Co-op America's Climate Action Campaign brings together individuals, shareholders, and communities to pressure major polluters to take the climate crisis seriously. We also help people and businesses to reduce their carbon footprints. Use the tools below to learn more about how you can use economic power to fight climate change - and check out our featured action.
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Featured Actions:
End Corporate Secrecy on Climate Change
Climate change will have a huge impact on businesses and the economy, yet most companies are failing to disclose their risks from Climate Change. Tell the Securities and Exchange Commission and Congress that corporations need to disclose these risks that could affect us all »
Stop the Coal Rush
The Dynegy power company is planning to build six new coal plants -- more than any other electric utility in the country -- and Dominion continues its plans to build one in Virginia, despite local opposition. Join us in asking these companies to stop investing in dirty coal and start making serious investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy »
Recent Accomplishments:
Virginia Business Leaders Release Letter to Gov. Kaine Calling A Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plant Bad Business
Co-op America Green Business Network members call upon Virginia Gov. Kaine to rescind his support for a coal plant in Wise County, VA that Co-op America has opposed for three years. Recent studies show that the coal plant would cost Virginia 1,500 Jobs, while 300,000 jobs could be created or supported by investing in renewable energy or energy efficiency instead.
Read the full text of the letter and our press release »
Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
In November 2007 Co-op America members and supporters sent over 6,800 comments to the Department of Interior's Office of Surface Mining criticizing their proposal to codify the legality of mountaintop removal. We recommended a common sense alternative: strictly enforcing the law on the books, which would never allow for mountaintop removal.
Learn more about the coal industry's destructive practice of mountaintop removal mining »