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No New Coal Power Plants!
Target: U.S. CongressSponsored by: Care2
At this time last year, former Vice President Al Gore testified in Congress about why we need to stop building any new coal-fired power plant until we have the capability to safely capture and store the CO2.
More recently, the director of NASA's Goddard Space Institute, James Hansen, told congress that such a moratorium is "the most critical action for saving the planet at this time."
But even with these recommendations by such high figures, there are still over 110 coal-fired generating plants being built or planned in the United States. But there IS an alternative. Experts say that about 69 percent of U.S. electricity needs could be met by solar power by 2050, and that solar power could be the nation's sole electricity source by 2100.
Tell Congress that a moratorium on coal-fired power plants is needed now in order to halt the effects of climate change.
More recently, the director of NASA's Goddard Space Institute, James Hansen, told congress that such a moratorium is "the most critical action for saving the planet at this time."
But even with these recommendations by such high figures, there are still over 110 coal-fired generating plants being built or planned in the United States. But there IS an alternative. Experts say that about 69 percent of U.S. electricity needs could be met by solar power by 2050, and that solar power could be the nation's sole electricity source by 2100.
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We signed the “No New Coal Power Plants!” petition!
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It's time to STOP with the coal already! The voters are watching; give us what we want or we'll elect someone else who will!
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Please, lets not lock ourselves into this power source. We need to think about our children and finding a better way to do things in the future that will not end up costing us. The price is to dear.
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We don't need coal; we have more efficient energy resources nowadays like solar power. Let's get with the program.
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Anywhere in the world. The USA must stop but how about China? Germany? Where there is natural coal, it is difficult to get people not to use it as a source of energy. But for the world's future, stop.
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Go to any library ( or ask them to purchase) the video 'Kilowatt Ours' and see what is happening in the Appalacian Mtns. Those mountains are being leveled to extract coal..when the sun and the wind are available to every one of us with a little committment to change.
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It is important to save what can be saved immediately and to take action to leave our children at least the possibility to have a healthy-er environment to live in!
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“To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.” ~Wendell Berry
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It would be a real shame if our generation was to be known as the one which destroyed our beautiful planet. We must stop procrastinating, face the music, make the changes and save the world for once and for ALL. We owe it to ourselves, our children and all other future inhabitants of a, let’s hope still habitable, Earth.
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Coal is not only bad for the environment it isn't cost efficient from a business point of view
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Coal is NOT the only answer! Scientist have found much better ways... Spend the money to help fund the other solutions NOT to build more coal plants!!
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