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'Sierra Club'

Sierra Club endorses Clarke Tucker

The Arkansas chapter of the Sierra Club has announced its endorsement of Democrat Clarke Tucker for the 2nd District congressional seat held by Republican French Hill.
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State loosens rule on air pollution by power plants

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality has finalized new rules that roll back standards for pollution by electric power plants and the Sierra Club says they are bad for clean air.
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Sierra Club rips overreliance on coal by some electric utilities

The Sierra Club issued a report today that says electric utilities in the Southwest Power Pool have been overusing coal-powered power plants instead of cheaper forms of supply, effectively subsidizing the coal industry.

Groups seek end to commercial collection of wild turtles

Several environmental organizations to end commercial turtle collection in Arkansas.The harvests (more than 126,000 turtles from 2014 to 2016) are not sustainable and that, in turn, is damaging to ecosystems, the groups said.
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Rutledge continues fight against EPA rule for cleaner air

Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, mentioned as a potential  Environmental Protection Agency administrator in the Trump administration, is continuing her fight against  EPA rules aimed at reducing haze in Arkansas from airborn pollutants.

EPA completes haze reduction plan; Sierra Club hails win for Arkansas

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has completed a plan to reduce haze in the Caney Creek and Upper Buffalo Wilderness Areas caused by emissions from coal-burning power plants.
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A win for the EPA on air quality, a black eye on water regulations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency won a victory in the D.C. Court of Appeals today on its Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. On a political level, that's probably outweighed by a slapdown offered yesterday by a congressional watchdog agency concerning another regulation, the Waters of the United States rule. Arkansas AG Leslie Rutledge is in the middle of both fights.

Working to clear the air

At the Arkansas chapter of the Sierra Club.
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Federal judge sides with Sierra Club on haze reduction lawsuit

Federal Judge Leon Holmes today ruled for the Sierra Club in its suit to require a haze reduction plan for Arkansas. He ordered a final notice of rulemaking by Aug. 31.

Federal court again sets back Rutledge attack on clean power plan

The Sierra Club happily announces that the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia has again turned back a challenge by Attorney General Leslie Rutledge to the EPA's plan to clean up power plant emissions.
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Rutledge v. EPA, again

Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, who is driven by animosity toward the Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air Act, announced today that Arkansas will join 16 states in challenging the EPA's rejection of state power plant startup, shutdown or malfunction plans.

Entergy files proposal to shut White Bluff coal-fired plant by 2028

Entergy Arkansas has filed a response to a federal Environmental Protection Agency plan to reduce haze in Arkansas. Rather than install expensive scrubbers to reduce air pollution at four units of two power plants, it proposes instead to shut down the two-unit White Bluff power plant — the state's biggest and dirtiest coal-burning power plant — by 2028.
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