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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Why is the State Dept. pushing coal on a tiny Eastern European country?
State and the World Bank are pushing a plan to open a heavily polluting coal plant in Kosovo -- saddling the struggling country with debt and producing much more power than it even needs.
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North Carolina gets great clean air news
Great clean air news out of North Carolina today – the Sierra Club and four of our key allies are announcing a settlement that will retire 1,600-megawatts of dirty coal power. North Carolina has long been a clean air leader, from passing the landmark Clean Smokestacks Act a decade ago, which requires all coal plants […]
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Forecast for 2012: More sun and wind
2011 saw solar and wind powering more homes and businesses than ever before, and 2012 is shaping up to be even better.
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A Clean Air Christmas: Another Beyond Coal Victory to Close the Year!
Well, we certainly are closing out this year with lots of good news to report. Today, the Sierra Club and Audubon are announcing a legal settlement with American Electric Power/Southwestern Electric Power Company (AEP/SWEPCO) that will retire a dirty coal plant and bring us lots of new clean energy. If all you wanted for Christmas […]