Boston — Sierra Club is calling on Congressman Neal to go bold on incentivizing a just transition to a clean energy economy. As Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Neal has the power…
Washington, D.C. — Utilities are trying to greenwash their climate commitments — and a new ad campaign by Sierra Club holds these polluters accountable.
Based on findings of the Club’s “Dirty…
Trenton -- Today New Jersey Board of Public Utilities awarded offshore wind solicitations to two projects that combined will develop offshore wind capacity of 2,658 MW - the largest offshore wind…
DOVER -- On Thursday, June 17th, utility company NRG announced its commitment to retire the final and largest coal boiler at the Indian River power plant by 2022. The 410 megawatt unit in Dagsboro,…
Des Moines, Iowa -- Today the new CEO of utility company MidAmerican, Kelcey Brown, received a gift basket with a petition signed by over 1300 Iowans and letters from local clean air advocates at…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, a broad coalition of 95 environmental organizations and local community groups called on the Biden Administration to fix a glaring environmental justice problem by closing…
Milwaukee, WI -- Keeping the lights on. That’s what utilities and energy providers proclaim they do. But what happens when utility bills become a burden – or more precisely, an over-burden?
That is…
Illinois -- As part of a settlement agreement with the Sierra Club, Vistra Energy announced today that it would be closing its Joppa coal plant by September 1, 2022 - three years earlier than Vistra…
Chicago, IL -- The Illinois Pollution Control Board’s February 5th revisions to coal ash regulations proposed by the Illinois EPA make progress towards rectifying coal's dirty legacy in Illinois, but…
Sun Prairie, WI -- This morning, Alliant Energy subsidiary Wisconsin Power and Light (WPL) announced plans to retire the two units at the Columbia coal plant -- which Alliant Energy co-owns with…
