Groups Act to Protect Waterways Harmed by Notorious Brushy Fork Sludge Lake
A coalition of citizen and environmental groups took action to stop pollution from two coal mining facilities operated by Alpha Natural[…]
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Sierra Club Statement on the Bureau of Land Management’s Proposal for Federal Land Fracking
In May the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management issued their proposed rules for oil and gas development on federal[…]
Read moreLas Brisas Power Plant Cannot Move Forward
On May 14, Texas District Court Judge Stephen Yelenosky issued a letter announcing his intended ruling in a lawsuit seeking[…]
Read moreSierra Club Statement on Mitt Romney’s Pro-Drilling Speech in Virginia
On May 3rd, Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivered a speech in Virginia demanding that oil companies be given open[…]
Read moreCoalition Acts to Protect Virginia Rivers and Streams from Mining Pollution
On May 3rd a coalition of groups took action to stop A&G Coal Corporation from polluting local waterways. Water monitoring conducted[…]
Read moreGroups Act to Block Largest Coal Plants Ever Approved by DOI in Powder River Basin
Safeguarding the climate, WildEarth Guardians and the Sierra Club filed suit against the U.S. Department of Interior over one of the[…]
Read moreUS Banks Risk Public Health and Climate by Financing Coal
Rainforest Action Network and the Sierra Club released the Coal Finance Report Card 2012, their third annual ranking of the[…]
Read moreSierra Club Files Motion to Mississippi Supreme Court After Public Service Commission Illegally Authorizes Kemper Plant Construction
The Sierra Club is taking legal action after the Mississippi Public Service Commission shocked the public by authorizing Mississippi Power[…]
Read moreProposed Ben Hill Coal Plant Cancelled
Clean air advocates and environmental groups won a victory when Power4Georgians (P4G), the only company trying to develop expensive new[…]
Read moreSenate Rejects Effort to End Tax Breaks for Biggest Oil Companies
A minority of U.S. Senators blocked legislation that would end the costly and unnecessary tax subsidies currently doled out to the[…]
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