Petition Identifies Multiple, Serious Problems with New Information and Analysis in Final Rule Washington, DC — Sixteen health and environmental groups have filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency outlining severe flaws in its rule to repeal the Endangerment Finding and motor vehicle climate pollution standards and describing how the … [continued]
Millions of cubic yards of dangerous coal waste imperil North Carolina water. RALEIGH, North Carolina — More than 133 million cubic yards of coal ash at North Carolina coal-fired power plants, with 40.2 million cubic yards at the Duke Energy’s Roxboro plant alone, could more seriously impact local waterways after the … [continued]
Washington, D.C. — Today, Donald Trump’s administration took direct aim at the health and lives of hundreds of American communities, announcing plans to gut critical protections against deadly coal ash pollution — one of the most toxic industrial waste streams in the country. Coal ash contains a toxic brew of … [continued]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the EPA finalized its first reconsideration of the 2024 methane rule, an action that will increase gas flaring at oil wells and increase climate and air pollution. Finalized by the EPA in December 2023 following a robust comment period, the methane pollution standards represented a major win for climate and … [continued]
Bedrock Environmental Law Restored to Pre-Trump Status Oakland, CA — A federal court struck down President Trump’s attacks against the Endangered Species Act (ESA), restoring key values of the bedrock environmental law to the status it held for decades before the first Trump administration attacked the bedrock environmental law. After a seven-year … [continued]
We’re supposed to be a nation of laws, built on a Constitution that gives Congress the power of the purse. But when an agency decides to intentionally wipe its feet on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law just to keep schools hooked on diesel and propane, they’re showing utter contempt for the … [continued]
Lawsuit challenges weak protections from smog and EPA’s refusal to factor public health in future decision making. Washington, D.C. — Today, the Sierra Club and its environmental group allies took the Trump administration to federal court, suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its woefully inadequate Clean Air Act standards for … [continued]
As I was reading through the Sierra Club’s response to Donald Trump’s State of the Union address last night, one line really jumped out at me, that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Donald Trump has “set the value of a human life to zero when conducting cost-benefit analyses.” … [continued]
Tonight, as costs for American families continue to soar and environmental and public health protections are weakened by his administration, Donald Trump delivered the first official State of the Union address of his second term. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Loren Blackford released the following statement: “For a majority … [continued]
Washington, DC — A broad coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency today over its illegal determination that it is not responsible for protecting us from climate pollution and its elimination of rules to cut the tailpipe pollution fueling the climate crisis and harming people’s health. The case, … [continued]
