Eddystone, PA - The Trump administration issued an order to force the Eddystone power plant to stay online past its scheduled retirement date. This is the second power plant the administration has ordered to operate past its planned retirement under the excuse of a so-called “energy emergency”.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Trump administration took a step in revoking a major federal rule protecting public lands in its latest giveaway to corporate polluters.
Details remain scarce on local community protections from health harms
Project cuts include funding for carbon capture, low-carbon cement
Bloomfield, NJ – Today, the New Jersey Chapter of the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Mikie Sherrill for Governor, citing her outstanding record on environmental issues in Congress and her bold vision to tackle these challenges as New Jersey’s next governor. The Sierra Club is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization.
MACKINAC, Mich. – Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) on the proposal to enclose the Line 5 oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac in a tunnel.
Department of Labor says it will engage in new rulemaking
Washington, DC - Today, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to require further analysis before permitting a railroad line in Utah that would carry billions of gallons of oil because the Surface Transportation Board failed to analyze and disclose the pollution impacts of refining all that oil in Gulf Coast communities in Louisiana. The original suit was brought by environmental and community groups, including Sierra Club. The decision by the Supreme Court will narrow the scope of federal environmental reviews of fossil fuel infrastructure projects under the National Environmental Policy Act.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Trump administration’s proposed budget, released this month, includes transferring hundreds of National Park Service sites to state management. This comes as the administration seeks to cut the NPS budget by $900 million.
Washington, DC — Late last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave the controversial Venture Global permission to proceed with construction of its CP2 LNG export facility, despite Former FERC Chairman Phillips raising concerns about the facility’s emissions last year — which are equivalent to more than 42 million gas-powered cars or 46 coal-fired power plants.