Glen Hooks Named Arkansas "Eco-Hero of the Year"
Congratulations to Glen Hooks, Eastern Region Director for the club's Beyond Coal Campaign. The Arkansas Business Journal just named him an Arkansas "Eco-Hero of the Year."
The newspaper published a great article on Glen, citing all his hard work in the state to fight for clean energy and against coal-fired power plants.
Hooks says his coal work in the state has centered around stopping a proposed 600 MW plant in southwest Arkansas, a struggle that has been going on for quite a while.
"Our Arkansas campaign has been a nonstop barrage of legal fights, administrative hearings, State Capitol rallies, press conferences, benefit concerts, and phone banks," said Hooks. "I'm happy to have played a part in making the dirty coal fight the number one environmental issue in Arkansas."
Hooks credits the great coal organizers in the state for all their hard work - as well as the many coal team members across the U.S. "I'm proud that Sierra Club and our allies have played a part in stopping 95 proposed coal-fired power plants in the past three years," he said.
"We have a ton of environmental fights in this country, but the coal fight is the one I want to be in. Solving our country's energy future properly is the only way to stop global warming, which can't happen if we continue depending on dirty coal. I'm glad to be part of the team that will help our country finally say no to dirty coal and yes to clean, renewable sources of energy."
