Dont Let Coal Choke Our Future Campaign Kick Off

Event Description:

Don’t Let Coal Choke Our Future

What do climate change, asthma, cancer, and toxic slurry all have in common?
COAL- FIRED POWER PLANTS- and there are alternatives!
Join us to take action for a clean energy economy

WHEN: Wednesday January 23rd, 2008, 8 PM
WHERE: “Sammy’s,” in Rice University’s Student Center.
WHAT: Kick Off for the Sierra Club’s NO NEW COAL CAMPAIGN
WHO: Anyone who is concerned abut human and environmental health

From smog to mercury to CO2, coal-fired power plants are one of the largest sources of dangerous pollution in the United States. The consequences for human hearts and lungs are staggering . Yet plans are on the table to build dozens of new polluting coal-fired power plants across the country, increasing the health threats for both nearby communities and those downwind.

Scientists tells us that to avoid the worst consequences of global warming we need to reduce our global warming emissions 80 percent by 2050 – that’s an achievable 2 percent a year. But building new coal-fired power plants will make it almost impossible to meet our emissions reduction goals.

There are better, cleaner solutions. By focusing on increasing efficiency and investing in renewable energy we can make these pants unnecessary, protect our health and embrace the “green” economy of the 21st century. Investing in efficiency and renewable energy technologies available today could create over 3.3 million clean, good-paying jobs in the U.S. and help boost local economies.

Dynegy- a company based in Houston, is the company with the greatest number of plant proposals in the country (including one up near Waco). We must raise awareness about this issue so that Dynegy’s bottomline cannot be to make money at the expense of our clean energy future.

Please contact Susannah at 713-524-3000 (w), 303-919-3296 (c), escramble('Susannah','greencorps.org'); with any questions and/ if you can’t make it to the meeting but want to be kept up to date. Read more about the issue at www.sierraclub.org/coal.

Event Sponsor:
Sierra Club National

Event Contact Name:
Susannah Hook-Rodgers

Event Phone Contact Information:
303-919-3296

Event Email Address:
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