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Sierra Club, EDF Sue EPA to Protect People from Pollution Discharged by New Gas-Burning Power Plants

Washington, D.C. – Sierra Club and Environmental Defense Fund have filed a lawsuit against EPA challenging the agency’s failure to satisfy its duty under our nation’s clean air laws to protect people…

EPA Denies Ohio Power Plant Operator’s Application to Keep Dumping Coal Ash into Unlined Ponds

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, EPA denied Lightstone Generation’s request to continue dumping toxic coal ash waste into unlined storage ponds at the General James M. Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio. EPA…

Biden Administration Announces Billions to Support Cleaner, More Resilient Grid

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Biden Administration took a positive step toward ensuring reliability and accelerating the clean energy transition by announcing the availability of $13 billion in…

EPA Announces Over $50 Million to Improve Air Quality Monitoring in Communities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in a positive step toward clean air for all, EPA announced it will deliver $53 million in grants for air quality monitoring to 132 recipients in 37 states, including…

The Dirty Truth: Utilities Delaying Clean Energy Transition

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Sierra Club launched a new version of their groundbreaking report and interactive tool, The Dirty Truth About Climate Pledges. The report investigates how utilities are…

Sierra Club and EDF to Sue EPA to Protect People from Pollution Discharged by New Gas-Burning Power Plants

WASHINGTON, D.C. --Environmental Defense Fund and Sierra Club served a formal notice of intent on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday stating they will file a citizen…

EPA Prioritizes Environmental Justice through New Office

WARREN COUNTY, NC -- Today, in a long-awaited step toward prioritizing communities disproportionately impacted by pollution and environmental racism, EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced the…

Environmental and Community Groups Call Upon EPA To Close Clean Air Act Loopholes

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, several environmental and community organizations formally petitioned EPA to eliminate nearly 100 exemptions in the Clean Air Act that allow industrial polluters around the…

Environmental and Community Groups Call Upon EPA To Close Clean Air Act Loopholes

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, several environmental and community organizations formally petitioned EPA to eliminate nearly 100 exemptions in the Clean Air Act that allow industrial polluters around the…

EPA Takes Baby Step Toward Addressing Ethylene Oxide in Fenceline Communities

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, EPA took a small but positive step toward protecting communities across America from the harmful impacts of ethylene oxide, a potent carcinogen, by announcing reinvigorated…