Climate Changed
Anti-Coal Effort Aided by $64 Million From Michael Bloomberg
- As Trump moves to save coal, Sierra Club aims to retire plants
- Bloomberg Philanthropies boosts investment in campaign
Ex-EPA Head Disappointed With Repeal of Clean Power Plan
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The Sierra Club and other environmental groups are expanding a campaign to retire U.S. coal power plants with a $64 million contribution from former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, as the the environmental group aims to blunt efforts by the Trump administration to rescue coal.
The announcement Wednesday came a day after the Trump administration began a formal effort to repeal Obama-era curbs on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Compared to other sources of electricity, including natural gas, wind, solar and nuclear power, coal generates more carbon dioxide for each unit of electricity generated.