| Be a SourceWatcher! Sign up to receive the Weekly Spin - CMD's free weekly e-newsletter. |
Citizen groups working on coal issues
From SourceWatch
![]() |
|
This article is part of the Coal Issues portal on SourceWatch, a project of CoalSwarm and the Center for Media and Democracy. |
International groups
- 350.org
- Bank Information Center
- Changents
- Circle Up Now!
- Earth First!
- EARTHWORKS
- Future Generations
- Global Exchange
- Global Oneness Project
- Global Warming 101
- Global Warming Images
- International Forum on Globalization
- Islands First
- Kyoto 2
- Live Climate
- Mines and Communities
- Open Source Coal
- Red Internacional Mujeres y Mineria (International Women and Mining Network)
- TakingITGlobal
- Tällberg Forum
- What'sMyCO2
- Women's Environment & Development Organization
- World View of Global Warming
- WWF
Australia
- Anvil Hill Alliance
- Caroona Coal Action Group
- Save the Drip and Goulburn River
- Rivers SOS
- Bickham Coal-Mine Action Group
- Barrington-Glouster-Stroud Preservation Alliance
- Hunter Community Environment Centre
- Aid Watch
- Climate Action Network Australia
- FoE Australia
- Greenpeace Australia Pacific
- Indigenous Justice Advocacy Network
- Mineral Policy Institute
- Oxfam Australia
- Rising Tide Australia
- Six Degrees
- WWF Australia
Bangladesh
Burma
Canada
China
India
- Environmental Protection Group, Orissa
- India Youth Climate Network
- Jharkhand Mines Area Coordination Committee
- Kalpavriksh Environment Action Group
- Kuntala Lahiri Dutta Australia
- Mines, Minerals and People
- Samata
Indonesia
- Greenpeace SE Asia/Indonesia
- Mining Advocacy Network
- WALHI, Indonesian Forum for Environment / FoE Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Malaysia
Philippines
- Cordillera Peoples Alliance
- Indigenous Peoples Links
- Kalikasan PNE
- KAMP
- Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center-Kasama sa Kalikasan (LRC-KSK)/ FoE philippines
- NGO Forum on the ADB
- Philippine Climate Watch Alliance
- Tebtebba
Scotland
South Korea
United Kingdom
- Coal in the UK (activist mapping project)
- The Coal Hole
- Greenpeace UK
- London Mining Network
- Coal Action Network
- Garswood Opencast Action Group
- Huntington Lane Campaign to Protect Rural England
- Minorca Opencast Protest Group
- No New Coal
- North East Opencast Action Group
- Notts Against New Coal
- Residents Against Ffos-y-Fran
- Save Fairburn Ings
- Scotland Against New Coal
- Telford Against New Coal
- Yorkshire Against New Coal
United States
National groups
- 1Sky
- Architecture 2030
- Brighter Planet
- Cape Farewell
- Carbon Rally
- Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA)
- Center for Biological Diversity
- The Chewoniki Foundation
- Citizens Coal Council
- Citizens Lead for Energy Action Now (CLEAN)
- Clean Water Action
- Climate Ride 2008
- Climate Ground Zero
- CO2Kills.org
- CoalSwarm
- Coal Moratorium Now!
- Co-op America
- CREDO Mobile/Working Assets
- EcoEquity
- Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)
- Earth First!
- Earthjustice
- Earth Policy Institute
- Earthworks
- Energy Action Coalition
- Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative
- Energy Justice Network
- Environmental Defense
- Environmental Integrity Project
- Global Climate Campaign
- GoLoco
- Greenpeace USA
- Heartwood
- Izaak Walton League
- Mobilization for Climate Justice
- National Parks Conservation Association
- NRDC
- The Partnership Project
- Power Past Coal
- Public Citizen
- Rainforest Action Network
- Religious Witness for the Earth
- Rising Tide North America
- Ruckus Society
- Save Our Environment.org
- Sierra Club
- Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC)
- Susty
- Taxpayers for Common Sense
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- U.S. Climate Emergency Council
- Wind Power Solutions
Regional Groups
- 700 Mountains
- The Alliance For Appalachia
- Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment
- Appalachian Citizens Law Center
- Appalachian Voices
- Cascade Climate Network
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- Chesapeake Climate Action Network
- Center for Coalfield Justice
- Christians for the Mountains
- Conservation Law Foundation
- Dave Cooper’s Mountaintop Removal Road Show
- Environment Northeast
- Environmental Law and Policy Center
- Friends of the Mountains
- Grand Canyon Trust
- Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light]
- iLoveMountains.org
- Indigenous Environmental Network
- Land Stewardship Project
- Mountain Justice
- Mountain Justice Summer
- Northwest Energy Coalition
- RE-AMP
- Renewable Northwest Project
- San Juan Citizens Alliance
- Skytruth
- Southern Environmental Law Center
- SouthWings
- Southern Energy Network
- Southern Sustainable Resources
- Toxics Action Center (New England)
- Valley Watch
- Western Clean Energy Campaign
- Western Environmental Law Center
- Western Mining Action Network
- Western Organization of Resource Councils
- Western Resource Advocates
Alaska
- Alaskans for Clean Water
- Castle Mountain Coalition
- Cook Inletkeeper
- Friends of Mat-Su
- MEA Ratepayers Alliance
- Sierra Club Alaska Chapter
- UtilityWatch
Arizona
- Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest
- Black Mesa Indigenous Support
- Black Mesa Water Coalition, Enei Begaye, eneibegaye [at] mac.com
- Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment
Arkansas
California
Colorado
- Clean Energy Action
- Environment Colorado
- Rate Payers United of Colorado
- Sierra Club Rocky Mountain Chapter
