Life-Saving Cross-State Air Pollution Rule in Jeopardy Following U.S. Court Ruling

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the D.C. Circuit Court ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution protection, which sought to protect Americans from dangerous air pollution from coal-fired power plants. Sierra Club joined the lawsuit, along with the Environmental Defense Fund, Clear Air Task Force, American Lung Association, the Natural Resources Defense Council and [...]

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Aug 27 2012 | Posted in Articles | Read More »

U.S. Senate Rejects Rand Paul’s Attack on Clean Air

Washington, D.C. – This week, a bi-partisan majority in the U.S. Senate rejected Sen. Rand Paul’s attack on the life-saving Cross State Air Pollution Rule by a vote of 56 to 41. Attempting to use an obscure, Gingrich-era congressional tool known as the Congressional Review Act, Senator Paul’s effort would have left 240 million Americans [...]

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Nov 11 2011 | Posted in Moving Beyond Big Coal,Politics,Solar Thermal | Read More »

Two More Dirty Coal Plants in Virginia to Go Off Line

Sierra Club Celebrates Dominion Decision to Phase out Under Pressure from Activists, Yorktown and Chesapeake Generating Stations to be Retired Richmond, VA – Dominion Resources Inc., the Commonwealth of Virginia’s largest utility, announced today that it will phase out two of its oldest and dirtiest coal fired power plants. The Chesapeake and Yorktown plants, situated [...]

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Sep 2 2011 | Posted in Moving Beyond Big Coal,U.S.,Virginia | Read More »

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