November 27, 2018
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee reported out the nomination of coal bailout architect Bernard McNamee for the technology neutral Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
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November 19, 2018
KNOXVILLE, TENN. —The Tennessee Valley Authority today released its draft environmental reviews on potential for coal unit retirements at Bull Run in Anderson County Tennessee and Paradise in western Kentucky’s Muhlenberg County.
November 19, 2018
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Duke Energy has admitted in recent filings that most of its coal ash pits in North Carolina are close to or in contact with local groundwater.
November 15, 2018
Today, a coalition of groups filed a federal lawsuit against mining company Republic Energy seeking to halt unlawful coal mining activities in Raleigh County, W.V. Republic Energy is mining one of the only remaining intact ridgelines on the heavily mined Coal River Mountain without a valid mine permit designed to protect water, air, and land on the mountain.
November 15, 2018
Bernard McNamee, a long time fossil fuel lawyer and architect of the Trump Administration’s failed coal bailout attempt, testified today before the United States’ Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on his nomination to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
November 14, 2018
RICHMOND, VA --Today, Dominion Energy released a coal ash report on the feasibility and cost of recycling the toxic coal plant byproduct. The report comes in the wake of coal ash disasters in neighboring North Carolina caused by Hurricane Florence, where massive amounts of coal ash pollutants were discharged into rivers and groundwater.
November 13, 2018
KNOXVILLE, TENN. – The TVA Board of Directors last Wednesday afternoon posted details about the format of their new “less formal” pilot listening session, set for today, the day before its next board meeting in Tupelo, Miss.
November 12, 2018
Club released an energy transition white paper today showing utilities and electricity market stakeholders how to harness financial tools to cost effectively accelerate the timeline for coal plant retirements, and build out cheap clean energy resources like solar and wind.
November 1, 2018
PJM Interconnection LLC, America’s largest regional transmission organization, released a study today that found there was “no imminent threat” to the reliability of their electricity marketplace.
October 31, 2018
The Sierra Club submitted more than 56,000 public comments from its members and supporters opposing the Trump Administration’s Dirty Power Plan today, the deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) comment period.
October 31, 2018
Tuesday, representatives from Greening Greater Racine, the Sierra Club, and the Clean Power Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin delivered 621 petition signatures in favor of a massive solar array at the Foxconn facility in Racine to We Energies at its Milwaukee headquarters.
October 17, 2018
Former coal lobbyist and acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Andrew Wheeler shamelessly took credit for the Obama Administration’s environmental achievements today when he touted Greenhouse Gas Reduction (GHG) numbers for 2017.