Press Releases

May 31, 2017

Puget Sound Energy, the largest utility in Western Washington, is negotiating an extension to its coal supply contract that could extend the life of the Colstrip Power Plant in Eastern Montana, despite persistent calls from its customers to move away from fossil fuels.

 

June 1, 2017

Kansas City, MO -- Less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump announced his intentions to back out of the Paris Climate Agreement,  Kansas City Power & Light Co.

June 1, 2017

Virgin, UT -- Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it will not move forward with a plan to lease three different parcels of land that sit just outside of Zion National Park for oil and gas development.

June 1, 2017

Washington, DC -- Today, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt spoke on Donald Trump’s decision to pull America out of the Paris Climate Agreement.

In response, Sierra Club Global Climate Policy Director John Coequyt released the following statement:

June 1, 2017

Pittsburgh, PA. - Just hours after Donald Trump claimed to be represent the voters of Pittsburgh in his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, Mayor Bill Peduto today announced his support for a goal of powering Pittsburgh entirely with clean and renewable energy by 2035.
 

June 1, 2017

WHO: Concerned Chicagoans outraged by the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, Sierra Club Illinois, American Federation of Government Employees Local 704 representing EPA Region 5 employees, Faith in Place, Chicago Jobs with Justice, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Illinois, Food and Water Watch

 

May 31, 2017

Columbus, OH -- Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) notified Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) that it was conducting an investigation into the construction of the fracked gas Rover pipeline. The investigation comes as the Ohio EPA discovered the presence of petroleum hydrocarbon constituents, which are commonly found in diesel fluid, among the fluid ETP spilled near the Tuscarawas River during construction.

May 31, 2017

CHARLOTTE, N.C.— Duke Energy Progress today filed a request to raise customers’ rates, in large part to pay cleanup and storage costs for the utility’s coal ash waste.

May 31, 2017

Today, Donald Trump announced he intends to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement.

May 31, 2017

An expert panel of advocates from major American environmental and civil society nonprofits will respond to President Trump’s Rose Garden press conference, where he is expected to announce whether his administration will honor the United States’ commitment to the global Paris Climate Agreement.