Coal is the dirtiest form of energy. Coal has reigned over an era of fossil fuel dominance, polluting the air, land, and water with toxic emissions and leading to runaway climate change.

Burning coal is the biggest contributor to climate change. People around the world have seen the devastation and human suffering caused by the intense storms, droughts and water shortages that climate change is already creating.

The main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, hit the highest level in human history – 400 ppm. It will only get worse if communities don?t take action. Massive coal burning continues, toxic emissions from coal plants continue, the threat to our health continues. Medical professionals call the health impacts of coal the silent epidemic.

Right now, the coal industry is trying to lock society in with 1,200 new coal plants, and mega coal mines in countries like China, India, Australia,Indonesia, USA, Poland, and even Germany, that would push the planet beyond the point of no return.

The threat of coal can be eliminated. Many of these key coal battlegrounds are also the fastest growing markets for clean energy in the world today. Time is ticking for the coal industry. This is why the coal industry is desperate to lock society in – for every coal plant that gets built, the coal industry has a customer for the next 40 years.

All over the world, activists are standing up to call for an end to coal, pressuring governments to switch from coal to clean, and sustainable, renewable energy. Clean energy is already winning economically now it must win for the climate.