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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It’s Time for EPA to Step In
This post was co-written by Jen Powis, Sierra Club Senior Regional Representative in Texas. It isn’t old news around here that when it comes to air pollution, Texas has a big problem. And it seems like the rest of the nation is finally catching on. Today in Downtown Dallas, hundreds of Texans will gather at […]
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Protesters: Why Lock the World into a Coal-Powered Future?
This post was co-written by Justin Guay of the Sierra Club International Program. The Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Pacific Environment, Jubilee USA, groundWork South Africa and dozens of activists joined forces today to protest proposed Export-Import Bank’s financing of the enormously destructive Kusile coal fired power plant in South Africa (see photos here). […]
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Remembering anti-MTR mining activist Judy Bonds
Judy Bonds was a tireless and fearless activist. She was also a friend, mentor, and hero.
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The outlook dimmed for coal in 2010
2010 was a rough year for the coal industry, as dozens of proposed new coal plants were taken off the drawing board and utilities announced the retirement of 12,000 megawatts of coal plants.