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Sierra Club Announces Michelle Mascarenhas as National Director of Campaigns

OAKLAND, CA -- Michelle Mascarenhas has joined the Sierra Club as the organization’s National Director of Campaigns. A dedicated champion of climate justice and community-led change, Mascarenhas…

Des Moines residents disrupt public meeting as MidAm CEO has no plan to shut down unnecessary coal plants

DES MOINES, IA – 20 community members with Iowa CCI, Sierra Club Beyond Coal, and DSM BLM took part in a demonstration Thursday afternoon during an Iowa Energy Center Board Meeting. The group gave…

Sierra Club Applauds Biden Pumping $1 Billion into Great Lakes Restoration

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Biden and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan announced yesterday plans to use $1 billion, allocated by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law…

Environmental and Community Justice Leaders Come Together to Highlight Energy Burden Concerns in Detroit with Billboards Around City

Detroit, MI - On Monday, Jan 31st, Detroit activists, environmental advocates, and energy experts hosted a virtual press event highlighting energy burden and racial disparity concerns in Detroit. As…

Environmental and Community Justice Leaders Come Together to Highlight Energy Burden Concerns in Detroit with Billboards Around City

Detroit, MI - On Monday, January 31, 2022 at 11:00 AM Detroit activists, environmental advocates, and energy experts will come together to host a virtual press event highlighting energy burden and…

EPA Announces Enforcement of Coal Ash Pond Clean-up

IOWA -- Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it will require utilities in several Midwestern states to clean up their coal ash waste. Coal ash is toxic waste produced by coal…

REPORT: OPPD Could Save Customers $300 Million By Moving Away From Fossil Fuels

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…

Advocacy Groups Raise Alarm Over Major Fossil Fuel Investment as PSC Approves Project

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…

STATEMENT: WEC Announces Coal-Free by 2035, Doubles Down on “Natural” Gas

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…

Sierra Club Statement on DTE Belle River Plans

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…