Melissa Williams

Melissa Williams is lead press secretary for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.

Protecting North Carolinians from Footing the Entire Bill for Duke Energy’s Toxic Coal Ash Mess

Customers Shouldn’t Be Forced to Pay for Duke Energy’s Bad Decisions

Study: Nearly 90 percent of Duke Energy's Coal Fleet Likely Unprofitable

In Doubling Down on Fossil Fuels, the Arrogance of Florida Power & Light Knows No Bounds

Press Releases

Groups sue state agency over expired environmental permits at Georgia Power Co. coal plants

ATLANTA, GA—The Sierra Club and its allies have filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Fulton County demanding that state regulators protect Georgia’s drinking water and rivers from mercury,…

Community calls for new permit at Plant Hammond that protects Floyd County’s public health, environment

Media ReleaseApril 12, 2017Contact:  Melissa Williams, 828-545-0443, melissa.williams@sierraclub.orgEmily Driscoll, Southern Environmental Law Center, 678-686-8482, edriscoll@selcga.org â€¦

EPD releases updated draft permit for Plant Hammond

ATLANTA, GA.— Today, the Environmental Protection Division released a new draft discharge permit for Plant Hammond, the coal-burning power plant located in Rome.  Last month, Sierra Club and its…

Sierra Club appeals FPL rate increase to protect Floridians from dangerous, expensive gas

TALLAHASSEE, FLA—Sierra Club today filed suit in the Florida Supreme Court to block FPL’s rate hike for an energy plan that bilks millions of customers and further locks the Sunshine State into an…

Sierra Club applauds Duke University committee’s decision to delay vote on campus gas plant

DURHAM, NC—A plan to build a gas plant on the Duke University campus will not move forward for approval in May by the university’s board of trustees. A special subcommittee of Duke University’s…

Sierra Club, Tennessee: Pruitt Will Be Most Dangerous EPA Administrator in History

KNOXVILLE, TENN.— Today, the U.S. Senate voted to approve Donald Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In response, Scott Banbury, Conservation…

Duke Files Request to Push Nearly a Billion in Coal Ash Cleanup Costs onto Customers

CHARLOTTE, N.C.— Duke Energy Progress today filed a request to raise customers’ rates, in large part to pay cleanup and storage costs for the utility’s coal ash waste. Duke estimates the eventual…

Shelby County gets ‘D’ for air quality

MEMPHIS, TENN.— In many places across the country, the air we breathe is contaminated with dirty fossil fuel pollution that threatens the health of our families and communities.  This is a real…

Sierra Club ad campaign demands transparency, accountability from Duke Energy

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The Sierra Club has launched an ad campaign in the Carolinas and Indiana, calling out Duke Energy for shutting people out of its annual shareholder meeting by hosting it online only.…

Sierra Club applauds retirement announcement for Rocky Mount coal plant

For Immediate ReleaseTuesday, May 2, 2017Contact:Melissa Williams, melissa.williams@sierraclub.orgSean Sarah, sean.sarah@sierraclub.org Sierra Club applauds retirement announcement for…