Supported the Movement for Black Lives
Put its resources toward efforts to help families in need during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mourned the loss of a groundbreaking Supreme Court justice
Soldiered through the most consequential presidential election in American history.
And through it all, we continued to work side by side with communities of every race, color, and creed to retire dangerous, polluting coal plants, replace them with clean energy, and support a fair economic transition for workers and communities.
Despite fierce opposition from the Trump administration and its allies, 2020 was the biggest year ever for coal plant retirement announcements, and also the biggest year ever for new wind and solar in the US. We crossed two milestones this year – 60 percent of plants are now announced to retire, and 50 percent of total megawatts. We helped retire 36 coal plants in 2020 alone. And during the four years of Donald Trump’s presidency, nearly 100 coal plants were committed to retirement – that’s one coal plant every 15 days.