Today, Donald Trump’s State Department released a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline’s route through Nebraska, finding that it would have "no significant" impact on the environment.
Minneapolis, MN – Today the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Dan Feehan for Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District.
Wednesday night, dozens of local residents and pollution experts voiced concern at a public hearing held by Governor Rauner’s Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) regarding an operating permit for Dynegy-Vistra’s E.D. Edwards coal-fired power plant near Bartonville. The IEPA issued an initial draft “Title V” Operating Permit for E.D. Edwards in 2005. However, the permit was then “stayed” and has not become effective due to the State’s administrative review process; in other words, since 1990 the Edwards coal plant has never received a finalized Title V operating permit as required under the Federal Clean Air Act.
NIPSCO unveiled a plan to retire its last remaining coal-burning power plants within 10 years and replace them with renewable energy in Northwest Indiana. At the company’s 20-year planning meeting, community members shared a video montage of NIPSCO customer concerns -- which still must be addressed in the company’s transition plan.
The City of Cleveland is the first municipality in Ohio to commit to powering itself with 100 percent clean and renewable electricity.
Duke Energy has activated a high-level emergency at the retired L.V. Sutton coal-fired power plant, as flood waters from the nearby Cape Fear River have overtaken an earthen dike and Sutton Lake in Wilmington. Meanwhile, multiple releases of pollution from the H.F. Lee coal plant have surged into the Neuse River in Goldsboro.
San Juan, P.R. -- Tomorrow, September 20th, marks one year since Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, eventually taking nearly three thousand lives.
In response, Jose Menendez, Chapter Chair for Sierra Club de Puerto Rico, issued the following statement:
RALEIGH, N.C. -- President Trump today visited communities in North and South Carolina that were hard-hit by Hurricane Florence. Trump’s visit comes as the Carolinas continue to reel from deaths and destruction caused by Florence, and a day before the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria’s devastating landfall in Puerto Rico.
AEP Ohio filed plans for the single largest clean energy development in Ohio history - at least 900 megawatts of new wind and solar generation, would more than double the amount of utility scale clean energy in the state.
Wednesday, September 19, 2018, Governor Rauner’s Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) will hold a public hearing to receive comments regarding an operating permit for Dynegy-Vistra’s E.D. Edwards coal-fired power plant near Bartonville. The IEPA issued an initial draft “Title V” Operating Permit for E.D. Edwards in 2005. However, the permit was then “stayed” and has not become effective due to the State’s administrative review process; in other words, since 1990 the Edwards coal plant has never received a finalized Title V operating permit as required under the Federal Clean Air Act.