Beyond Coal

Let's Move Beyond Coal

Let's Move Beyond Coal

Beyond Coal is one of the most extensive, effective, and long-lasting campaigns in the history of the environmental movement.  Through our national campaign and chapters across the country, we advocate for an electric power system run on affordable, reliable clean energy and not fossil fuels.


By mobilizing our members, deepening grassroots leadership, and winning local victories, we are building power for long-term, durable climate and justice wins.

About Us

We engage over a million members and supporters to intervene in public utility dockets, in litigation, and before state and federal agencies to advocate for clean energy.  We build broad, inclusive coalitions that bring together local consumer advocates, labor organizations, large energy consumer groups, clean energy advocates, and environmental justice leaders.

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Join us in the fight against dirty coal and gas

The Problem

Toxins from coal and gas pollution are destroying our planet and making us sick.

The Solutions

Clean energy technologies are driving a new era of job creation and American prosperity that works for everyone.

Our Campaign

There are many ways you can take part in the effort to phase out dirty coal-fired and gas-fired power plants and increase our use of clean energy.

Most utilities in the United States lack the truly ambitious plans needed to make the clean energy transition a reality.

The Dirty Truth Report

What utilities do, or don't do, over the next decade will either drive us to more polluting, expensive fossil fuels or lead us to a clean energy transition. What is your utility doing?

See Our Report
Coal-Burning Power Plants
The Beyond Coal campaign wants to close all coal plants in the U.S. and replace them entirely with sources of clean energy.
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140 active plants  —  390 retired/proposed to retire

The decrease in air pollution from coal plant retirements to date has prevented over 60,000 premature deaths, 100,000 heart attacks, and 1,000,000 asthma attacks! See which coal plants are polluting your community.

Grassroots pressure combined with economic realities will end the fossil fuel industry, and consumers and workers alike are speeding this inevitable transition.

Do Coal and Gas Power Plants Affect You and Where You Live?

Our map shows the existing coal plants in America and those that have retired or committed to retirement. We also track where gas pipelines and plants are threatening a clean energy future. We’re working toward a future where these maps show clean, renewable energy.

See The Maps

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Your donation will fund our work to stop the expansion of fossil fuel companies and help us achieve clean energy for all.

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January 12, 2022

Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it will require utilities in several Midwestern states to clean up their coal ash waste. Coal ash is toxic waste produced by coal-burning power plants. For decades, coal ash has been…

January 11, 2022

St. Louis, MO – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Ameren Missouri failed to provide enough information to demonstrate its ability to safely operate coal waste facilities at its Meramec and Sioux coal-burning power plants.

January 10, 2022

In a filing late Friday, the Biden administration's U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) defended two Trump-era resource management plans (RMPs) that failed to comply with a court order to account for impacts from burning publicly-owned coal,…

20 de diciembre de 2021

La administración Biden publicó hoy una actualización del progreso del plan “America the Beautiful”, también conocido como 30x30, un marco para conservar al menos el 30% de los terrenos, vías acuáticas y áreas oceanográficas para 2030 y asegurarse…

December 15, 2021

Harrisburg, PA — Today, the Pennsylvania House passed SCRRR1 disapproving of a regulation enabling Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). The bill now heads to Governor Wolf, who has pledged to veto it to ensure the…