Beyond Coal Missouri

Coal-Free Mizzou students rally before marching to the MU Coal Power Plant to call on the University to move beyond coal to clean energy solutions.

About 40 students assembled in Mizzou’s Speaker’s Circle yesterday, before marching to the MU Power Plant to call on the University to move beyond coal to clean energy solutions.

Sierra Club has been instrumental in moving Missouri beyond coal and toward a transition to a clean energy future. In April 2008 Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. abandoned plans for a newly permitted coal plant in Norborne, Missouri. And Sierra Club's 2007 agreement with Kansas City Power and Light (KCPL) has led to the utility becoming the most progressive in the state with the deployment of wind investments and the development of energy efficiency programs to reduce demand.

Passage of Proposition C, the Clean Energy Initiative, in 2008, moves us another step forward. Fifteen percent renewable energy by 2021 is an important first step but it doesn't go far enough to achieve the 80% cut in greenhouse gas emissions scientists say is needed by 2050. In order to lay the groundwork for reduction in coal burning and global warming pollution we must ensure that future energy investments focus on energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy, and that policy makers adopt aggressive climate change reduction initiatives to reduce carbon emissions.

Press Releases

2010.02.10
MU Committed to "getting off coal"
2009.11.12
University of Missouri Coal-Free Campaign Heats up_11-12-09
2009.09.29
Coal Day of Action- Univ of MO Targets Dirty Coal
2009.09.16
University of Missouri Coal-Free Campus Kickoff

See all press releases

Activist Resources

See all resources

Take Action

Help Move MU Beyond Coal - sign the petition!

Last fall, students at the University of Missouri launched a new campaign -- Coal Free Mizzou -- to move the University of Missouri beyond coal. The campaign is part of a Sierra Club effort on more than 60 campuses nationwide.

MU Student leader Melissa Vatterott poses as a coal miner during the Halloween “coal is scary” event on the Quad.

Student leader Melissa Vatterott got involved because she believes, "It's not just about educating, it is about leading. As I look around the campus I see all kinds of modern innovations from a new stadium to state of the art science labs. Yet, we are using dated and dirty technology to power the campus."

Now the Coal Free Mizzou students would like you, alumni of the university and others concerned about our energy future, to sign a petition asking Chancellor Brady Deaton to make a commitment to quickly get beyond coal and shift the campus to 100% clean, renewable energy sources.

Tell Chancellor Deaton the time is now by signing the petition.

Blog Updates

There was an error loading the RSS, please email webmaster@sierraclub.org with the url