Evergy's Hawthorn coal plant and other polluting power plants across the metro hurt our communities, and residents are stepping up to close them for good. This is in solidarity with Missourians and Kansans advocating to get utilities to end stop polluting the air in our towns and stop raising utility bills to pay for more coal and gas. It's this simple: people want clean air, and they want their utility bills to stay affordable and be used to invest in community goals; they don't want their money spent on costly and outdated fossil fuel plants.
Evergy's Hawthorn coal plant in Kansas City, MO is hurting our community, but residents, businesses, public officials are working to get coal out of Kansas City for good and advancing our regions climate action goals. Together, we can achieve a thriving, healthy, resilient Kansas City for everyone.
The community is tired of settling for dirty air while Evergy gets richer at the expense of residents’ health.
Here's how you can plug in, whether you are a resident, business, public official, or ally:
- Sign the petition telling Evergy you are tired of the region lagging behind the country in developing clean renewable energy that keeps our electricity healthy and affordable.
- Leave a comment when you sign noting you'd like to connect and have a 1-on-1 to discuss ways you can be a champion for Kansas City with your community.
- Call your local leaders - tell them to use their powerful voices to demand Evergy fulfill role in supporting Kansas City's goals.
- For businesses, work with your partners and community to engage Evergy. Speaking up for clean energy shows Evergy that the city wants it and encourages action.
- Check out the latest Dirty Truth Report to learn more about Evergy's lack of progress moving Beyond Coal and how we can ensure Evergy changes for the better.
- Learn more about community efforts to protect our health and air at sierraclub.org/missouri.
