Beyond Coal Kentucky

Coal is risky business for our future.  In Kentucky, less than 3% of our GDP and less than 1% of our jobs come from the coal industry. From the coal mine to the power plant to the coal ash dump - big coal is making us sick.  Today there are cleaner solutions. Kentucky has an opportunity to jumpstart a clean energy market and leverage new jobs today.  Through investments in energy efficiency and renewables we can begin to diversify our energy base, create healthy communities and create jobs right here in the Commonwealth.

Building Clean Energy Momentum

Press Releases

• 2012.01.10
  College Basketball Gets Clean Energy Boost from Sierra Club
• 2011.10.25
  UK Students Take Stand Urge University Leadership to Shutter Campus Coal Plants
• 2011.09.15
  Sierra Club Applauds Retirement of Cane Run, Green River and Tyrone Coal Plants in Kentucky. Huge public health victory comes after years of pressure from local citizens and the Sierra Club
• 2011.02.03
  New Report: Kentucky Power Plants Emit 6th Highest Toxic Mercury Pollution in the Nation
• 2010.12.06
  Group Takes Action to Hold Kentucky Coal Company Accountable for Polluting Local Waterways with Toxic Selenium

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Activist Resources

• End Mountaintop Removal
• Find Your Local Plant: Online Tracker
• Sierra Club Kentucky/Cumberland Chapter
• University of Kentucky: Beyond Coal Campaign
• Myths and Facts About Coal Ash
  

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