Friday, April 10, 2015
Bloomberg, Sierra Club Direct $60 Million To Closing Half Of U.S. Coal Plants By 2017
The Sierra Club and Michael Bloomberg are upping the ante in their effort to close down coal-fired power plants, announcing on Wednesday another $60 million in funding for their anti-coal campaign.
If successful, the Sierra Club wants to see 166,000 megawatts of coal-fired power shut down or slated for closure in the U.S. in the next two years. Coal plants are responsible for about 40 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, which scientists have found are causing climate change.
"Dirty, outdated, deadly coal is a thing of the past," Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune said at an event Wednesday announcing the new goal....