Helena, MT - A judge ruled in favor of Montana youth climate plaintiffs today, declaring the state is violating its own constitution by not protecting the right to a clean environment. Held v. Montana was the first-ever youth climate case to go to trial in the U.S. and now is the first victory, setting a precedent for further lawsuits.
UTAH – Today the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition for review that would bring some of Utah’s worst polluting coal plants into compliance with the Clean Air Act’s visibility-protection provisions, instead enabling the Hunter and Huntington plants to continue polluting at the same damaging levels they have for more than a decade.
PHOENIX, AZ – In a blow to Tucson Electric Power (TEP) ratepayers, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), Arizona’s public utilities commission, today voted to approve TEP’s rate increase proposal which will raise residential ratepayers’ bills by an average of 9.02%. After the ACC’s decision today, customers will see their bills increase as early as September 1.
Today, the Sierra Club and partners delivered more than one million public comments calling on the Biden Administration to tackle climate change by adopting the strongest possible carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel power plants.
Tatum, Texas – Yesterday the EPA agreed to settle a lawsuit with the Sierra Club over the agency’s failure to act on an inadequate Texas plan to reduce harmful sulfur dioxide pollution in East Texas. As part of the proposed settlement, EPA must either approve the Texas plan or reject it and issue a federal plan, as required by the Clean Air Act, no later than Dec. 13, 2024.
This morning, DTE filed a settlement agreement with Sierra Club and other parties to solidify the utility’s long-term plans for serving its customers’ energy needs. Upon approval by the Michigan Public Service Commission, this settlement of litigation over DTE’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) will put Michigan on track to end the burning of coal for electric generation in less than a decade, a major milestone for climate progress in the state.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed redesignating Louisville to be in attainment with the 2015 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), while just this past weekend we saw the local government send out an air quality alert for Saturday, June 17.
PHOENIX, AZ – Today during the Arizona Corporation Commission’s (ACC) open meeting, the Commission sided with utilities Salt River Project (SRP) and Arizona Public Service (APS) in separate decisions that will cost ratepayers, negatively impact communities, and worsen air quality.
PHOENIX, AZ – Today Sierra Club's Grand Canyon Chapter hosted the SRP is Full of Gas Tour to address pollution, climate change, water use, and proposed gas plant expansion at three of its gas plants located throughout the valley.
Kansas City, KS -- Evergy, the largest electric utility in Kansas and the second largest in Missouri, filed its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with Kansas and Missouri regulators today. There’s not a lot of good news for customers who care about clean energy and climate change.
St. Louis, MO – Today, the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) approved an agreement between interveners and Ameren Missouri to increase electric rates by $140 million annually, down from the $316 million the state’s largest monopoly electric utility applied for last year.
Today, the Sierra Club, Environmental Integrity Project, and National Parks Conservation Association filed a lawsuit against EPA for failing to act on plans from Texas and seven other states for the second phase of the federal Regional Haze Rule.