Stop Big Coal’s Battle to Kill Climate Action
America's groundbreaking plan to tackle climate change is under legal attack.
Peabody — America's largest coal company —is firing up its powerful legal machine to kill the Clean Power Plan, America's historic blueprint to fight global climate change. Along with other Big Polluters, Peabody is suing the Obama Administration to dismantle America's first-ever limits on carbon pollution from dirty power plants.
Just last month, a major industry decline forced Peabody into bankruptcy. In fact, three of the four largest U.S. coal companies have declared bankruptcy in the last year – a clear sign of a drastically changing industry.
The company's bankruptcy should be a wake-up call: Peabody can cling to a dirty past that is crumbling —or start innovating and shifting to safer, clean energy.
Tell Peabody Energy and its industry allies: Drop your lawsuit to kill the Clean Power Plan and join America's transition to a clean energy future.
Dear Mr. Kellow,
I urge your company to drop its misguided lawsuit against the Clean Power Plan, the single greatest step the United States has ever taken to address climate change.
The clean energy economy is growing fast — latest reports show that the sector supports 2.5 million jobs in America. And these lifesaving standards represent an opportunity for energy companies like yours and our country to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy. This transition will create even more jobs, reduce electricity bills and improve the well-being of hundreds of thousands of Americans.
Your courtroom attacks on the Clean Power Plan are costly on so many levels. With many coal companies facing bankruptcy while more and more clean energy companies prosper financially, it’s clear that a shift away from fossil fuels makes sense for America’s economy.
[your comment here]
Please acknowledge the harmful impacts of climate change and stand on the right side of history. Drop your lawsuit against the EPA and join the states, utilities and businesses that know the benefits of the Clean Power Plan are too important to ignore.
Sincerely,
[your name]
