beyond coal

Communities Demand Trump and Pruitt ‘Stop Pandering to Billionaire Coal Executives’ and Protect Their Families

By EcoWatch / August 1, 2017

Community leaders from across the U.S. traveled to Washington, DC, Monday to testify at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELG) hearing, demanding Donald Trump and his EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt, stop pandering to billionaire coal executives and protect every family and community from coal plants dumping toxic, industrial sludge into their drinking […]

Two More Trump Cabinet Picks Value ‘Fossil Fuel Profits Above All Else’

By EcoWatch / November 30, 2016

Renewables Overtake Coal as World’s Largest Source of Electricity Capacity

By EcoWatch / October 25, 2016

Massive Bailout Approved for FirstEnergy

By EcoWatch / October 13, 2016

El Paso Electric Is Proud to Be 100% Coal Free

By EcoWatch / August 4, 2016

Chicago’s Fisk and Crawford Coal Plants Announce Retirement

By EcoWatch / February 29, 2012

Sierra Club On Feb. 29, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Midwest Generation announced the planned retirement of the Fisk and Crawford coal plants, two of the oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power plants in the nation located in the heart of Chicago’s Southwest side. According to an agreement signed by Midwest Generation, the Clean Power Coalition, and […]

First Energy to Retire Three West Virginia Coal Plants

By EcoWatch / February 8, 2012

Sierra Club In a victory for clean air and local residents’ health, Ohio-based First Energy Corp. announced the retirements of three of its coal-fired power plants in West Virginia. The plants are slated to close Sept. 1, 2012. The Feb. 8 news follows last month’s retirements of six of First Energy’s coal plants in Ohio, […]