May 4, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Friday, May 5, 2017
Contacts:
Refugio Mata, refugio@resource-media.org, 805.428.4075, Resource Media
coal
May 3, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After a failed attempt in March, House Republicans voted today to repeal much of the Affordable Care Act, passing a bill that would throw 24 million Americans off of their health care and threaten the coverage for tens of millions more.
May 3, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. - It was reported earlier today that during a presentation at the Eastern Fuel Buyers Conference, EPA Senior Policy Advisor Mandy Gunasekara said that she was in Washington D.C. to make sure what EPA is doing is helping the coal industry.
May 3, 2017
BOISE, ID -- As part of a settlement deal released yesterday, Idaho Power announced its intention to close the two units at Nevada’s North Valmy Generating Station several years ahead of schedule. Idaho Power plans to close Unit 1 in 2019 and Unit 2 in 2025. Idaho Power’s current schedule depreciates Units 1 and 2 in 2031 and 2035, respectively.
May 1, 2017
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Contact:
Melissa Williams, melissa.williams@sierraclub.org
Sean Sarah, sean.sarah@sierraclub.org
May 1, 2017
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The Sierra Club has launched an ad campaign in the Carolinas and Indiana, calling out Duke Energy for shutting people out of its annual shareholder meeting by hosting it online only.
May 31, 2017
CHARLOTTE, N.C.— Duke Energy Progress today filed a request to raise customers’ rates, in large part to pay cleanup and storage costs for the utility’s coal ash waste.
April 26, 2017
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump fired off a series of tweets complaining about government funding, when in reality, it is his budget that included cuts for the programs mentioned, and it’s his allies in Congress that have the ability to either shut down the government or keep the lights on.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
May 30, 2017
Somerset, MA -- The Brayton Point Power Station, Massachusetts’ last operating coal-fired power plant, ended operations today. The 1,500 megawatt power plant, once the largest in the region, had been in operation for 50 years. The retirement was announced in 2013 and was the 150th coal-fired power plant across the country to announce retirement since 2010.
In response to today’s announcement Emily Norton, Chapter Director for the Massachusetts Chapter of the Sierra Club, stated:
April 24, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the D.C.
May 30, 2017
Columbus – Last week, Republican Rep. Rick Carfagna introduced House Bill 239 and Republican Senators Peterson and Terhar introduced Senate Bill 155 which are designed to require Ohio’s electricity customers to pay higher electric bills for decades to keep two money-losing coal-burning plants operating. Those coal-burning power plants, Kyger Creek in Ohio and Clifty Creek in Indiana, were built in the 1950s, can’t compete in today’s energy market, and are jointly-owned by AEP, FirstEnergy, DP&L, and Duke.
April 23, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put a hold on a polluter backed case against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) clean water protections that limited toxic wastewater discharges from coal plants. The hold comes after a slew of motions from Donald Trump’s EPA Administrator seeking to pause litigation on important clean air and water protections in order to “review” them, which is widely seen by public health advocates, environmental organizations, and environmental justice groups as a ploy to weaken or scrap them.