DURHAM, North Carolina, April 24 -- The Southern Coalition for Social Justice issued the following news release: In a series of comment letters, community and environmental groups called on North Carolina's cabinet agencies for meaningful action, not vague rhetoric, in drafting their goals to advance environmental justice across the state. Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order 292 (https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2023/10/24/governor-cooper-issues-executive-order-directing-bol  more

VICTORIA, Australia, April 29 (TNSres) -- The Grattan Institute issued the following news release: Australia must urgently plan a new energy system for the imminent post-coal era, says a new Grattan Institute report. Keeping the lights on: How Australia should navigate the era of coal closures and prepare for what comes next finds that coal will cease to be a material contributor to the National Electricity Market (the NEM) by about 2032. The federal and state governments need to start design  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 29 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 27, 2024: A vibrant parade of costumed community members with puppets, windsocks, and signs headed from Layette Park to Ameren Headquarters today with a powerful Earth Month message for the monopoly utility: ditch coal and go renewable. Instead of moving swiftly to cleaner and more affordable renewables, Ameren has proposed to keep its super-polluting Labadie coal-burning power plant open until 2042 and  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 29 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on April 27, 2024: * * * Gov. Justice issued the following statement today after new EPA rules that would force coal-fired and natural gas-powered plants to nearly eliminate emissions or close operations, threatening the future of West Virginia miners, workers, and the energy industry. Gov. Justice shared these comments during a press event with the West Virginia Coal Association at Indepe  more