LAKE CHARLES, La. — Today Sierra Club, along with Healthy Gulf, filed a federal lawsuit challenging a decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to authorize construction and operation of over 30 miles of pipelines intended to almost solely supply gas to Tellurian’s proposed Driftwood LNG export facility in Southwest Louisiana. If constructed and operated as proposed, the Driftwood methane gas facility would be one of the largest polluters in the Gulf region.
Washington, DC – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its first round of sampling of toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water, reporting results for 2,001 large and small drinking water systems. Concentrations of two common PFAS chemicals, PFOS and PFOA, were above the proposed drinking water limit of 4 parts per trillion. At least 8.5% of water systems exceeded the limit for PFOS, and 7.8% of systems exceeded the proposed limit for PFOA.
Today, the Edison Electric Institute announced Trump Administration Energy Secretary and fossil fuel executive Dan Brouillette will lead the utility lobbying association.
Federal agency holds public hearing on proposed rule to amend the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for integrated iron, steel facilities
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – This week the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with polluters in a case that would have reduced air pollution in Wyoming’s national parks and public lands across the region.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Groups involved in the North Carolina Utilities Commission proceeding to develop a new state plan for reducing heat-trapping carbon pollution from electricity generation—known as the Carbon Plan—reacted to a proposed plan by Duke Energy.
Biden’s Historic Climate, Environmental Justice and Clean Energy Law Continues to Build a Livable Future
Washington, DC – One year ago today, the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden’s historic investments in climate action, environmental justice, and clean energy was signed into law.
In celebration, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous released the following statement:
Helena, MT - A judge ruled in favor of Montana youth climate plaintiffs today, declaring the state is violating its own constitution by not protecting the right to a clean environment. Held v. Montana was the first-ever youth climate case to go to trial in the U.S. and now is the first victory, setting a precedent for further lawsuits.
UTAH – Today the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition for review that would bring some of Utah’s worst polluting coal plants into compliance with the Clean Air Act’s visibility-protection provisions, instead enabling the Hunter and Huntington plants to continue polluting at the same damaging levels they have for more than a decade.
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — A Utah federal judge today dismissed two lawsuits, led by the state of Utah, that attempted to undo President Biden’s restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments and attacked the Antiquities Act as unlawful. In the ruling, District Judge David Nuffer emphasized that the Antiquities Act gives the president broad authority to designate national monuments and that the court could not second guess that judgment.