Today, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency announced that, rather than beginning the public comment period on the proposed Puget Sound Energy Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility in Tacoma, the Agency must first conduct a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to analyze the project’s climate impact.
Today, the Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and West Virginia Rivers Coalition filed a lawsuit against Southeastern Land, LLC, and Fola Coal Company, LLC.,for polluting streams from two of their surface coal mines in West Virginia, the Peachorchard and Ike Fork mines.
Boston, M.A.--Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker gave his State of the State address today highlighting the state’s 2018 priorities. In the address, Governor Baker touted the state’s #1 energy efficiency ranking in the county and mentioned various commitments to renewable energy initiatives including the largest renewable energy procurement in Massachusetts’ history and the beginning stages of a process that could lead to the construction of the largest offshore wind operation in the nation.
Interior Secretary Zinke claims to be a geologist, but he can’t figure out how to stop digging himself deeper into a hole over his disastrous handling of the administration’s draft offshore drilling plan.
Memphis, Tenn. — A new report shows that the White Bluff and Independence coal-fired power plants operated by the largest utility in Arkansas, Entergy, emit enough pollution to raise the levels of unhealthy ozone smog in the Memphis area.
Advocates plan for huge anti-border wall event in Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge.
The Clean Power Coalition - Southeast Wisconsin is urging We Energies to improve both its air quality monitoring and data reporting to better protect the health of families living near the utility’s coal-burning Oak Creek and Elm Road power plants. On behalf of the Clean Power Coalition, Steve Slavens, Chair of the organization’s Data Committee, has sent a letter today to Kevin Fletcher, President of We Energies.
Today, environmental groups, Tribes, Youth Climate Intervenors, and other stakeholders submitted their briefs on Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline. In their briefs, the groups laid out the reasons Enbridge should not be granted the permits to build this tar sands pipeline through Minnesota, and the threats it would pose to the state’s land, water, and communities, as well as our climate.
As reported in The Hill, in congruence with the DC Auto Show, the Sierra Club released a video calling out Ford for their work with the Trump administration to roll back the clean car standards. The video, targeted to the DC region, is accompanied by a petition calling on Ford to support strong clean car standards.
Washington, DC -- Today, the Department of the Interior dismissed a reporter’s inquiry on whether a department staffer -- and the daughter of a longtime Peabody Energy executive -- had recused herself from matters relating to the coal company as “alarmist speculation.” This comes one day after it was revealed that Zinke has failed to di