Sierra Club and allies have entered into an agreement with Duke Energy Carolinas that will remove barriers to clean energy, decrease greenhouse gas emissions, and bring a $25 million investment in electric vehicle infrastructure that is unprecedented in the Southeast.
Washington, DC -- Today, the EPA’s Science Advisory Board, filled with a number of people handpicked by Scott Pruitt, voted to review the supporting science for Pruitt’s attempts to repeal the Clean Power Plan (in spite of an EPA official urging otherwise), the methane rule, and the glider truck emission standards as well as his efforts to limit the use of scientific studies and rollback of the clean car standards.
Yesterday, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said that if we "really care about clean air," the U.S. should export coal from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming to Asia and Indonesia.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved Florida Southeast’s planned spur off the Sabal Trail Pipeline to supply a planned fracked gas-burning plant in Okeechobee, FL.
This morning, the Washington Post reported that two corporations, along with an oil services firm, have filed an application with the Department of the Interior to do extensive seismic testing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
California Public Utilities Commission Approves Single Largest Investment in EV Infrastructure. California’s Three Largest Utilities Will Invest Over $700 Million in clean transportation projects Today, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved the single largest investment in transportation electrification infrastructure ever.
Today, NIPSCO closes the door on their coal-burning Bailly power plant, and has committed to closing two units at their Super Polluting Schahfer coal-burning power plant in 2023. NIPSCO will, however, still operate a peaker fracked gas unit at Bailly after the retirement of the coal units. NIPSCO continues to burn coal for electricity at their Michigan City power plant and at their Super Polluting Schafer power plant, even though their own analysis shows that closing Schahfer and Michigan City would save its customers hundreds of millions of dollars.
Today, the Sierra Club and the FreshWater Accountability Project filed comments with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency on the water quality permit for Shell’s Falcon ethane pipeline.
Environmental organizations filed an appeal with the Michigan Court of Appeals to reverse the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) decision that authorizes DTE Electric Company to charge its customers the cost of building a nearly $1 billion gas power plant. Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and the Michigan Environmental Council, represented by Earthjustice and Olson Bzdok & Howard, assert that DTE’s proposal failed to meet the standards under Michigan’s utility planning law. The groups also filed a petition for rehearing with the MPSC.
Today, as Chevron executives and shareholders meet for their annual meeting, the company is under increasing pressure to pledge not to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.