Washington, DC -- Today, the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, and Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging Andrew Wheeler’s Environmental Protection Agency for its July 6 decision to cease enforcing the glider truck requirements.
WASHINGTON D.C.-- Today, the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places announced its decision to restore the site of the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain labor conflict to the National Register, protecting the site from mountaintop removal by the coal industry. This decision follows years of legal action brought by a coalition of environmental and historic preservation groups including Sierra Club, the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Friends of Blair Mountain, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the West Virginia Labor History Association, and the National Trust for Historic…
Today, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada voted unanimously to approve several new investments by NV Energy, including $5M for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, a new energy storage incentive program, and updates to its existing solar incentives program.
Diné (Navajo) community organizations Black Mesa Water Coalition, Diné CARE, and Tó Nizhóni Ání, supported by the Sierra Club, filed a lawsuit seeking a plan for reclaiming the 44,000-acre Kayenta Coal Mine located on the Navajo Nation. The mine is the exclusive provider of coal for the Navajo Generating Station (NGS), which is retiring on December 22, 2019 in favor of cheaper sources of power.
Today, the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and District of Maryland handed down separate decisions holding EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt accountable for reducing dangerous smog pollution that travels across state lines and impedes downwind states’ ability to meet health-based national air quality standards.
Today, environmental and public health advocates filed a motion for a temporary restraining order to halt construction on a dangerous hydraulic fracturing (fracking) project within feet of Bella Romero Academy in Greeley, Colorado.
California Public Utilities Commission Approves Single Largest Investment in EV Infrastructure. California’s Three Largest Utilities Will Invest Over $700 Million in clean transportation projects Today, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved the single largest investment in transportation electrification infrastructure ever.
Great Falls, Mont. – Environmental and landowner groups today argued in federal court that the Trump administration’s rubber-stamp approval of a cross-border permit for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline violated environmental laws and should be vacated.
Richmond, VA -- Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Incidental Take permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The permit, granted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, authorizes construction efforts to take certain threatened and endangered species. The permit is required to construct the fracked gas pipeline, and with it being vacated, the project must be halted.
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio issued an order approving a settlement agreement reached by the Sierra Club, AEP, Commission Staff and other stakeholders last fall.