How EPA’s Haze Rule Can Help Keep Our Air Clear
This blog was written by Mary Anne Hitt, Director of Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign. The original blog was published on May 20, 2016 and appeared here, on Huffington Post's Green blog. …
3 Reasons Why 2015 Was the Biggest Year Ever for Coal Ash
2015 was a watershed year for our work on coal ash. It's been over seven years since the catastrophic coal ash spill in Kingston, TN and nearly two years since the spill along…
TVA's Coal Ash Disaster at Kingston: 7 Years Later
An Unprecedented Disaster Seven years ago today, an old earthen dam holding back coal ash waste at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Kingston Fossil plant erupted, pouring over one billion gallons of…
Final Clean Power Plan Safeguards Public Health and Spurs Clean Energy Growth
On Monday, President Obama announced the release of the finalized Clean Power Plan, our nation's first regulations to limit carbon pollution from existing fossil-fueled power plants. The Clean Power Plan, as crafted…