Despite public claims that Duke Energy is taking bold action to address the climate crisis, it remains one of the country’s biggest and dirtiest companies, with plans to build out more methane-spewing gas than any other U.S. utility, according to a wide-ranging analysis by the Sierra Club.
Kansas City, MO – After nearly two years, Ameren Missouri and Evergy have made little progress in their plans to move from coal and gas to clean energy, while Associated Electric Cooperatives Incorporated (AECI) actually regressed.
LOCAL QUOTES BELOW RELEASE. Sierra Club investigated what progress, if any, has been made since the last utility report card to retire coal plants, stop building new gas plants, and build clean energy in the next, crucial decade. The results are disappointing but not surprising. Tennessee Valley Authority likes to claim it is a ‘clean-energy leader and is committed to partnering with others to go further and faster to achieve its carbon-reduction initiatives, but the facts show this is far from the truth.
The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) approved cost recovery (increasing rates) for Dominion’s Mount Storm coal plant.
Baton Rouge, LA – Last Friday, Sierra Club petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reject the air permit approved by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for the proposed Magnolia gas plant in Iberville Parish.
AES Indiana customers and clean energy activists delivered nearly 3,000 petitions to the capital city’s hometown utility Wednesday morning, demanding a rapid transition from dirty, dangerous fossil fuels toward the clean energy resources the community deserves.
New Orleans, LA - Following a lawsuit from a coalition of environmental organizations in April, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued notices late last week to fifteen states that failed to submit plans to reduce regional haze pollution required by the Clean Air Act.