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“Duke Energy: no dirty rate hikes. Be a good neighbor.” CHARLOTTE, NC— This week, six North Carolinians built and ascended two 20-ft tall tripods in front of Duke Energy’s headquarters with a banner between them that read “Duke Energy: no dirty rate hikes” wearing t-shirts that said, “Be a good neighbor.” “Duke Energy has gone […]
Utility Withdraws New Coal Financing, Following National Trend of Coal Losing Market Share to Clean Energy Atlanta, GA – In another strike against coal, a local utility near Atlanta voted late Tuesday to cancel funding for two proposed new coal-fired power plant projects. Over the past decade three coal plants have been proposed in Georgia. […]
Jan 29 2012 | Posted in Moving Beyond Big Coal | Read More » 
2011 saw huge advances in solar, wind and other renewable energy sources, and these advancements will continue into 2012. In fact 2012 could be the year that renewable energy sources start to seriously compete with traditional fossil fuels, at least that is the hope in the battle to reduce carbon emissions and our dependence on […]
Jan 9 2012 | Posted in Articles,Energy Storage | Read More » 
Lansing, MI — Consumers Energy announced plans to forgo a proposed $2.3 billion coal plant near Bay City, Michigan. The announcement comes after years of organizing and pushback on the proposal by neighboring communities and environmental groups. The company also plans to mothball seven of its existing coal-fired units around the state by 2015. “This […]
Austin, TX – Yesterday, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell renewed his commitment to end the city’s power contract with the Fayette coal fired power plant and seek renewable alternative to power Austin. In a speech today, the Mayor noted ending this relationship is a top tier priority for his office. When the transition to renewables is […]
Over 100 Actions Planned Demanding Schools Switch to 100% Clean Energy Washington, DC – This week students at Virginia Tech, Purdue University, Bates College in Maine and the University of Illinois kicked off a nationwide month of creative actions focused on moving America’s campus’ beyond coal. The coordinated effort called 100% Clean: 100 Actions for […]
Louisville, Kentucky – Today, Kentucky Utilities and Louisville Gas & Electric made a landmark announcement to retire three coal plants in Kentucky – including the hotly-contested, massively polluting Cane Run Plant in Louisville. The announcement set the retirement date for 2016. Since 2003, the Sierra Club has worked on an extensive organizing campaign targeting the […]
Solar Thermal Magazine joins Sierra Club, Public Citizen, and the SEED Coalition in welcoming the announcement this week by TXU-Luminant that it will phase out two units at its coal-burning power plants and cease lignite coal mining at its Monticello Plant in northeast Texas. ”The announcement by Luminant today is a victory for all Texans who care about […]
Sep 13 2011 | Posted in Moving Beyond Big Coal,Solar Thermal | Read More » 
Huge public health victory comes after years of pressure from local citizens and the Sierra Club Alexandria, Virginia – Today, Mayor William D. Euille of Alexandria and GenOn Energy, Inc. announced the planned retirement of the Potomac River Generating Station, a sixty-two year old coal-fired power plant on the banks of the Potomac River in […]
HOUSTON & DALLAS, TEXAS–Summit Power Group, LLC and Blue Strategies, LLC today announce the signing of a historic, long-term carbon dioxide (CO2) sales agreement with Whiting Petroleum Corporation for CO2 that will be captured by Summit’s Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP), a coal gasification with carbon capture project being developed in Penwell, Texas, outside Odessa. […]
Aug 18 2011 | Posted in Fossil Follies,Moving Beyond Big Coal | Read More » 
New Report: Solar Deployment Would Combat Climate Change The global solar sector has a new report, titled “Seizing the Solar Solution: Combating Climate Change Through Accelerated Deployment,” as part of the industry’s efforts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP16), which is currently taking place in Cancun. This solar coalition, comprising more than 40 […]
Dec 9 2010 | Posted in Jobs,Mexico,Studies | Read More » 
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Justice Department, and the state of Indiana announced that Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $950,000 and install and upgrade pollution control technology at its two coal-fired power plants in Indiana to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act. The […]
Abengoa Solar has announced that they intend to build the first Solar Thermal installation integrated with a Coal Plant owned by Xcel Energy. The demonstration project is intended to increase power plant efficiency while lowering CO2 emissions. This is the first time that solar energy will be used to increase the efficiency and lower the […]
Sep 14 2009 | Posted in Carbon Offsets,Renewable Energy News | Read More »
