October 3, 2022
Omaha, NE – The Sierra Club released today the second edition of its ground-breaking report, The Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges, that exposes how most major electric utilities greenwash their climate action com
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.
More About Our CampaignMost 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 ReportCoal-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.
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Press Releases
October 3, 2022
Kansas City, MO – After nearly two years, Ameren Missouri and Evergy have made little progress in their plans to move from coal and gas to clean energy, while Associated Electric Cooperatives Incorporated (AECI) actually regressed.
October 3, 2022
LOCAL QUOTES BELOW RELEASE. Sierra Club investigated what progress, if any, has been made since the last utility report card to retire coal plants, stop building new gas plants, and build clean energy in the next, crucial decade. The results are…
September 23, 2022
The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) approved cost recovery (increasing rates) for Dominion’s Mount Storm coal plant.
September 20, 2022
Baton Rouge, LA – Last Friday, Sierra Club petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reject the air permit approved by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for the proposed Magnolia gas plant in Iberville Parish.