beyond big stone ll

ACT NOW to stop the proposed coal-fired Big Stone II power plant from polluting our region and crushing renewable energy opportunities. Click here to find out how.

Beyond Big Stone II is dedicated to furthering the understanding, promotion, and development of Clean American Energy for the 21st Century.

American ingenuity and the advancement of technologies for clean renewable energy mean we no longer have to rely on last century’s thinking for our electricity needs.  We are now able to address the environmental and human health threats that have been delivered along with electricity generated from dirty coal. 

Ownership of electricity generation from clean, new renewable sources is becoming increasingly democratic and dispersed.  This system of “distributed generation” offers the opportunity to finally address the dependencies and inequities created by the power monopolies in America more than a hundred years ago.  New rules and laws are opening doors to new economic opportunities beyond the control of the utility monopoly.  The new energy movement is revitalizing economies where distributed generation thinking is taking root. 

Moving away from the single fuel, remotely situated electrical generating facilities is also a move toward American Energy Security.

Local, regional, and national partners committed to wiser choices for America’s energy future are working together to oppose plans for new electricity generation from polluting and unsustainable sources like coal.  They are embracing and advancing the better strategies available to all of us today.

As this web site title implies, the proposed Big Stone II Coal Generation Facility represents last century’s obsolete thinking.  This ill conceived plan by the Big Stone II co-owners to generate new electricity from dirty coal fails to address the consequences to our environment, health, economic sustainability, and energy security.  In order to protect the assets created and amassed during the last century, the Big Stone II co-owners have rejected clean energy plans advanced by advocates and conservationists for renewable energy, increased efficiency, and dispersed generation.

While the battle over Big Stone II will play out for some time, you have the opportunity here and now to stand and oppose its construction and to oppose plans to construct hundreds of plants like it across America.  Through these pages (which we hope you will pass along to others), we invite you to join us in our call to move beyond big stone ll and into a more secure and sustainable future. 

 

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