Articles by Mary Anne Hitt
Mary Anne Hitt is director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign, which is working to eliminate coal's contribution to global warming and repower the nation with clean energy.
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One big step closer to ending mountaintop removal
One of Appalachia’s biggest coal companies is getting out of the mountaintop-removal business. In a landmark announcement, Patriot Coal, one of Appalachia’s three largest mountaintop removal companies, has signed a settlement agreement with the Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, and West Virginia Highlands Conservancy committing to end its practice of large-scale surface mining in […]
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Union of Concerned Scientists Report Finds One-Third of US Coal Plants Ripe For Retirement
Today our friends at the Union of Concerned Scientists released an impressive report showing that as many as one-third of U.S. coal plants are due for retirement because they are outdated, lack modern pollution controls, and can no longer compete in the marketplace with other forms of energy. The report details the range of up […]
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What Obama’s Re-Election Means for Coal, Climate Change, and America’s Energy Future
President Obama’s victory yesterday was a victory for clean energy, one that gives us a fighting chance to slash coal pollution and turn the corner on climate change, in the wake of a devastating hurricane that brought global warming into sharp, painful focus for millions of Americans. As the Sierra Club’s Michael Brune said on […]
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Clean Energy on the Ballot: Fossil Fuel Companies Spending Big to Defeat Michigan Initiative
With Election Day just around the corner, I know many of you will be thinking about clean energy, climate change, and coal pollution when you cast your ballots. I have to admit, I’m a little jealous of my friends in Michigan who get to vote on a fantastic opportunity for more clean energy in their […]
