The Latest On: Coal
March 10, 2019
| In the News: Michigan Daily
The University of Michigan's Carbon Neutrality Efforts
Shannon Fisk, Managing Attorney, Coal Program, Earthjustice: “A lot of big old coal plants still lack modern pollution controls because they were not required to install them until they were modified.”
March 4, 2019
| Press Release
First Comprehensive, National Study of Coal Ash Pollution Finds Widespread Groundwater Contamination
February 21, 2019
| In the News: The CSR Journal
Australia: Adani Coal Mine Should Be Suspended, UN Says
Martin Wagner, Managing Attorney, International Program: “It wouldn’t take more at this point than putting a halt on activities to slow down and to ensure that the representatives, as selected by the Wangan and Jagalingou, are the ones who are making the decisions, who are receiving the information to allow them to either consent or not to this project.”
February 14, 2019
| In the News: Chesterton Tribune
OUCC, CAC Oppose NIPSCO’s Proposed 12% Electric Rate Hike
Raghu Murthy, Attorney, Coal Program, Earthjustice: “We applaud NIPSCO for recognizing that a transition from dirty coal to clean energy will lower future costs to their customers, but this transition will not be a just one if future savings are not fairly apportioned among all of NIPSCO’s customers.”
January 16, 2019
| Press Release
Records Show 100 Percent of Texas Coal Power Plants Contaminating Groundwater
December 19, 2018
| Press Release
Utilities Admit Coal Plants in 22 States are Violating Federal and State Pollution Standards by Leaking Toxic Chemicals into Groundwater
