This morning, DTE filed a settlement agreement with Sierra Club and other parties to solidify the utility’s long-term plans for serving its customers’ energy needs. Upon approval by the Michigan Public Service Commission, this settlement of litigation over DTE’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) will put Michigan on track to end the burning of coal for electric generation in less than a decade, a major milestone for climate progress in the state.
Executive Director Ben Jealous to speak at press conference on Wednesday, July 12 at 1:30pm ET
It has been reported that a gas well in Columbiana County, Ohio has sprung a leak after a contractor hit the wellhead. The size of the spill is still unknown, but more than 450 people have been evacuated.
Under new court decision blocking key pathway to cut pollution from new construction, Eugene forced to withdraw electrification ordinance and develop new policy
Hoy, grupos presentaron dos demandas federales que impugnan la decisión de la Comisión Federal Reguladora de EnergÃa (FERC) de aprobar dos terminales de exportación de gas licuado (LNG), Texas LNG, Rio Grande LNG y el oleoducto asociado Rio Bravo.
Today, by a vote of 18 to zero with one abstention, the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board voted to dismiss a rulemaking petition to raise oil and gas bonds for conventional wells in Pennsylvania originally filed by the Sierra Club, Clean Air Council, Earthworks, Mountain Watershed Association, PennFuture, and Protect Penn-Trafford in the fall of 2021.
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit issued a stay of the biological opinion and incidental take statement under the Endangered Species Act for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Today, groups filed two federal lawsuits challenging the decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to approve two liquified gas (LNG) export terminals, Texas LNG, Rio Grande LNG, and the associated Rio Bravo Pipeline.
HARTFORD, CT. -- Sierra Club, alongside 238 Connecticut residents, has submitted public comment to the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) calling on the State to replace the aging Capitol Area System with a 100 percent clean, renewable energy alternative. Other local environmental and climate justice groups have similarly weighed in on the fossil fuel plant’s future.
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Record of Decision for the Ocean Wind I project off the coast of New Jersey — which follows almost four years of federal review and public comment — is a significant milestone for US offshore wind power. This progress is an important symbol of the Biden Administration’s commitment to combating climate change, which is an existential threat to our communities, the environment, and wildlife.