This post was co-written by Nachy Kanfer of the Sierra Club Ohio Beyond Coal Campaign.

If you missed this announcement last week because the news was covering party crashers and Tiger Woods - we're here to update you: Last Wednesday, American Municipal Power announced it would likely not...

Know a college student? As this holiday weekend rolls in and many of you might have college kids coming back to your home with huge bags full of dirty laundry, we've got something for you.

Know a college student with a dirty room? If you're nodding your head 'yes' right...

This is the weekly post from Bruce Nilles, director of Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.

Wednesday and Thursday of this week are big days if you live in Arlington, Virginia, or Chicago, Illinois. Those are the two days of public hearings on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) "Big Polluters"...

This post was co-written by Kim Teplitzky, field coordinator for the Sierra Student Coalition

Today at Penn State University, dozens of students, faculty, and community members rallied in front of university's coal plant, calling on the university to move beyond coal to clean energy solutions.

"Young people have been at the forefront...

We learned with sadness this week that blasting has begun on Coal River Mountain in West Virginia, site of a long battle between Massey Energy and local residents who want the mountain to be a site for 200 wind turbines instead of mountaintop removal coal mining.

Massey has ignored...

This week's post was co-written by Mary Anne Hitt, deputy director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign

"My hope is this superb documentary will shock Americans and create a surge of
urgency that stops the atrocity of mountaintop removal coal mining immediately."
- actress Ashley Judd

This week has seen some very tense and passionate hearings on mountaintop removal coal mining permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Local residents who support clean energy say they have been verbally and physically threatened at the West Virginia and Kentucky hearings so far.

Here's a video of...

That's the first ad of our new campaign targeting the world of higher education: Coal is too dirty -- even for college.

Did you know that many of our country's colleges...

This post was co-written by Kathleen Ridihalgh, Senior Representative for the Sierra Club's Northwest Region

The first three days of this week are seeing a slew of activities taking on coal. We have events in 25 states to counter the coal industry and cheer on clean energy investments. It's all part...

This post was co-written by Lyndsay Moseley, Washington Representative for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.

For those who remember the tragic TVA coal ash spill of December 2008 and wonder if such a disaster could happen in your town, there have been lots of important recent developments. The Environmental...

This post was co-written with Mary Anne Hitt, Deputy Director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.

Very big news out of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this morning - the agency has determined that all 79 mountaintop removal mining permits submitted to them for review by the Army...

Only a week after the nation's third largest utility, Duke Energy, announced it was terminating its membership in the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), citing disagreement over clean energy legislation, another company has followed suit.

Alstom Power is joining Duke for similar reasons. From the NY Times/Greenwire...

A massive new rail line planned to move millions of tons of low-grade coal from northeastern Wyoming to the Midwest has been stopped. For more than nine years Sierra Club and our allies have been battling plans by Dakota Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Corp. (DM&E) to build this new...

This blog post co-written by Bruce Nilles and Mary Anne Hitt, Director and Deputy Director of Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.

We've just learned that the clock has started ticking on more than 80 new mountaintop removal coal mining permits in...

This is the weekly post from Bruce Nilles, director of Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.

Three years ago Dynegy launched plans to partner with LS Power and become the largest new developer of coal-fired power plants.  Yesterday Dynegy officially terminated those plans, including selling its shares in a coal-fired...

This post is co-written by Mark Kresowik, Corporate Responsibility Representative for the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon professes profound concern for our future.  He has made numerous statements about how his company supports strong action on global warming. He waxes eloquently about how JP Morgan Chase...

Yesterday, under a beautiful summer day in Lansing, Michigan, more than 500 activists from all corners of the state lent their voices to a call for a massive investment in clean energy and moving the state beyond coal.

Clean Energy Now, a coalition made up of over 40 environmentalist...

Now that historic U.S. climate legislation - the American Clean Energy and Security Act - (ACES), has passed the House of Representatives and the Senate is debating its version of energy/climate legislation, let's talk about what must be fixed before it gets to the President's desk.

Big Coal has long sought...

Last week when we hit the 100th coal-fired plant abandoned or prevented in the U.S., someone asked me, "What's next?"

My answer came quickly: "It's time to stop the next 100."

And so with that we've just launched a new campaign to persuade...

As of today, 100 coal plants have been defeated or abandoned since the beginning of the coal rush. Late yesterday, news came down that Utah-based Intermountain Power Agency is abandoning plans for a third coal-fired generator in the state. This news comes as President Obama is at the G8...