“Duke Energy: no dirty rate hikes. Be a good neighbor.†CHARLOTTE, NC— This week, six North Carolinians built and ascended two 20-ft tall tripods in front of Duke Energy’s headquarters with a banner between them that read “Duke Energy: no dirty rate hikes†wearing t-shirts that said, “Be a good neighbor.†“Duke Energy has gone [...]
Sierra Club calls for responsible transition for workers at the plants West Virginia – In a victory for clean air and local residents’ health, Ohio-based First Energy Corp. announced the retirements of three of its coal-fired power plants in West Virginia. The plants are slated to close on September 1, 2012. Today’s news follows last [...]
Historic ‘mercury and air toxics standards’ meet 20-year old requirement to cut dangerous smokestack emissions WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, the first national standards to protect American families from power plant emissions of mercury and toxic air pollution like arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, [...]
Lansing, MI — Consumers Energy announced plans to forgo a proposed $2.3 billion coal plant near Bay City, Michigan. The announcement comes after years of organizing and pushback on the proposal by neighboring communities and environmental groups. The company also plans to mothball seven of its existing coal-fired units around the state by 2015. “This [...]
Washington, D.C. – This week the U.S. House of Representatives passed Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act (H.R. 2273), a bill that endangers the health and safety of thousands of communities. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune issued the following statement: “It’s no wonder that Rep. David McKinley, who introduced this reckless and dangerous [...]
Portland, OR – The Sierra Club today announced that the organization’s Beyond Coal campaign has reached a significant milestone. With the retirement of Oregon’s Boardman coal plant, the campaign has now phased out 30,000 megawatts of dirty coal that would have spewed roughly the same amount of carbon pollution as 36 million passenger vehicles, as [...]
Greenpeace is today launching a follow-up case study to their work on the Koch brothers’ climate denial machine, this time focusing on scientist Dr Willie Soon. Key findings include: •A Freedom of Information Act response from Smithsonian Institution reveals that in the last decade more than $1million of Dr Soon’s funding has come from oil [...]
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