It’s official - in 2019 the US consumed more energy from renewables then coal for the first time in over 130 years. A decade ago when @BeyondCoal started working to shift the grid to clean energy, everyone said this was impossible. But we made it possible.. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=43895#">https://www.eia.gov/todayinen...

There& #39;s still lots of coal on the grid and lots work to do - continuing our work to stop the rush to gas in the power sector, keep pushing for a fair transition that doesn& #39;t leave communities and workers behind - but this reminds us that progress on a big scale is possible.

As the COVID crisis has made clear, cleaning up air pollution is a matter of life and death, especially for communities of color that have faced chronic air pollution for decades - and coal plants have long been a major source of this deadly pollution. https://www.vox.com/videos/2020/5/22/21267365/coronavirus-black-americans-pollution-deaths">https://www.vox.com/videos/20...

One recent study found hospitalizations in Louisville, KY, dropped significantly after a coal plant retired and another installed pollution controls - a 55% reduction in lung-irritating pollutants and 400 fewer hospital admissions for asthma in one year. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13042020/asthma-air-pollution-sulfur-dioxide-louisville-coal-power-plant">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/1304...

Communities across the country continue facing these threats from coal plants like Martin Lake in Texas, which is the nation& #39;s largest source of deadly sulfur dioxide pollution and was already contributing to more than 100 premature deaths annually. https://www.sierraclub.org/texas/blog/2020/04/sierra-club-files-legal-action-force-environmental-protection-agency-address">https://www.sierraclub.org/texas/blo...

For the sake of our health and our climate, we& #39;ll keep moving @beyondcoal, and fighting for a fair economic transition for workers and communities as we shift to 100% clean energy. Thanks to the hundreds of organizations and thousands of people out there making it possible.