January 18, 2023
DETROIT, MI. -- Last week, an investigation by the Guardian revealed that the Unlock Michigan campaign–which aimed to repeal state COVID policies supporting families in a
coal
January 12, 2023
Duke Energy Progress customers won’t have to foot the entire cost of toxic coal ash cleanup after a settlement agreement between the Sierra Club and utility reduces the company’s request for an 18.9% residential bill increase and prevents Duke from making customers pay $50 million for coal ash basin closure costs.
December 23, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, in a victory for coal mining communities and clean water advocates across the country, Congress passed the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines (STREAM) Act as part of the fiscal 2023 omnibus spending bill, ensuring communities can use billions of dollars in new money for abandoned coal mine cleanup to address the ongoing acid mine drainage crisis, as well as mine fires and subsidence issues.
December 20, 2022
Today, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) made its final decision in Georgia Power’s 2022 rate case with a 4-1 vote, with Commissioner Bubba McDonald opposing.
December 16, 2022
While this settlement, approved by state regulators, is a better outcome for South Carolina families and businesses than the original proposal, Dominion’s continued reliance on volatile fossil fuels will continue to be a burden for customers and a threat to our air, water and public health.
December 14, 2022
GUNNISON, CO — On Tuesday, a Colorado court ruled that Gov. Jared Polis' administration violated state law by failing to act on an air pollution permit for the West Elk coal mine in western Colorado.
District Court Judge J. Steven Patrick said the Polis administration failed to approve or deny the mine permit by the legal deadline. The court also ordered the state to release records related to the “uncooperativeness” of Arch Coal and how the state responded.
December 14, 2022
BRUSSELS -- Today, during the EU-ASEAN Commemorative Summit, the Vietnamese government, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and others announced a Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) to help Vietnam transition from coal power and accelerate clean energy growth. Vietnam is one of the world’s top coal-using countries. The Vietnam JETP includes $15.5 billion over the next three to five years and aims to peak Vietnam’s power sector emissions by 2030, five years earlier than initially planned.
December 13, 2022
The Sierra Club released the second version of their Dirty Truth Report along with a major ad buy in the Tampa Bay Times, The Florida Sentinel Bulletin, and La Gazeta.
December 13, 2022
The Sierra Club released the second version of their Dirty Truth Report earlier this Fall and this week rolled out a major full-page ad buy in the Florida Times Union that will go to print Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.
December 5, 2022
Washington, D.C.: Last Friday, clean energy advocates filed a lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for its approval of the Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) discriminatory capacity accreditation rules for wind and solar.
December 2, 2022
Milwaukee, WI – Yesterday the Public Service Commission (PSC) approved We Energies’ request for a rate increase of 10.9% for electric and 9% for gas for its customers.
December 2, 2022
SWEDESBORO, NJ. -- The Logan Generating Plant, one of New Jersey’s last coal plants to retire, was demolished today in front of a crowd of environmental advocates, state and local politicians, labor groups, and public utilities. At the demolition, Starwood Energy, owner of the plant, announced plans to build grid-scale battery storage on the site and will use existing interconnection rights from the old coal plant to connect new offshore wind transmission lines.