Please speak out now against plans for a dirty, coal-fired power plant in New Mexico that would release mercury and other toxic contaminants into the environment, pollute waterways and threaten human health.
A global energy company and the Dine Power Authority want to build the plant on the eastern edge of the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico.
The Four Corners region is already home to two of the most polluting power plants in the country. If we don't act now, this area could soon be besieged by a new wave of environmental hazards.
In addition to mercury, the proposed Desert Rock plant would increase emissions of soot and soot-forming pollutants, which can cause asthma attacks, heart disease and other health problems.
Furthermore, the Navajo Nation would receive less than five percent of the projected electricity output from Desert Rock, even though many Navajo people still have no electricity in their homes. Most of the power would likely be exported to Las Vegas and Phoenix.
Last month, NRDC Members and online activists turned out at public hearings in Albuquerque and Santa Fe to oppose the Desert Rock plant, which would significantly increase global warming pollution in New Mexico at a time when states should be working to curb these dangerous emissions.
Please add your voice to this outcry. Go to http://www.savebiogems.org/yellowstone/takeaction right away and tell the Bush administration to reject the proposed Desert Rock power plant and instead develop new initiatives that focus on energy efficiency and clean, renewable energy solutions.
Thank you for helping to protect the environment of New Mexico and the Four Corners region.
Sincerely,
Please speak out now against plans for a dirty, coal-fired power plant in New Mexico that would release mercury and other toxic contaminants into the environment, pollute waterways and threaten human health.
A global energy company and the Dine Power Authority want to build the plant on the eastern edge of the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico.
The Four Corners region is already home to two of the most polluting power plants in the country. If we don't act now, this area could soon be besieged by a new wave of environmental hazards.
In addition to mercury, the proposed Desert Rock plant would increase emissions of soot and soot-forming pollutants, which can cause asthma attacks, heart disease and other health problems.
Furthermore, the Navajo Nation would receive less than five percent of the projected electricity output from Desert Rock, even though many Navajo people still have no electricity in their homes. Most of the power would likely be exported to Las Vegas and Phoenix.
Last month, NRDC Members and online activists turned out at public hearings in Albuquerque and Santa Fe to oppose the Desert Rock plant, which would significantly increase global warming pollution in New Mexico at a time when states should be working to curb these dangerous emissions.
Please add your voice to this outcry. Go to http://www.savebiogems.org/yellowstone/takeaction right away and tell the Bush administration to reject the proposed Desert Rock power plant and instead develop new initiatives that focus on energy efficiency and clean, renewable energy solutions.
Thank you for helping to protect the environment of New Mexico and the Four Corners region.
We signed the "Help block power plant on Navajo lands" petition!
# 67:
11:15 pm PST, Feb 10,Laurel Watson, Arizona
# 66:
8:43 am PST, Jan 19,Gale Weaner, Texas
# 65:
8:30 pm PST, Jan 12,Name not displayed, New Zealand
They should use solar energy - there's enough sun there!
# 64:
5:31 am PST, Jan 5,Ana Kowalczyk, Turkey
# 63:
4:49 am PST, Dec 28,Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
# 62:
7:21 am PST, Dec 18,Ines Seidel, Germany
# 61:
8:39 pm PST, Dec 17,Karen Gray, Indiana
# 60:
6:31 pm PST, Dec 17,Courtney Boeck, Michigan
# 59:
6:36 pm PST, Dec 13,Dellianan Of the Sea, Colorado
# 58:
6:40 pm PST, Dec 6,Kristen Calandra, Illinois
# 57:
1:06 pm PST, Nov 20,Desiree Diaz, Illinois
# 56:
2:03 am PST, Nov 13,Steve Klein, Virginia
# 55:
6:10 pm PST, Nov 8,Schulzmary@yaho Schulz, California
# 54:
10:55 am PST, Nov 4,Anne Seidel, Germany
# 53:
12:12 am PDT, Oct 29,Victoria Thomas, Wyoming
# 52:
2:42 pm PDT, Oct 27,Jamie Richards, Massachusetts
# 51:
12:31 pm PDT, Oct 24,Brandy Kerr, Ohio
# 50:
12:08 pm PDT, Oct 24,Roko Risario, Kansas
Calculate the economic health impact.
