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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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April 5, 2019
As we continue to see a complete lack of action on climate change from the Trump administration, we’re inspired to demonstrate, yet again, that states and cities are leading the way. This is...
March 29, 2019
On March 27th, the Global Energy Monitor, Greenpeace Environment Trust, and the Sierra Club released its fifth annual survey of proposed coal plants worldwide, Boom and Bust 2019: Tracking the...
March 22, 2019
The Trump administration’s recently released proposed 2020 budget is a nightmare for everyone who needs clean air, clean water, and a healthy climate. The budget includes deep cuts to virtually...
March 19, 2019
On Monday I had the honor of testifying at the Environmental Protection Agency’s only hearing about EPA head Andrew Wheeler’s plan to roll back the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard. This standard...
March 8, 2019
This week when Michael Bloomberg announced he would not run for president and would instead focus on an ambitious effort to fight climate change and move American to 100% clean energy, including...
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Nationwide -- This April, the first annual Drive Electric Earth Dayis being held, with over 150 events across the United States, as well as Canada, New Zealand, and the Dominican Republic, celebrating the significant and wide-ranging benefits of electric vehicles (EVs). EVs reduce emissions from transportation -- currently the leading sector contributing to carbon pollution -- in addition to improving public health and providing fuel and maintenance savings for consumers.
Earlier this morning, leaked details of a legislative nuclear bailout was reported by longtime energy reporter John Funk. It appears that the state legislature hopes to introduce a bill that will raise customers monthly electric bill in order to bail out old uneconomic nuclear plants.
NEW YORK The American Civil Liberties Union, Sierra Club, ACLU of Texas, and ACLU of Northern California filed a motion today to immediately stop the illegal construction of President Trumps border wall. The plaintiffs in the case, the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition are asking the court to declare that Trumps declaration of a national emergency is unconstitutional and unlawful.
Groups ask Wyoming and Idaho authorities to require that hunters carry bear spray in grizzly territory
JACKSON, Wyoming, and VICTOR, Idaho (April 4, 2019)A coalition of organizations today submitted petitions to the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and the Idaho Fish and Game Commission proposing rules to require hunters in grizzly bear habitat to carry bear spray.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As policymakers, the auto industry and the public converge on the Washington Auto Show, public interest groups t