La Crosse, WI – Yesterday was the final day the USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) accepted further comments on a revised environmental assessment on the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC), a proposed fossil gas plant to be located in Superior, Wisconsin.
(Oakland, California) – A set of twins from Idaho, a young Tennessee lawmaker who gained national attention this year and a woman who has led Sierra Club outings for 50 years are among those receiving the Sierra Club’s 2023 national awards.
Washington, D.C. – Today the Biden Administration released a draft of an environmental study on the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the White House announced a series of groundbreaking policies with major significance for the communities, landscapes, and wildlife of the Arctic and for the effort to take on climate change.
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Conservation and community groups sued the state of Utah today for its failure to ensure that enough water reaches the Great Salt Lake to prevent ecological collapse.
Washington, DC – On Sunday, September 3, the Washington Post reported that at least five large U.S. property insurers, including Allstate, American Family, Nationwide, Erie Insurance Group and Berkshire Hathaway, have informed regulators that extreme weather fueled by climate change has led them to stop writing coverages in some regions and exclude protections from various events in others.
PHOENIX, AZ -- Today, Sierra Club filed a suit in Maricopa County Superior Court challenging the Arizona Corporation Commission’s (ACC) decision to approve Salt River Project’s revised proposal to expand the gas-fired Coolidge Generating Station in Pinal County, Arizona.
WASHINGTON DC — Today, in a win for safety and the climate, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced the suspension of a Trump-era rule that allowed the transport of liquified methane gas, referred to as LNG, by rail.
Des Moines, IA — A new report from the Sierra Club reveals that global banks are propping up polluting coal plants across the U.S. by financing the parent companies behind these coal utilities.
Sierra Club analysis reveals banks continue to provide funding to coal utility parent companies, despite policies to restrict project-level loans to coal plants