Delaware
Florida
- Big Bend Climate Action Team
- Conservancy of Southwest Florida
- Environment Florida
- Florida Wildlife Federation
- Save It Now, Glades
- Sierra Club Florida Chapter
Georgia
- CleanPower4Georgians
- Friends of the Chattahoochee
- GreenLaw
- Sierra Club Georgia Chapter
- Southern Energy Network
Illinois
- Illinois Environmental Council
- Illinois PIRG
- Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO)
- Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization (PERRO)
- Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago
- Sierra Club Illinois Chapter
Indiana
- Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana
- Hoosier Environmental Council
- Polk & Associates
- Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter
Iowa
- Community Energy Solutions
- Iowa City Sierra Club
- Iowa Interfaith Climate & Energy Campaign
- Plains Justice
- Sierra Club Iowa Chapter
Kansas
Kentucky
- Coal River Mountain Watch
- Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
- Kentucky Environmental Foundation
- Sierra Club Cumberland Chapter
Louisiana
- Alliance for Affordable Energy
- Gulf Restoration Network
- Louisiana Environmental Action Network
- Sierra Club Delta Chapter
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
- Citizens for Environmental Inquiry
- Clean Energy Now
- Ecology Center
- Environment Michigan
- Lone Tree Council
- Michigan Clean Water Action
- Michigan Energy Alternatives Project
- Michigan Environmental Council
- Michigan Land Use Institute
- Michigan League of Conservation Voters
- MidlandCARES
- Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council
- ProgressMichigan
- Sierra Club Mackinac Chapter
- West Michigan Environmental Action Council
Minnesota
- Citizens Against the Mesaba Project
- Clean Energy Minnesota
- Fresh Energy
- Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
- Sierra Club North Star Chapter
Mississippi
Missouri
- Burroughs Audubon Society
- Clean Energy Works for Missouri
- Columbia Climate Change Coalition
- Concerned Citizens of Carroll County
- Concerned Citizens of Platte County
- Missouri Coalition for the Environment
- Missourians for Cleaner Cheaper Energy
- Renew Missouri
- Sierra Club Missouri Chapter
Montana
- Citizens for Clean Energy
- Montana Environmental Information Center
- Northern Plains Resource Council
- UM Climate Action Now!
Nevada
- Bristlecone Alliance
- Friends of Nevada Wilderness
- Nevada Clean Energy Coalition
- Nevada Conservation League
- Sierra Club Nevada Chapter
- Stop Toquop
- Western Shoshone Defense Project
New Mexico
New York
- Concerned Citizens Group of the Jamestown Area
- Environmental Advocates of New York
- Jamesville Positive Action Committee (JAM-PAC)
- New York Climate Action Group
- New York Loves Mountains
- Scriba Coalition of Responsible Citizens
- Sierra Club New York Chapter
North Carolina
- Asheville Rising Tide
- Canary Coalition
- North Carolina Waste Awareness And Reduction Network
- Sierra Club North Carolina Chapter
- StopCliffside.org
North Dakota
Ohio
- EarthWatch Ohio
- Free the Planet! - Ohio State University
- Meigs Citizens Action Now
- Ohio Citizen Action
- Ohio Environmental Council
- Sierra Club Ohio Chapter
- Counter COALture Coalition
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Action Pennsylvania
- Center for Coalfield Justice
- Group Against Smog and Pollution
- Mountain Watershed Association
- Residents Against the Power Plant
- Schuylkill Taxpayers Opposed to Pollution
- Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter
- Ten Mile Protection Network
- Truth About Gob
South Carolina
- Coastal Conservation League
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina
- Sierra Club South Carolina Chapter
- South Carolina Wildlife Federation
South Dakota
Tennessee
- LEAF - Lindquist Environmental Appalachian Fellowship
- Save Our Cumberland Mountains
- Tennessee Coal Ash Survivors Network
- United Mountain Defense
Texas
- East Texas Environmental Concerns Organization
- Houston Climate Protection Alliance
- Robertson County Our Land Our Lives
- Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter
- Stop the Coal Plant
- Sustainable Energy & Economic Development Coalition (SEED)
- Stop the Coal Plant
- Texans Protecting Our Water, Environment, and Resources
- Clean Economy Coalition
Utah
- Citizens for Dixie's Future
- Less Coal (Petition to Warren Buffet)
- Sevier Citizens for Clean Air and Water
- Sierra Club Utah Chapter
- Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
- Utah Moms for Clean Air
- Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment
Virginia
- Blue Ridge Earth First
- The Clinch Coalition
- Concerned Citizens of Giles County
- Mountain Justice Blacksburg
- Sierra Club Virginia Chapter
- Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
- Surry Justice, surry-justice AT googlegroups.com
- Wise Energy for Virginia
- Williamsburg Climate Action Network
Washington
- Sierra Club Cascade Chapter
- Washington Environmental Council
- Whitman College Campus Climate Challenge
West Virginia
- Aurora Lights
- Citizens for Alternatives to Longview Power
- Coal River Mountain Watch
- Coal River Mountain Wind Project
- Greenbrier River Watershed Association
- Keeper of the Mountains Foundation
- Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
- Sierra Club West Virginia Chapter
- Taylor Environmental Advocacy Network
- West Virginia Environmental Council
- West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
- West Virginia Rivers Coalition



