PORTLAND, ME. – Today, Sierra Club Maine has released Episode 1 of a nine-episode podcast called “Redefining Conservation.” The new educational series dives into Maine’s goal of preserving 30 percent of the state's land, water, and forestry by 2030.
Milwaukee, WI – Today, in its quarterly earnings report, WEC Energy Group announced that it plans to eliminate coal as an energy source by the end of 2032, three years earlier than their previous estimate.
Today, the Biden administration approved the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project – the largest offshore wind project in the country.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Biden Administration announced the appointment of Laura Daniel-Davis to serve as acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior. Daniel-Davis replaces Tommy Beaudreau, who announced his departure from the department in early October.
Bismarck, ND – On Wednesday, November 1, at 6:00 pm, Standing Rock & Cheyenne River Grassroots, Oceti Sakowin Runners, Standing Rock Youth Council, Indigenous Environmental Network, and Sierra Club will show up in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), calling on the Biden Administration to shut down the pipeline.
The groups say that FERC's decisions to reject rehearings on Rio Grande LNG, Texas LNG, and the Rio Bravo pipeline are more evidence that the commission goes through the motions rather than meaningfully carry out its regulatory duties. The organizations now turn their focus to ongoing legal challenges to the reapprovals of the destructive facilities.
WASHINGTON, DC – The United Auto Workers has announced tentative agreements in their contract negotiations with the “Big Three” Automakers: General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis.
GLENDALE, Calif. – On Thursday, the Sierra Club filed an appeal to challenge the buildout of three new gas engines at the Grayson gas plant in Glendale. The gas engines were approved by the Glendale City Council last December. If built, they would constitute the last new gas-fired generation built in California, diverging from California’s mandate to reach 100% clean electricity by 2045.
Proposed SEC Rule Should Not Substantially Increase Compliance Costs for Most Fortune 1000 Firms
On Oct. 17, the Carolina Industrial Group for Fair Utility Rates II (CIGFUR), which represents a group of large industrial customers and manufacturers filed a notice of appeal from the Duke Energy Progress (DEP) rate case, challenging the Customer Assistance Program (CAP) and the ability for the N.C. Utilities Commission (NCUC) to approve any future low-income payment assistance program.