Sierra Club’s “Beyond Coal” Campaign Has Been Incredibly Effective

For some reason, not everyone shares my approval of the Sierra Club. Say what you will, but their Beyond Coal campaign has succeeded in forcing the retirement of one coal plant every 10 days for 5 straight years. 200 coal plants altogether are retired or slated to be retired, out of the original 523 they took aim at. They’ve already surpassed their 2020 goal, and thus enlarged their mission: retire half of all coal plants by 2017.

Ponder this for a second; think about how few Americans understood this issue just 10 short years ago, and how pervasive it is in the public consciousness today. That’s really terrific work. Right on, guys.