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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!
# 250:
10:37 am PST, Mar 4,
JoAnne Knoebel, Arizona
# 249:
10:37 am PST, Mar 4,
Brian Melton, Idaho
# 248:
10:37 am PST, Mar 4,
Gisela Cory, Oregon
# 247:
10:36 am PST, Mar 4,
Paula Cash, Alabama
# 246:
10:35 am PST, Mar 4,
Jaime Arquilevich, California
# 245:
10:35 am PST, Mar 4,
Colleen Malone-Engel, California
# 244:
10:34 am PST, Mar 4,
Barbara Shirley, Oklahoma
# 243:
10:34 am PST, Mar 4,
Linda Olson, Texas
# 242:
10:33 am PST, Mar 4,
Pam Denman, Kansas
Kansas is currently in a legislative battle over what will be the largest group of coal powered plants in the U.S. Hope this puts a stop to it.
Kansas is currently in a legislative battle over what will be the largest group of coal powered plants in the U.S. Hope this puts a stop to it.
# 241:
10:33 am PST, Mar 4,
Ali Greenwell, California
# 240:
10:33 am PST, Mar 4,
Pate Belichick, California
Invest in public works of alternative energy funded by the federal gov't. All homes should be subsidized by our taxes to install solar on every home it will work for, and it should be manufactured in the US. It's working in Germany & Japan!
Invest in public works of alternative energy funded by the federal gov't. All homes should be subsidized by our taxes to install solar on every home it will work for, and it should be manufactured in the US. It's working in Germany & Japan!
# 239:
10:32 am PST, Mar 4,
Dean Johnson, California
Coal is the dirtiest and most polluting source of energy found. It cannot be cleaned.
Coal is the dirtiest and most polluting source of energy found. It cannot be cleaned.
# 238:
10:32 am PST, Mar 4,
Sadhvi Gantenbein, North Carolina
# 237:
10:32 am PST, Mar 4,
Steven H. Bridgens, Kansas
Conservation delivers a much better return per dollar invested, people save money and jobs are created!
Conservation delivers a much better return per dollar invested, people save money and jobs are created!
# 236:
10:32 am PST, Mar 4,
JUNE MESSMORE, Arizona
We need to use other forms of engery that are much more eco friendly
We need to use other forms of engery that are much more eco friendly
# 235:
10:31 am PST, Mar 4,
Ann Mathers, Oregon
How many mountains must be leveled, how many miners must die before we decide to launch into a clean sustainable future ?
How many mountains must be leveled, how many miners must die before we decide to launch into a clean sustainable future ?
# 234:
10:31 am PST, Mar 4,
Nicholas Camasto, Illinois
Start seriously looking into alternative clean energy production. Enough of this outmoded technology!
Start seriously looking into alternative clean energy production. Enough of this outmoded technology!
# 233:
10:31 am PST, Mar 4,
Jim Isenhath, New York
# 232:
10:31 am PST, Mar 4,
Nina Newton, Wisconsin
# 231:
10:30 am PST, Mar 4,
Claire Joseph, California
It boggles my mind that Congress is so willing to line the pockets of the Coal/Oil Industry at our expense but refuses to hear our demands for safer/cleaner fuels and the need support the Great Innovators in our Country. What exactly is wrong with trying something new and more efficient? Even if you don't believe in Global Warming or the effects of pollution on our Health?
It boggles my mind that Congress is so willing to line the pockets of the Coal/Oil Industry at our expense but refuses to hear our demands for safer/cleaner fuels and the need support the Great Innovators in our Country. What exactly is wrong with trying something new and more efficient? Even if you don't believe in Global Warming or the effects of pollution on our Health?
# 230:
10:29 am PST, Mar 4,
Laina Lamb, Ohio
# 229:
10:28 am PST, Mar 4,
Adrienne Guy, California
Please invest in solar energy and eco-friendly energy sources. Please be a role model for the world, and not a destroyer of our planet earth. Please do the right thing and set a moratorium on new coal power plants. Thank you.
Please invest in solar energy and eco-friendly energy sources. Please be a role model for the world, and not a destroyer of our planet earth. Please do the right thing and set a moratorium on new coal power plants. Thank you.
