Renner Barsella is an associate press secretary for the midwest with the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.
MADISON, WI -- Today, Sierra Club filed direct testimony in WEC Energy Group’s rate case, asserting that WEC is asking customers for $138 million more than is fair and reasonable due to costs…
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Recent tests conducted by the Sierra Club have shown that drinking water is contaminated in neighborhoods around Consumers Energy's J.H. Campbell Coal Plant in West Olive. Results…
Peoria, IL -- Vistra Energy announced today that it is closing its coal burning power plants in Canton, Havana, Hennepin, and Coffeen. In response, the Sierra Club’s Heart of Illinois Group…
Illinois -- Vistra Energy announced today that it is closing its coal burning power plants in Canton, Havana, Hennepin, and Coffeen. In response, Sierra Club Illinois Director Jack Darin…
DES MOINES, IA -- Yesterday, Sierra Club filed direct testimony of its expert witness in the rate case of Interstate Power & Light (IPL) at the Iowa Utilities Board. IPL owns all or part of…
MADISON, WI -- Today We Energies, a subsidiary of WEC Energy Group, and Madison Gas & Electric (MGE) announced an expansion of their solar partnership with a proposal to acquire an…
CHICAGO – Today the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB) agreed with environmental groups in their lawsuit against Midwest Generation, LLC, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, alleging that four of its…
MADISON, WI -- In the midst of intense public pressure for action on the climate crisis, Donald Trump and his EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler nevertheless moved backward today by finalizing the…
SPRINGFIELD, IL -- In the midst of intense public pressure for action on the climate crisis, Donald Trump and his EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler nevertheless moved backward today by finalizing the…
LANSING, MI -- The Michigan Public Service Commission approved Consumers Energy long-term resource plan that includes significant investments in clean energy. Environmental organizations including…