Caleb Heeringa

Caleb Heeringa is the deputy press secretary covering the Pacific Northwest / Mountain West for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.

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Press Releases

Settlement paves way for Western Washington to be free of coal power

Puget Sound Energy (PSE), the largest utility in Washington State, reached a proposed settlement today to pay down all of its debts on Colstrip by 2027. Initially the utility had planned to pay off…

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Hands Down Landmark Ruling on Public Lands and Climate Change

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver of expanding two massive coal mines in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin (PRB). The two mines approved for expansion (the…

BLM Review Shows Coal Companies Taking Advantage of Taxpayers

LARAMIE, WY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a comprehensive review today which found that coal companies are being given subsidized access to public lands and depriving taxpayers of…

PacRim Coal Terminates The Chuitna coal mine project

Anchorage, Alaska-- PacRim Coal, the company behind the controversial proposed Chuitna coal mine in Alaska, announced on Friday that it suspended all permitting activities related to the Chuitna…