May 11, 2018
Idaho moves to hunt grizzlies this fall.
Press Releases
May 10, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan announced May 17 as the deadline for the U.S. Trade Representative to reach a final agreement on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico and send Congress the final text to review. Ryan said that without the final text by May 17, Congress will not be able to vote on NAFTA this year.
May 10, 2018
TVA’s board of directors today approved a mandatory fixed fee that will force customers to pay more on their electric bill before they even flip a switch.
May 10, 2018
Nature Preserve in Puerto Rico Proposed for Sale or Lease
Communities Push Back Against Plan to Sell Public Lands to Highest Bidder
May 9, 2018
Trump ends more TPS protections.
May 9, 2018
Pittsburgh, PA - The Sierra Club today issued a Notice of Intent to Sue NRG Energy and GenOn Americas Generation for failure to meet key Clean Air Act (CAA) and Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan (SIP) pollution protections at their Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale, PA. Via publicly available air quality monitoring data, Sierra Club has discovered that the Cheswick plant is emitting nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution at levels beyond those allowed in its operating permit, despite having available technology installed in the plant that should ensure that pollution protection requirements are met. NRG will have 60 days to respond to the notice.
May 9, 2018
Energy Commission Updates Building Standards, Signaling Beginning of the End to Gas. This vote makes California the first state in the country to mandate zero net electricity Today the California Energy Committee voted to update California’s building efficiency standards to encourage builders to use cost-effective, energy efficient technologies that will save consumers money, reduce energy demand and cut climate altering pollution.
May 9, 2018
Washington, DC -- After having worked with Donald Trump and his administration for more than a year to rollback the clean car standards, Ford and other automakers’ trade group, the Auto Alliance, is seeking to spin its efforts in the face of intense public opposition.
May 9, 2018
Since the public release of the Sierra Club’s 24,000+ page EPA document dump, secured under FOIA litigation, reporters at a wide range of outlets have use the documents to expose new Pruitt scandals, malfeasance and secrecy.