Beyond Coal Missouri

University of Missouri students rally before marching to the MU Coal Power Plant to call on the University to move beyond coal to clean energy solutions.

Sierra Club has been instrumental in moving Missouri beyond coal and toward a transition to a clean energy future. In April 2008 Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. abandoned plans for a newly permitted coal plant in Norborne, Missouri. And Sierra Club's 2007 agreement with Kansas City Power and Light (KCPL) has led to the utility becoming the most progressive in the state with the deployment of wind investments and the development of energy efficiency programs to reduce demand.

Passage of Proposition C, the Clean Energy Initiative, in 2008, moves us another step forward.  Fifteen percent renewable energy by 2021 is an important first step but it doesn't go far enough to achieve the 80% cut in greenhouse gas emissions scientists say is needed by 2050.  In order to lay the groundwork for reduction in coal burning and global warming pollution we must ensure that future energy investments focus on energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy, and that policy makers adopt aggressive climate change reduction initiatives to reduce carbon emissions.

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Missouri utilites are far behind other states in the development of clean renewable energy and the imlementation of energy efficiency to help reduce energy demand.  They continue to be focussed on so called "clean coal" technology that will enable them to keep burning coal.

Press Releases

• 2009.11.12
  University of Missouri Coal-Free Campaign Heats up_11-12-09
• 2009.09.29
  Coal Day of Action- Univ of MO Targets Dirty Coal
• 2009.09.16
  University of Missouri Coal-Free Campus Kickoff

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Right now only a handful of sources, including coal power plants, are responsible for more than half of all the global warming pollution in the United States. It's time to hold these mega-polluters responsible for their share of the dirty air.

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