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Season 3 of The Land I Trust brings you stories about climate change, dirty fuels, and fighting for clean energy from across the Midwestern.
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This massive utility has no real plans to protect its customers from rising coal costs
Coal is our country’s dirtiest energy source, from mining to burning to disposing of coal waste. Our campaign is uniting grassroots activists across the country to move America Beyond Coal.
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Our Articles
December 20, 2019
This year was a big one for moving our country beyond coal, despite the efforts of Trump and EPA head Andrew Wheeler to continue rolling back environmental and public health protections for their...
December 18, 2019
This year, Utah communities took a stand for clean energy.
By the end of 2019, 24 communities in Utah have adopted commitments to achieve 100% clean, renewable electricity by 2030, including some...
November 26, 2019
From the state of our politics to the state of our climate, these are trying days, when it can be challenging to find the positives. But I’m taking time to be thankful this season, especially in...
November 21, 2019
Looking at the above photo of me after a climate meeting in Paris in 2017 -- it feels like forever ago. It’s hard to believe we’re coming up on four years since the climate agreement was adopted...
November 18, 2019
Many families and friends try not to discuss politics at the holiday dinner table. But sometimes hot button issues come up anyway.
The Sierra Club’s Holiday Discussion Guide is here to help. Below...
Press Releases
The Surface Transportation Board announced today that it will start a review to determine if the Clean Water Act still applies to rail cars that transport coal and other polluting products near and over Americas waterways.
Sierra Club launches radio campaign to stop legislation aimed at propping up the coal industry at taxpayers’ expense
INDIANAPOLIS The Sierra Club this week launched a statewide radio ad campaign urging residents to demand that the state Senate reject HB 1414, a piece of dangerous and unnecessary legislation that would slow the retirement of Indianas aging, polluting coal fleets, lead to higher bills for families and businesses, and worsen the climate crisis.
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted a public comment session on the state of Utahs do-nothing regional haze plan. In April 2019, Utah submitted a regional haze proposal to the EPA for the third time in eight years to continue operation of the Hunter and Huntington coal plants without pollution controls.
This week the 37-year-old Sims coal fired power plant in Grand Haven will be shut down permanently in accordance with plans made one year ago by the Grand Haven Board of Light & Power after sustained advocacy by Sierra Club, its local volunteers along with many community members.
Today, NorthWestern Energy asked the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) for pre-approval to buy an additional 25% stake in Colstrip Unit 4 from Puget Sound Energy (PSE), potentially locking its customers into even higher electricity bills to pay for the aging, costly plant for the next 20 years.