Omaha, NE – This evening, the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) will hold a public hearing on the Omaha Public Power District - North Omaha Station (NOS) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit reissuance.
Yesterday, Sierra Club sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to implement a federal plan to eliminate harmful levels of sulfur dioxide pollution from Luminant’s Martin Lake coal plant, as required by the Clean Air Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Following victory in a special election last night, Jennifer McClellan is set to become the first Black Congresswoman from Virginia. Sierra Club joins many other environmental and social justice organizations who also supported McClellan’s historic run and victory. She will succeed the late Congressman Donald McEachin in Congress.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— We filed an objection in U.S. District Court today over a magistrate’s findings and recommendation that would let stand a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule allowing oil and gas companies to harass Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears. The magistrate submitted findings this month on our lawsuit challenging the incidental take regulations for oil and gas activities on Alaska’s North Slope.
Second-largest asset manager in world withdrew from NZAM in December 2022
This week, EPA is holding public hearings on the Agency’s proposed air quality standard for particulate matter, also known as soot.
A new report out today from Greenlink Analytics shows a large disparity between the energy burden faced by different communities across Orlando, from a low of 1.8% to as high as 9.2%.
Newly-introduced bill it would strip away the federal government’s responsibility to consider how LNG exports negatively impact Americans by exacerbating climate change, raising domestic energy prices, and perpetuating environmental injustices. These factors must be taken into account when deciding whether to approve additional LNG export terminals.
EPA confirmed that it is “appropriate and necessary” under the Clean Air Act to regulate mercury and other hazardous air pollution from power plants, reversing a 2020 decision by the Trump Administration.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, EPA proposed to eliminate loopholes in state plans during periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) in Iowa, North Carolina, and Texas that allow harmful emissions of nearly limitless amounts of air pollution.