Mary Anne Hitt
@maryannehitt.bsky.social
Climate strategist. Formerly Beyond Coal, Sierra Club, Appalachian Voices. Co-host of No Place Like Home podcast. Contributor to anthologies All We Can Save, Not Too Late, Patagonia's Tools for Grassroots Activists. Musician. Mountain mama. Go Vols.
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If I were running in next year's midterms, I'd be saying: Aussies are getting free electricity, and we're getting huge price spikes.
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Free Electricity. Like, at no cost. For everyone. Now.
Let's talk about affordability, abundance, and Australia--and why thanks to Trump we can't have nice things
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
If I were running in next year's midterms, I'd be saying: Aussies are getting free electricity, and we're getting huge price spikes.
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Reposted by Mary Anne Hitt
Tri-state says they're expecting to receive an order to keep the Craig coal plant in northern CO open... but our analysis shows that Craig got 67% more expensive from 2021 to 2024, more than FOUR times the rate of inflation in the same time period. Rural Colorado deserves better.
Coal Power 28 Percent More Expensive In 2024 Than In 2021 • Energy Innovation
Coal's already poor economics have gotten worse over the last four years, with costs at the majority of plants rising faster than inflation.
energyinnovation.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Tri-state says they're expecting to receive an order to keep the Craig coal plant in northern CO open... but our analysis shows that Craig got 67% more expensive from 2021 to 2024, more than FOUR times the rate of inflation in the same time period. Rural Colorado deserves better.
I’m quoted here on Trump’s efforts to revive coal: “They tried to do this in the first Trump term and it did not work, and now the economics of coal are even worse,” said Mary Anne Hitt…“I don’t think they’ll succeed in this term.” 1/ subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Behind EPA rule rollbacks, Trump plans for a coal comeback
The administration is clawing back regulations and mulling executive authorities to prop up the nation's coal-fired power fleet and mining sector.
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March 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I’m quoted here on Trump’s efforts to revive coal: “They tried to do this in the first Trump term and it did not work, and now the economics of coal are even worse,” said Mary Anne Hitt…“I don’t think they’ll succeed in this term.” 1/ subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
I’m honored to be a guest on this excellent new @climateone.org podcast episode about the shift away from coal to clean energy across the US, featuring people on the ground in the thick of the energy transition in WV, IL, and beyond. Listen: www.climateone.org/audio/lets-t...
February 21, 2024 at 9:33 PM
I’m honored to be a guest on this excellent new @climateone.org podcast episode about the shift away from coal to clean energy across the US, featuring people on the ground in the thick of the energy transition in WV, IL, and beyond. Listen: www.climateone.org/audio/lets-t...