Friday afternoon, the South Carolina Public Service Commission (PSC) submitted an order approving the 2023 Santee Cooper Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which includes approval of a massive new methane gas plant proposed to be built with investor-owned utility Dominion Energy.
Move comes just one month after state received C+ grade in Sierra Club report
Today, residents from around the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana sent a letter to President Biden and Secretary Granholm to thank them for pausing the approval of new licenses for the export of liquefied methane gas (LNG). The letter also shares key priorities that local communities want to see incorporated into the Department of Energy’s (DOE) review of criteria used to determine whether a gas export application is in the public interest.
OLYMPIA, Wash. – In another legal win for Washington’s new climate-friendly building codes — among the most progressive in the nation — a state judge today denied a legal challenge from gas and homebuilding industry petitioners seeking to block their implementation.
“Tonight President Biden laid out the two paths America has ahead: we can continue on the one this administration has seized upon, expanding investments in clean energy to grow the future of our economy and create millions of American jobs while confronting the climate crisis head on, or we can surrender to those spreading disinformation, which ships existing and future American jobs to China. We have spent decades fighting to rid America of dependence on foreign oil. We cannot afford to replace that dependence with one on China.
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency completed the public release of all state and municipal Priority Climate Action Plans submitted within the Inflation Reduction Act’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program.
Sierra Club and Earthjustice considering legal actions in response to the rule
Wisconsin – A new documentary on the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa highlights its ongoing fight for sovereignty, including a David & Goliath battle to protect Lake Superior from a pipeline on the brink of rupture.
Today, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) granted $2.3 billion in funding for reliable energy infrastructure and renewable energy projects to rural communities across the country.