June 24, 2021
The South Carolina Public Service Commission has (PSC) approved Dominion Energy’s modified 2020 long-term energy plan, which will accelerate coal plant retirements in South Carolina.
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June 23, 2021
CHARLESTON -- Today, the Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, and West Virginia Highlands Conservancy sent a notice of intent to sue (NOI) to the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement (OSMRE). The notice alleges that OSMRE has failed to take action under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) to clarify the options available to community members who believe their drinking water has been harmed by coal mining.
June 21, 2021
DOVER -- On Thursday, June 17th, utility company NRG announced its commitment to retire the final and largest coal boiler at the Indian River power plant by 2022. The 410 megawatt unit in Dagsboro, Delaware will retire just as the state recently enacted major legislation to increase its renewable energy commitment from 25 percent to 40 percent by 2035. The retirement of the final coal-fired unit at the Indian River Plant will move Delaware, President Joe Biden’s home state, completely beyond coal-fired generation within the state.
June 17, 2021
This morning, NRG Energy revealed its intention to retire the Will County Generating Station in Romeoville in June 2022. This announcement comes after more than two decades of advocacy from local environmental group Citizens Against Ruining the Environment (CARE), which is an entirely volunteer-led grassroots nonprofit founded in 1995.
June 17, 2021
the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the retirement of the Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County, Tennessee. Through the upcoming EIS process, TVA will identify the timeline to retire the plant’s nine coal units and options for replacement generation.
June 16, 2021
The General Assembly failed to act on Governor Pritzker’s clean energy and climate proposal, despite broad legislative and public support and months of negotiations and working group discussions. A vote to create jobs and economic opportunity in clean energy and clean transportation, particularly for communities that need them most, was indefinitely postponed after continued objections from Illinois’ largest polluter, the Prairie State Energy Campus.
June 14, 2021
JACKSON, MS -- Yesterday, the Sierra Club, with assistance from Synapse Energy Economics, Inc., filed comments with the Mississippi Public Service Commission (MS PSC) in Mississippi Power’s 2021 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) demonstrating the utility’s IRP is not a useful document and did not incorporate stakeholder involvement as the Commission intended.
14 de junio de 2021
La cumbre de tres días del G7 culminó ayer con declaraciones sobre atacar la crisis climática. La sección sobre medio ambiente y clima del comunicado final anunció acciones conjuntas para acabar con el apoyo público a la generación eléctrica por carbón para 2022.
June 11, 2021
ANNAPOLIS -- Earlier this week, GenOn Holdings, Inc. announced that it plans to retire units 1 and 2 at the Morgantown Generating Station by June 2022, five years earlier than the company previously announced late last year.
June 11, 2021
On Tuesday, June 15th, the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will host an oversight hearing focused on the unfulfilled coal reclamation obligations that threaten coal communities across the country.
June 10, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The EPA announced today that it will reconsider the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter, a key clean air safeguard. Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5), or soot, is an extremely dangerous pollutant that is responsible for over 100,000 premature deaths each year in the United States. In December 2020, despite robust scientific evidence and the recommendations of public health experts, the Trump administration declined to strengthen the standard, leaving the outdated and insufficient standard in place and putting hundreds of thousands of Americans at risk for serious health problems including asthma, heart attacks, stroke, and infant mortality.
June 10, 2021
HARTFORD -- Today marks the end of session for the Connecticut General Assembly. Sierra Club members and supporters have taken over 2,700 actions to advocate for climate and environment bills since January. Several priority bills are now law, which promise cleaner air, water, and a brighter climate future for all residents of Connecticut.
A brief overview of top Sierra Club issues and bills passed in the 2021 legislative session include the following: