Event time:
Monday, October 24, 2016 - 3:45pm
Location:
Linsley-Chittenden Hall (LC) 101
Event description:
“Beyond Coal:How a Grassroots Rebellion is Tackling Climate and Transforming Energy in America”
A Conversation with Mary Anne Hitt Director, Beyond Coal Campaign
Linsley-Chittenden Hall (LC) 101
Monday, October 24, 3:45pm
Mary Anne Hitt directs the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal
Campaign, which works to replace coal with clean energy by
mobilizing activists in local communities. Beyond Coal has been
recognized as one of the most successful environmental and
climate campaigns in history. In 2015 Mary Anne was named to
Politico’s list of 50 thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming
American politics. Mary Anne previously served as the executive
director of Appalachian Voices. She grew up in the mountains of
eastern Tennessee and now lives with her family in West Virginia.
Sponsored by Yale College Environmental Studies