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WWF extends Earth Hour 2011 ‘Beyond the Hour’
On March 26, 2011 at 8:30PM, millions of people around the world will turn out their lights for one hour as part of WWF’s annual Earth Hour initiative. Started in Sydney Australia in 2007, Earth Hour has quickly become an annual institution and – according to WWF – the largest voluntary action ever witnessed, with [...]
Sierra Club: On the front lines of coal mining in India
Reposted from our partners at the Sierra Club. A team of Sierra Club staffers and volunteers went to India in late March to meet local activists fighting coal and learn how they could work together and help each other. Now Sierra Club staffer Nicole Ghio is back with pieces reflecting on the trip. See more [...]
Down with coal! The grassroots anti-coal movement goes global
In the United States and Europe, the triple whammy of recession, cheap alternatives, and aggressive anti-coal campaigning has helped halt the expansion of coal use. Since 2004, plans to build more than 150 coal plants in the U.S. have been abandoned. In fact, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), a government agency that analyzes energy-related statistics, predicts [...]
Quitting coal, GROWing and Saying Yes: How TckTckTck partners are building the climate movement this week
Whew! It’s been a very busy two weeks in climate news and action. We’ve reached soaring heights, felt crushing lows and everything in between. Through it all, the call for cleaner energy and bold climate action continues to build. Read on to learn more about the big campaigns driving change right now: This week Oxfam [...]
Sierra Club: As summer temperatures rise, so does deadly coal pollution
By Mary Anne Hitt, Director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign As the Code Red air quality alerts continue during the heat wave across the country, many families face the fear of asthma attacks in a child or loved one, trigged by high levels of air pollution. As a mom, I’ve been paying attention [...]
Sierra Club India: Coal is Cheap? World’s Largest Coal Plants Bankrupted by Skyrocketing Prices
Against the backdrop of India’s struggle against coal, a new phase of India’s coal crisis is quietly unfolding. The skyrocketing cost of imported coal is wreaking havoc on the financial solvency of the country’s coal plants. Two of those coal plants, Tata Mundra and Krishnapatnam, happen to be some of the world’s largest (at four [...]
Sierra Club: New poll shows strong opposition to mountaintop coal mining
Today the Sierra Club, Appalachian Mountain Advocates, and EarthJustice released a poll showing that a majority of voters in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee oppose mountaintop removal coal mining – a devastating form of mining that poisons waterways and destroys entire eco-systems and communities in Appalachia. According to the poll, the number of voters [...]
Sierra Club: Deal reached to retire old, dirty coal plant in Virginia
By Mary Anne Hitt, Director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign. Only a few short weeks ago, I stood on a boat in front of the ancient, dirty, and deadly GenOn coal plant in Alexandria, Virginia, and introduced Michael R. Bloomberg, philanthropist and Mayor of New York City, who then announced a game-changing gift [...]
Sierra Club: Ads that fight back against coal
By Mary Anne Hitt, Director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign The coal industry is learning to not take the Sierra Club lightly – and we’re hoping our local, state and national officials are learning the same lesson. In one example – just today we released a Spanish-language television ad rejecting President Obama’s decision [...]
Another setback for ‘clean’ coal
The enduring promise of “clean coal”–previously compared in this space to a Magic Pony–also has a lot in common with the White Queen’s promise of jam to Alice inThrough the Looking Glass: “The rule is–jam to-morrow, but never jam today.”