# 49:
1:56 pm PDT, Oct 14,Sidney Toups, North Carolina
# 48:
11:14 pm PDT, Oct 10,Lenore Kuipers, Michigan
# 47:
2:37 pm PDT, Oct 8,Name not displayed, Colorado
# 46:
5:39 pm PDT, Oct 6,Katherine Schwirzinski, Ohio
# 45:
5:12 pm PDT, Oct 6,Lissette Gomez, Venezuela
# 44:
12:16 pm PDT, Oct 6,Jennifer Lewis, California
I can't believe this! I'll do anything I can to help stop this! I am half Navajo and I don't want the land of my tribe to be polluted any more than it is!! I encourage everyone to participate in this as well!
# 43:
2:33 am PDT, Oct 6,Misty Rennebohm, Canada
we need to stop pollution not make more!
# 42:
3:37 pm PDT, Oct 4,Lene Hansen, Denmark
# 41:
9:42 am PDT, Oct 3,Ellen Horowitz, Illinois
# 40:
5:18 pm PDT, Oct 1,Jeremy Westerveld, Canada
# 39:
3:52 pm PDT, Sep 29,Hannah Dempsey, United Kingdom
# 38:
11:28 pm PDT, Sep 28,Tiina Georg, Estonia
# 37:
6:02 am PDT, Sep 28,Anna Grace Deierlein, South Carolina
1:36 am PDT, Sep 27,Emma Owen, United Kingdom
a time to re-think what is important, we only have one earth, one chance to get it right, time to stop killing, a time for healing.
# 31:
5:25 pm PDT, Sep 25,Janet Norman, Australia
# 30:
11:46 am PDT, Sep 25,Helen OBrien, Canada
# 29:
7:29 am PDT, Sep 25,Susana Carinhas, Portugal
# 28:
6:19 am PDT, Sep 25,Cathy Mounts, Oregon
# 26:
5:50 am PDT, Sep 25,Love Allman, Ohio
# 25:
4:51 am PDT, Sep 25,Regina Marino, Connecticut
We need to stop building power plants and not on indian land , they like it to stay pure from mans inventions.
# 24:
5:33 pm PDT, Sep 24,Mitsuka Horikawa, California
# 23:
3:05 pm PDT, Sep 24,Amy Hamilton-Grazier, United Kingdom
# 22:
2:18 pm PDT, Sep 24,Carolyn Tonahill, Louisiana
# 21:
11:42 pm PDT, Sep 23,Sandra Williamson, Colorado
How would You feel if this plant was going to built next to You???
# 20:
7:40 pm PDT, Sep 23,Joyce Benson, Australia
We have these coal burning plants here in Australia and they are not good for health for one thing let alone all the other draw backs.
# 19:
4:56 pm PDT, Sep 15,Michelle Oliver, Georgia
# 18:
4:49 pm PDT, Sep 11,LeeAnn Christie, North Carolina
# 17:
10:44 pm PDT, Sep 10,Sampa Biswas, India
# 16:
8:02 pm PDT, Sep 10,Bruce White, Canada
# 15:
4:06 pm PDT, Sep 10,Barbara Tavora, Brazil
# 14:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 10,Teri Myers, South Dakota
# 13:
9:42 am PDT, Sep 10,Baldev Sethi, United Arab Emirates
# 12:
9:08 am PDT, Sep 10,William Coulter, Canada
# 11:
8:50 am PDT, Sep 10,Roxanne Caro, California
# 10:
7:20 am PDT, Sep 10,David Bethell, United Kingdom
Enough is enough. Haven't you noticed the world has had enough of your attitude toward the land and all of us who live on it. It's ugly, greedy and disgusting to have such a blind way of being. And we can all see you. Shame on you.
# 9:
7:16 am PDT, Sep 10,Chant Sutton, France
# 8:
6:31 am PDT, Sep 10,Kelly Wallace, Canada
# 7:
2:04 am PDT, Sep 10,Paul Rathbone, United Kingdom
Dirty energy has fallout that kills the air, the land and the water and all those that live there - a small minority make a massive profit, which dwindles away - untill the next money maker...
# 6:
10:30 pm PDT, Sep 9,Sampa Biswas, India
# 5:
6:59 pm PDT, Sep 9,Sharon Dickenson, Kentucky
# 4:
6:12 pm PDT, Sep 9,ROBERT STREBECK, Texas
# 3:
4:34 pm PDT, Sep 9,Carol Seaver, Florida
# 2:
3:54 pm PDT, Sep 9,Rachel Howard, Ohio
# 1:
5:04 pm PDT, Aug 15,Joseph Jacklovich USA Ret, Kansas