Thomas Young

Thomas Young is the Associate Regional Communications Director for the West for Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.

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Press Releases

Closure of Reid Gardner Coal Plant a Landmark in Nevada’s Clean Energy Transition

LAS VEGAS, NV: NV Energy’s Reid Gardner coal plant has finally stopped burning coal after 50 years of powering -- and polluting -- southern Nevada. The closure of the Reid Gardner coal plant is a…

San Juan Generating Station likely to close 30 years ahead of schedule

Farmington, New Mexico-- Today, PNM announced that an extensive analysis of San Juan Generating Station in Waterflow, New Mexico found that the coal-fired power plant is no longer economically viable…

Utilities Plan to Exit Largest Coal Plant in Western U.S. by End of 2019

PAGE, ARIZONA - The largest coal plant in the West is buckling to market forces as the private utility owners plan to exit at the end of 2019. Despite the massive scale of the Navajo Generating…

Nevada Assembly Passes Legislation to Increase the Renewable Portfolio Standard

CARSON CITY, NEVADA -- Today, the Nevada Assembly passed Assembly Bill 206 to increase the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) to 50 percent by 2030 with a goal to reach 80 percent by 2040.…