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Sierra Club Statement on Dairyland Power’s Genoa Coal Plant Retirement

La Crosse, WI -- Today Dairyland Power Cooperative announced plans to retire the Genoa coal-fired power plant in Genoa, Wisconsin in 2021. This proposed coal plant retirement marks the 304th…

Wisconsin PSC Approves Dairyland Proposed Gas Plant

MADISON, WI -- This afternoon, Wisconsin Public Service Commission approved a proposal by Dairyland Power and Minnesota Power to build the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) gas plant in Superior,…

Federal Agency Order Threatens Rate-Increases for ComEd Customers to Boost Coal and Gas Companies

Chicago, IL.  - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) instituted a disastrous new rule today that will essentially exclude new renewable energy projects from the PJM capacity market…

Sierra Club Commends Governor Whitmer and Bipartisan Lawmakers for Fixing Solar Property Taxation

LANSING, MICHIGAN-- Last night, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed House Bills 4069, 4465, and Senate Bill 47 which eliminate property tax increases for residential, commercial, and industrial…

Wisconsin, Minnesota Communities Voice Opposition to Gas Plant Proposed at Superior PSC Hearing

SUPERIOR, WI -- This week, advocates from both Wisconsin and Minnesota testified in opposition to the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) gas plant proposed for construction in Superior, just two…

Sierra Club, Environmental Groups, Vistra Propose Settlement Agreement to Retire E.D. Edwards Coal Plant and Fund Community Projects

PEORIA, IL. -- The Sierra Club, along with Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Respiratory Health Association (RHA), are seeking approval of a proposed settlement with Illinois Power…

Sierra Club Urges PSC to Prevent WEC Energy Group from Charging Customers $138 Million in Extra Costs for Coal Plants

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…

Testing Finds Arsenic, Lead, Radium in Drinking Water Near Consumers Coal Plant

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…

Local Heart of Illinois Group Statement on Announcement of Four Vistra Coal-Plant Retirements

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…

Statement on Announcement of Four Vistra Coal-Plant Retirements

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…