Sierra Club & partners are challenging the repeal in court as states & lawmakers move to reverse it WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Trump administration rule attempting to rescind the federal regulatory definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act goes into effect today. The change removes language that made clear … [continued]
Washington, D.C. — According to reporting, Donald Trump’s administration will propose to repeal the Endangerment Finding for power plants today — a move that would permanently strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas power plants under the Clean Air Act. This … [continued]
The Amendment Will Open No Greater Than 1% of the County to Agrivoltaic Solar Projects LEXINGTON, Kentucky — On Thursday, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council voted to pass a zoning ordinance text amendment (ZOTA) opening up no greater than one percent of Fayette County, including agriculturally zoned land, for large-scale solar … [continued]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. District Circuit Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the Sierra Club, overturning the Department of Energy’s“emergency” order overriding the state’s and utility’s decision to close the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant. In May 2025, Trump’s Department of Energy issued a last-minute “emergency … [continued]
ST. PAUL, Minnesota — Today, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) rejected Minnesota Power’s request to build a costly new gas plant to meet future energy demand and ordered the electric utility to continue investigating alternatives that would maintain grid reliability. Clean Energy Organizations (CEOs) — including Clean Grid Alliance … [continued]
CUMBERLAND CITY, Tennessee — This week, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority over the utility’s failure to take federally required steps to protect Middle Tennessee communities from the harmful air pollution impacts of running its Cumberland coal plant … [continued]
INDIANAPOLIS — Today, environmental activists from across Indiana delivered more than 1,300 petitions to Governor Mike Braun and Attorney General Todd Rokita, calling on them to challenge President Trump’s latest “emergency energy order” that will require coal burning units at NIPSCO’s Schahfer and Centerpoint’s Culley coal plants to continue operating … [continued]
Federal court vacates the utility’s decision to build gas plant at the site of 2008 coal ash spill CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — In a win for communities across the Tennessee Valley, a federal court ruled that the Tennessee Valley Authority’s decision to build its massive Kingston Gas Plant had “fundamental” errors … [continued]
Washington, D.C. — Today, the American Clean Power Association released a report that shows that clean energy deployment hit a record high in the first half of 2026. There is now enough clean energy in the United States to power 83 million homes with affordable and renewable energy. Throughout his presidency, Donald … [continued]
Groups allege Los Angeles & LADWP failed to comply with key environmental law Los Angeles — Yesterday, environmental groups joined an ongoing lawsuit brought by Communities for a Better Environment and Los Angeles Waterkeeper over the City of Los Angeles’s failure to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in … [continued]
