May 31, 2018
This morning, the Washington Post reported that two corporations, along with an oil services firm, have filed an application with the Department of the Interior to do extensive seismic testing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Press Releases
May 31, 2018
California Public Utilities Commission Approves Single Largest Investment in EV Infrastructure. California’s Three Largest Utilities Will Invest Over $700 Million in clean transportation projects Today, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved the single largest investment in transportation electrification infrastructure ever.
May 30, 2018
Today, NIPSCO closes the door on their coal-burning Bailly power plant, and has committed to closing two units at their Super Polluting Schahfer coal-burning power plant in 2023. NIPSCO will, however, still operate a peaker fracked gas unit at Bailly after the retirement of the coal units. NIPSCO continues to burn coal for electricity at their Michigan City power plant and at their Super Polluting Schafer power plant, even though their own analysis shows that closing Schahfer and Michigan City would save its customers hundreds of millions of dollars.
May 30, 2018
Today, the Sierra Club and the FreshWater Accountability Project filed comments with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency on the water quality permit for Shell’s Falcon ethane pipeline.
May 30, 2018
Environmental organizations filed an appeal with the Michigan Court of Appeals to reverse the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) decision that authorizes DTE Electric Company to charge its customers the cost of building a nearly $1 billion gas power plant. Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and the Michigan Environmental Council, represented by Earthjustice and Olson Bzdok & Howard, assert that DTE’s proposal failed to meet the standards under Michigan’s utility planning law. The groups also filed a petition for rehearing with the MPSC.
May 30, 2018
Today, as Chevron executives and shareholders meet for their annual meeting, the company is under increasing pressure to pledge not to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
May 29, 2018
SAN JUAN, P.R. -- A new study from Harvard University researchers published today in the New England Journal of Medicine estimates that the number of people who died in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria far surpasses the official government estimate of 64. Researchers estimate the total number of deaths likely exceeds even the 4,645 figure reached in this study.
May 29, 2018
This morning, the Canadian government announced a plan to buy out Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion. The controversial project faces opposition among First Nations, the public, and elected officials across Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
May 24, 2018
Philadelphia, P.A. — PJM Interconnection, the regional electric grid operator for 13 states including Pennsylvania, announced the results of its capacity auction yesterday. The auction ensures that the region has enough electric generating capacity to keep the lights on in 2021. These results confirm that PJM is continuing a trend of procuring much more generating capacity than is needed for the region. As of now, it exceeds the amount necessary by almost 6 percent, which equates to over 9,300 extra megawatts of excess power, or about 10 large power plants that are unnecessary. This extra capacity artificially adds about $530 million in costs for consumers with little reliability benefit.
May 24, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved Andrew Oldham’s nomination to the judiciary for the Fifth Circuit Court along party lines. Oldham is one of the youngest of Trump’s nominees for a seat on the circuit court of appeals, and if approved by the full Senate, will hold a lifetime appointment to the judiciary.