minerals in central California to oil drilling and fracking. The plan, first floated in draft form in April, would end a more than five-year moratorium on leasing federal public land in the state to oil companies.
October 31, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, Senators Udall and Merkley attempted to bring the Senate companion bill to H.R. 1, the For the People Act, to the floor for a vote via unanimous consent. Senator Roy Blunt blocked the bill from a vote.