Project: Coal Demand Reduction

Summary:

The surest way to keep carbon out of the atmosphere is by leaving coal in the ground. California presently gets over 20% (and America over 50%) of its electricity supply from coal-fired generation plants. In a global climate context it is meaningless for a single state to pursue climate emission reduction goals if they just result in its pollution being passed on to its neighbors. That is why California last year adopted a ban (SB 1368 - Perata) on future long term contracts for electricity supply imported from dirty coal power plants. Working with the Western Clean Energy Campaign and others, CleanPower has been urging municipal utility leaders to say no to coal and yes to renewables for their constituents. The goal of this project is to shut off a significant source of demand for coal fired electricity and thus to reduce its production.

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