Renner Barsella is an associate press secretary for the midwest with the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.
Omaha, Nebraska - Today the Sierra Club released a report of independent modeling and analysis of decarbonization pathways for the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD). The report, titled Coal-Free at…
Milwaukee, WI — Today the Wisconsin Public Service Commission voted to approve We Energy’s proposal for a new Liquified Natural Gas storage (LNG) facilities in Ixonia and Bluff Creek. With an…
Milwaukee, WI— Today, Wisconsin’s largest utility, WEC Energy Group, announced intentions to transition to coal-free electricity generation by 2035, though did not announce specific plans for either…
China Township, MI. -- Today, DTE Energy announced it will stop burning coal at its Belle River Power Plant by 2028, two years earlier than previously planned, in response to the U.S. EPA’s Steam…
SPRINGFIELD, IL -- Today, Governor Pritzker signed the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (SB2408) into law, marking one of the nation’s most groundbreaking advancements in climate justice and workforce…
DES MOINES, IA -- Today, the Polk County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to pass a resolution committing to 90% greenhouse gas emission reductions from county operations by 2040. By passing the…
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – Due to fatigue related health and safety reasons, the event scheduled for Tom Hanafan River's Edge Park in Council Bluffs is canceled. Kayaker Graham Jordinson, will…
SIOUX CITY, IA – Kayaker Graham Jordinson, set out on July 18th from Three Forks, Montana, to embark on a 2,341 mile journey down the Missouri River to its confluence with the Mississippi River in St…
SPRINGFIELD, IL -- Sierra Club, Prairie Rivers Network, and the Springfield Branch of the NAACP held a press conference today in the aftermath of an incident at the Dallman coal plant owned by…
MADISON, WI -- Today, a settlement agreement was filed between Madison Gas and Electric Company (MGE), Sierra Club, Clean Wisconsin, Citizens Utility Board, RENEW Wisconsin, the Board of Regents of…