SEATTLE – Climate, environmental, and social justice organizations filed testimony today urging the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) to reduce the proposed rate hike from Washington’s largest utility and hold it accountable to meet the state’s clean energy goals.
INDIANA – Governor Braun has released an executive order to extend Indiana coal plants as Big Tech continues to propose new AI data center projects to the state.
LAS VEGAS— The Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter today filed an administrative appeal challenging federal approval of the Townsite Data Center in Boulder City, Nevada.
BROOKFIELD, Conn. – On Friday afternoon, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced it will reopen the permit application process for the proposed expansion of the Brookfield Compressor Station. The decision was issued in response to an amended application submitted by developers Berkshire Hathaway and TC Energy that would increase the amount of carbon monoxide emitted at the site.
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency transmitted two additional California waivers to Congress, including the Ocean-Going Vessels At Berth and Commercial Harbor Craft waivers. For 50 years, the precedent set under both Democratic and Republican administrations is that Clean Air Act waivers are not rules and are therefore not subject to review under the Congressional Review Act (CRA). EPA’s move to reclassify them is not only a misuse of CRA, but an unlawful and reckless attack on vital clean air protections.
Washington, DC - Sierra Club submitted more than 3,000 comments opposing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s proposal to expand use of its “blanket certificate” program. FERC’s proposal would more than double the automatic approval cost limit from $14.5 million to $30 million, and the "prior notice" cap from $41 million to $86 million, allowing fossil fuel companies to fast track larger-scale new and expanded methane gas infrastructure without necessary environmental review, full oversight, or community input.
ST. LOUIS, MO: Amid surging costs for new turbines, Ameren Missouri announced today its plan to build a new 2.1 gigawatt (GW) gas plant in St. Charles County.
Washington, D.C. - Today, the New York Times uncovered recent court filings where the Trump administration admitted to targeting states that voted for Vice President Kamala Harris and are represented by Democrats when slashing billions of dollars of clean energy investments.
NEW YORK, NY — The Center for Active Stewardship (CAS) announced today the addition of the Sierra Club’s Hidden Risk scorecard to its public proxy voting Scorecards platform, which tracks how leading asset managers and their funds vote on shareholder proposals.
The two largest US asset managers, Vanguard and BlackRock, scored 0% and 1% alignment with Sierra Club recommendations, compared to several dozen institutions with 100% alignment.
Phoenix, Ariz. - EPA today announced that it approved an application from Salt River Project (SRP) for its coal ash pond at the Coronado Generating Station in Apache County. SRP’s application is supposed to demonstrate that the unlined coal ash pond doesn’t pollute groundwater or the environment. But the Coronado coal ash pond has violated EPA standards that set minimum criteria for safe coal ash disposal and monitoring.