The North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) filed a rehearing request yesterday with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to challenge the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s (ACP) guaranteed 14% return on equity. The rehearing request comes as the Sierra Club and watchdog groups have been raising concerns over the lack of necessity for these pipelines, as well as the fact that ratepayers could be on the hook to pay for them.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed a bill essentially removing the sensitive coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from the refuge system, opening the entire 1.5 million acres to drilling. The bill ignores the importance of the area to the Gwich’in Nation, as well as a host of environmental safeguards, and cost realities that make raising the estimated revenue from drilling in the Arctic Refuge nearly impossible.
Washington, D.C. - Senate Republicans have added a repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate to their tax scheme. Repealing the mandate would unravel the U.S. health insurance systems’ individual markets, causing millions of Americans to lose their insurance coverage and raising premiums for millions more.
JACKSON, WY -- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will hold a public meeting tonight in Jackson to gather input on how grizzly bears should be managed in the state. The meeting is one of several being held by the Department. Additional meetings are planned including one in Pinedale tomorrow, and other locations in late November/December. Wyoming joined Montana and Idaho in taking over management of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone region following the animal's removal from the Endangered Species list this summer.
Bonn, Germany – Today, members of the U.S. People’s Delegation delivered over 1 million signatures from the “I am still in” petition, signaling to the international community that people across America will lead on climate regardless of federal inaction.
The Breckenridge Town Council today unanimously approved a resolution committing the community to shift away from dirty fossil fuels and to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable electricity by 2035.
Kentucky Utilities announced today that it will retire two of its three coal-fired units located at the E.W. Brown coal plant near Herrington Lake in Harrodsburg. Advocates including Earthjustice, the Sierra Club, and Kentucky Waterways Alliance have worked for years with local communities to curb dangerous air and water pollution from the plant.
Washington D.C. – Today, as international leaders meet in Bonn, Germany, for climate negotiations, a large, diverse coalition is joining together for a #StillIn Day of Action to show that state and local officials, businesses, tribal leaders and advocacy groups are stepping up in the absence of leadership from the Trump administration on climate.
Washington, DC -- Today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on Puerto Rico’s recovery. Senators peppered the panels with questions about the continuing Whitefish Energy scandal and what’s needed to power the rebuilt grid with clean, renewable energy.
In response, Sierra Club Climate Policy Director Liz Perera released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Sierra Club has launched a digital ad campaign in 29 congressional districts in opposition to the House GOP’s regressive tax scheme. The ad calls on the public to let their Members of Congress know that this tax bill is unacceptable.