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February 9, 2022

AUSTIN, TX -- Today, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) voted to approve a weak and legally insufficient state implementation plan (SIP) to address the dangerous levels of SO2, or sulfur pollution, created by Vistra’s Martin Lake Coal Plant (Martin Lake) in Rusk County, Texas. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must now review the plan by this summer, as required by the Clean Air Act, and should reject the plan as insufficient and inadequate. 

February 8, 2022

Boston, MA – The grid operator for New England, ISO-NE, has decided to delay fixing a rule that makes it harder for renewable energy projects to replace unneeded fossil fuel power plants on the grid. Last week, the grid operator, along with the region’s largest utility companies, voted to delay making the urgent reform to the Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) by two more years in a move that will keep open aging fossil fuel plants that continue polluting communities across the region and unnecessarily charging customers on their bills.

8 de febrero de 2022

El Senado de Virginia rechazó hoy la nominación del Gobernador Glenn Youngkin para que el ex cabildero carbonero Andrew Wheeler se convirtiera en el nuevo secretario de Recursos Naturales e Históricos del estado.

February 8, 2022

Today, the Virginia Senate rejected Governor Youngkin’s nomination of former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler as Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources.

February 7, 2022

Little Rock, AR - Today, a coalition of environmental organizations filed a notice of intent (NOI) to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because it has failed to enforce the Regional Haze Rule as required by the Clean Air Act. The Regional Haze Rule is designed to protect our national parks, wilderness areas, and surrounding communities from fossil fuel and other sources of pollution that reduce visibility and increase harm to public health.

February 7, 2022

Oklahoma City, OK - Today, a coalition of environmental organizations filed a notice of intent (NOI) to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because it has failed to enforce the Regional Haze Rule as required by the Clean Air Act. The Regional Haze Rule is designed to protect our national parks and wilderness areas from fossil fuel and other sources of pollution that reduce visibility. Enforcing the Clean Air Act will restore the air in our country’s most iconic parks, and return those wild places to natural visibility.

February 7, 2022

OMAHA, NE -Today, a coalition of environmental organizations filed a notice of intent (NOI) to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because it has failed to enforce the Regional Haze Rule as required by the Clean Air Act. The Regional Haze Rule is designed to protect our national parks and wilderness areas from fossil fuel and other sources of pollution that reduce visibility.

February 7, 2022

St. Louis, MO - Today, a coalition of environmental organizations filed a notice of intent (NOI) to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because it has failed to enforce the Regional Haze Rule as required by the Clean Air Act. The Regional Haze Rule is designed to protect our national parks and wilderness areas from fossil fuel and other sources of pollution that reduce visibility. Enforcing the Clean Air Act will restore the air in our country’s most iconic parks, and return those wild places to natural visibility.

February 7, 2022

New Orleans, LA - Today, a coalition of environmental organizations filed a notice of intent (NOI) to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because it has failed to enforce the Regional Haze Rule as required by the Clean Air Act. The Regional Haze Rule is designed to protect our national parks and wilderness areas from fossil fuel and other sources of pollution that reduce visibility. Enforcing the Clean Air Act will restore the air in our country’s most iconic parks, and return those wild places to natural visibility.

February 7, 2022

Washington, DC - Today, a coalition of environmental organizations filed a notice of intent (NOI) to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because it has failed to enforce the Regional Haze Rule as required by the Clean Air Act. The Regional Haze Rule is designed to protect our national parks and wilderness areas from fossil fuel and other sources of pollution that reduce visibility. Enforcing the Clean Air Act will restore the air in our country’s most iconic parks, and return those wild places to natural visibility.

1 de febrero de 2022

Una comisión senatorial de Virginia, liderada por demócratas, elimino la nominación del ex cabildero carbonero Andrew Wheeler para liderar la Secretaría de Recursos Ambientales y Culturales del estado.

February 1, 2022

A Virginia State Senate committee, led by Democrats, removed Governor Youngkin’s nomination of former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler as Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources from consideration.