DULUTH, MN -- About one million gallons of coal ash wastewater spilled from Minnesota Power's Boswell Energy Center, the largest coal plant in Minnesota, with some reaching Blackwater Lake, a reservoir of the Mississippi River. The spill, discovered on Tuesday morning, prompted the company to contain the leak and notify environmental authorities, who are still investigating the extent of the contamination. Coal ash contains harmful pollutants, raising concerns about potential impacts on water and wildlife in the area.
PORTLAND, ME. – Recently, the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Maine Climate Council released its 2024 Scientific Assessment of Climate Change and Its Effects in Maine. At the same time, the Maine Climate Council received recommendations from all of its working groups on how to meet our mandated emissions-reduction targets for the next four years.
Frankfort, KY – In response to legal action by environmental and conservation groups, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia signed a final consent decree Friday that requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to speed up action on haze pollution plans from 32 states that have submitted proposals.
WASHINGTON, DC – Sierra Club strongly supports the initiative by the Department of Energy’s Industrial Efficiency & Decarbonization Office (IEDO) to update its Decarbonization Roadmap, a guide to the technologies and processes that manufacturers in the United States have to adopt to help reach the country’s commitment to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
WASHINGTON, DC – Earlier this week, a trade tribunal dismissed the NAFTA-legacy case brought by TC Energy (formerly TransCanada) against the United States for $15 billion over President Biden’s revocation of the Keystone XL Pipeline permit.
Vance’s Assault on Clean Air Safeguards Come as Southeastern Ohio Plant Kills 240+ Americans Every Year
Today, the US Court of Appeals for the DC District agreed that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission failed to fully and adequately assess the cumulative and direct environmental and health impacts that would be caused by air pollution from Commonwealth LNG, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act and Natural Gas Act. While the court stopped short of vacating FERC’s approval of the project, it returned the decision to FERC for reconsideration.
SAN FRANCISCO – A coalition of environmental groups and consumer advocates—Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, Utility Consumers’ Action Network and Climate Action Campaign—filed a motion today with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to dismiss five utility pilot projects that aim to mix hydrogen into existing gas lines. The Sierra Club is represented by Earthjustice in this proceeding.
Washington, DC – Today, Donald Trump announced that he has selected fellow climate denier Sen. JD Vance as his running mate in the 2024 election.
EPA will be required to decide – no later than May 30, 2025 – if the plan submitted by TCEQ complies with the Clean Air Act’s Regional Haze Rule. EPA could either approve the do-nothing state plan, partially approve it, or reject it and then issue a federal plan to limit haze emissions.