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Kansas City Adopts Strong Climate Protection & Resiliency Plan
Kansas City Adopts Strong Climate Protection & Resiliency Plan
Kansas City, MO - Today, the City Council in Kansas City, Missouri voted 11-1, with one absent, to pass Resolution 220596, formally adopting its Climate Protection & Resiliency Plan (CPRP) that establishes a roadmap to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions while centering public health and
press-edward Thu, 2022-08-25 18:32
Evergy Customers Will Save Money if Energy Efficiency Programming is Approved
Evergy Customers Will Save Money if Energy Efficiency Programming is Approved
TOPEKA, KS—Pending approval from the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC), Evergy and a coalition of anti-poverty,environmental organizations, and ratepayer advocates have agreed on a slate of energy efficiency programs that will reduce energy demand and save ratepayers money.
press-edward Mon, 2022-08-22 11:40
OPPD: North Omaha to burn coal for 3 more years
OPPD: North Omaha to burn coal for 3 more years
Eight years after committing to the retirement of the coal-fired power generation at North Omaha Station, today the Omaha Public Power District will likely approve a dramatic change of plans to keep the facility burning coal until at least 2026.
press-renner Thu, 2022-08-18 07:47
Judge Reinstates Obama-Era Coal Leasing Moratorium on Federal Lands
Judge Reinstates Obama-Era Coal Leasing Moratorium on Federal Lands
Great Falls, MT – A federal judge in Montana District Court ruled today to reinstate a moratorium halting all coal leasing on federal lands until the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) completes a more sufficient environmental analysis.  
press-noah Fri, 2022-08-12 12:31
Federal Court Cites Human Health, Climate Costs in Massive Wyoming, Montana Coal Mining Rejection
Federal Court Cites Human Health, Climate Costs in Massive Wyoming, Montana Coal Mining Rejection
GREAT FALLS, MT — A federal judge late yesterday struck down two U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resource management plans that failed to address the public health consequences of allowing massive amounts of coal, oil, and gas production from public lands and minerals in the Powder River Basin, including approximately 6 billion tons of low-grade, highly polluting coal over 20 years. 
press-noah Thu, 2022-08-04 08:30
Missouri Air Conservation Commission Stops Bad Haze Plan Proposed by Department of Natural Resources
Missouri Air Conservation Commission Stops Bad Haze Plan Proposed by Department of Natural Resources
St. Louis, MO - In a surprise outcome last week, the Missouri Air Conservation Commission (MACC) failed to advance the new regional haze plan proposed by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which the MACC oversees. Missouri will miss its new deadline of August 15, 2022, to submit a plan to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), even though the federal agency gave states an additional three years to comply when it amended the Regional Haze Rule in 2017.
press-edward Thu, 2022-08-04 06:45
Georgia Power’s Energy Plan a Step in the Right Direction, But Fails to Meet the Urgency of the Climate Crisis
ATLANTA, GA -- Today, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) made its final decision in Georgia Power’s 2022 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) by unanimously voting to approve an amended stipulation agreement between Public Service Commission Staff and Georgia Power (owned by Southern Company).  The final, approved plan includes:
Georgia Supreme Court Rejects Case to Hold Georgia Power Accountable for Coal Ash
ATLANTA, GA -- Yesterday, the Georgia Supreme Court denied Sierra Club’s petition to review a 2019 Public Service Commission (PSC) decision that gave Georgia Power almost unlimited power to collect fees from customers for coal ash clean up, despite the utility’s prior knowledge that coal ash contaminates groundwater.
Arizonans Share Concerns about State Plan to Reduce Haze Pollution
ARIZONA – Today the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) heard from clean air advocates calling for strengthened pollution reduction measures to restore clean skies in Arizona’s national parks like Grand Canyon, Saguaro, and Petrified Forest National Parks, and to protect vulnerable communities that often live in close proximity to polluting facilities that degrade air quality and exacerbate the climate crisis.
North Texas Environmental Justice Community Leaders Join EPA at 5th Circuit Court to Defend Coal Pollution Standards
Sierra Club, represented by Earthjustice, and supported by environmental justice advocates and community members from Northeast Texas, joined the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in New Orleans to present oral argument at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals defending EPA's final sulfur dioxide (SO2) nonattainment designation for the area around Martin Lake, a coal-burning power plant in Northeast Texas.