# 228:
10:28 am PST, Mar 4,
WENDY FORD, Hawaii
Please wake up!
Please wake up!
# 227:
10:28 am PST, Mar 4,
Norma Alarcon, Texas
# 226:
10:27 am PST, Mar 4,
Matthew Musante, Tennessee
# 225:
10:27 am PST, Mar 4,
Mike Luckenbach, Illinois
# 224:
10:27 am PST, Mar 4,
Cindy Loomis, California
# 223:
10:27 am PST, Mar 4,
Shari Hopper, California
Stop using fuels that pollute and go back to subsidies for clean alternatives like abundant solar.
Stop using fuels that pollute and go back to subsidies for clean alternatives like abundant solar.
# 222:
10:27 am PST, Mar 4,
Sandra Reeves, Texas
# 221:
10:26 am PST, Mar 4,
Tammie Nelson, Indiana
# 220:
10:26 am PST, Mar 4,
Perry Jasper, New Mexico
# 219:
10:26 am PST, Mar 4,
Paige Smith, Connecticut
# 218:
10:26 am PST, Mar 4,
Amanda Richards, Indiana
# 217:
10:25 am PST, Mar 4,
Pat LeBaron, Oregon
# 216:
10:25 am PST, Mar 4,
William Sky Crosby, Arizona
For more than thirty years the EPA has know about the effects of acid rain and did nothing about capping the smokestacks!
For more than thirty years the EPA has know about the effects of acid rain and did nothing about capping the smokestacks!
# 215:
10:24 am PST, Mar 4,
Suzy Taylor, Washington
# 214:
10:24 am PST, Mar 4,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
What is it that these morons don't get about carbon? Wind and solar can create jobs, manufacturing jobs, new green collar workers, something stamped Made in America. Is it too late to hope that I could actually be proud to be an American?
What is it that these morons don't get about carbon? Wind and solar can create jobs, manufacturing jobs, new green collar workers, something stamped Made in America. Is it too late to hope that I could actually be proud to be an American?
# 213:
10:24 am PST, Mar 4,
Name not displayed, Maryland
# 212:
10:22 am PST, Mar 4,
Mitsuka Horikawa, California
# 211:
10:20 am PST, Mar 4,
B W Bowers, Florida
# 210:
10:20 am PST, Mar 4,
Brenda Pelletier, New Hampshire
# 209:
10:20 am PST, Mar 4,
Sharon D'Agostino, Pennsylvania
# 208:
10:20 am PST, Mar 4,
Patrick True, California
What part of STOP USING COAL AS A FUEL does Capital Hill not understand?! Come on!! Geothermal, solar, wind, ... ! Get $$$ into more research NOW, damn it!
What part of STOP USING COAL AS A FUEL does Capital Hill not understand?! Come on!! Geothermal, solar, wind, ... ! Get $$$ into more research NOW, damn it!
# 207:
10:20 am PST, Mar 4,
Mary L. Bullock, California
# 206:
10:19 am PST, Mar 4,
Carole Newhouse, New York
We expect you to protect the interests of the earth, if not we will vote in those who listen to the people and their desires to save the planet.
We expect you to protect the interests of the earth, if not we will vote in those who listen to the people and their desires to save the planet.
# 205:
10:19 am PST, Mar 4,
Mary Pinckert, Washington
# 204:
10:18 am PST, Mar 4,
Sharon Keys, Virginia
# 203:
10:17 am PST, Mar 4,
MARY PETTY, California
WE NEED TO START USING SOLAR AND WIND POWER NOW! WE ARE DESTROYING THIS PLANET WITH POLUTION AND DRAINING OF NATURAL RESOURCES. IT WOULD BE COSTLY AT FIRST, BUT WIND AND SUN ARE THE ANSWER.
WE NEED TO START USING SOLAR AND WIND POWER NOW! WE ARE DESTROYING THIS PLANET WITH POLUTION AND DRAINING OF NATURAL RESOURCES. IT WOULD BE COSTLY AT FIRST, BUT WIND AND SUN ARE THE ANSWER.
# 202:
10:17 am PST, Mar 4,
Nancy Dieterle, Pennsylvania
# 201:
10:17 am PST, Mar 4,
P Vincent, Canada