OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- Last week, Ken Wagner, the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment, stated the State of Oklahoma is supportive and onboard with a proposal to devolve coal ash regulation out of the hands of the EPA and into the hands of Oklahoma’s state government. This regulatory change was initiated by disgraced former EPA administrator Scott Pruit, whom Secretary Wagner served under, and worked with, for more than a decade.
DULUTH, MN-- Two gas plant proposals would cost Minnesota ratepayers more for electricity than comparable clean energy portfolios (CEP), as shown in a Sierra Club analysis using a methodology and algorithm developed by Rocky Mountain Institute. In both cases, CEPs would provide the same energy, peak capacity, and ramping characteristics as the proposed gas plants, but at a lower cost, saving ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
Oakland, Calif. -- The Sierra Club announced today that it has hired Lucy Mayo to serve as Sierra Club's new Deputy Executive Director, overseeing people-related internal operations and initiatives.
Mayo has more than 20 years of experience as a leader in the non-profit, public policy, and government sectors. Previously, Lucy was Senior Vice President for Organizational Development at Dēmos, a national policy and advocacy organization working at the intersection of political, economic and racial inequality.
San Francisco, CA-- Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments on a challenge to President Trump’s abuse of emergency powers to take border wall funds Congress denied. The lawsuit, Sierra Club v. Trump, was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition.
A federal judge blocked the 2,000-acre expansion of a coal mine in the wildlands of Colorado’s Gunnison National Forest today, ordering the Trump administration to consider limiting methane emissions and address potential harm to water and fish.
Washington, DC-- Today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler released an update on the agency’s per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Action Plan. In the update, the agency said it would begin the process to set a legal limit on the amount of PFAS allowed in drinking water. The process of completing an enforceable water standard could take up to ten years. In addition, the announcement only mentions implementing these safeguards on two of the thousands of chemicals in the PFAS family. The agency released its full Action Plan February.
LAS VEGAS, NV -- On Tuesday, November 12th, the Sierra Club and partner organizations will host a rally to denounce the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) plans to allow oil and gas development across Nevada and especially in the watersheds that drain into our Southern Nevada’s community waters.
Visuals: People with signs, mock oil derrick, and oil spill
WHO: Speakers include:
Sierra Club Organizer Christian Gerlach
WHAT:
On Tuesday, November 12th, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments on a challenge to President Trump’s abuse of emergency powers to take border wall funds Congress denied. The lawsuit, Sierra Club v. Trump, was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition.
PORTLAND, OR -- Today, on the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Initiative, the Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF) coalition released a video about the ballot measure that passed in a landslide in 2018.
Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler capitulated twice to his former employers in the coal industry today by rolling back important clean water protections against dumping industrial sludge into our waterways and properly disposing of coal ash.