September 29, 2020
Austin, Tex. - Texas based Vistra Energy announced plans today to accelerate its transition to clean energy generation by retiring all the coal plants owned by its subsidiaries in Illinois and Ohio.
Environmental Law Program
Environmental Law Program
The Environmental Law Program uses strategic legal campaigns to fight climate change, to protect clean air, water and wilderness, and to promote justice for communities threatened by pollution.
In the past year alone, we launched more than 200 legal actions to challenge the fossil fuel industry's destructive effects on our air, water, and climate.
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Our team of top-notch attorneys and legal staff leverages all of the Club's tools of democracy, integrating legal advocacy with grassroots organizing, sophisticated communications, a state-of-the-art digital strategies team, and administrative lobbying.
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We pair litigation with effective community organizing and strong local communications to build genuine, informed support from community members and government officials.
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We are a team of professional attorneys and staff who combine sophisticated legal tactics with a commitment to social and environmental justice at the grassroots level. We pair litigation with effective community organizing and strong local communications to build genuine, informed support from community members and government officials, making courtroom victories sustainable over the long term.
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Press Releases
September 28, 2020
St. Louis, MO -- Ameren Missouri, the state’s largest monopoly electric utility, released its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) today that details how it will meet energy demand for the next twenty years and beyond. The IRP is mandated by the Public…
September 17, 2020
Today, the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) approved a siting certificate for the Ohio State University’s proposed gas plant.
September 15, 2020
The Sierra Club and a coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s latest assault on critical safeguards against oil and gas pollution.
September 4, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a new [Biological Opinion] for the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The 303-mile project is stalled while awaiting necessary authorizations, including from the U.S…
10M+
acres of wilderness protected
200+
lawsuits filed to resist Trump
1K+
miles of dirty fuel pipelines blocked
382
coal plants retired