Sierra Club Calls on Vectren for a Clean Energy Transition Plan #CleanEnergy
Sierra Club has called on Vectren to present the community with a plan to transition away from its aging and[…]
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Ameren Settles with Sierra Club, Required to Establish $2M Fund for Clean Energy Projects #CleanEnergy #Settlement
On July 21, a settlement was filed between Ameren Missouri and the Sierra Club that will require the energy company[…]
Read moreOakland City Council Takes Final Vote, Confirming Coal Ban #BeyondCoal #Climate
On Tuesday, the Oakland City Council voted to confirm an ordinance that would ban coal from being handled and stored[…]
Read moreColstrip Units 1 and 2 retirement final, 5 million tons of #carbon pollution to end
Puget Sound Energy and Talen Energy reached a historic agreement with Sierra Club and Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC) to[…]
Read moreSierra Club Response to EPA’s Release of Selenium Water Quality Criterion
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suggested a new voluntary criterion water quality standard for selenium, a harmful pollutant produced[…]
Read moreToxic Coal Ash Pond Breached in North Carolina
A toxic coal ash pond at Progress Energy’s Sutton Electric Plant near Wilmington, North Carolina breached recently, spilling toxic coal[…]
Read moreHealth and Environmental Groups Intervene to Defend U.S. EPA Air Rules
The American Lung Association and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) intervened on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)[…]
Read moreCourt Orders Patriot Coal to Pay $45 Million to Treat Toxic Selenium from West Virginia Coal Mines
In the most significant judicial decision to date to address selenium pollution from coal mines in Appalachia, a federal judge[…]
Read morePolluters Using GOP to Push for License to Kill
The House GOP Conference today issued a statement that shamelessly echoes the oil and coal lobbies’ endless efforts to avoid[…]
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