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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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# 350:
11:40 am PST, Mar 4,
Keith Myers, Indiana
# 349:
11:40 am PST, Mar 4,
Alii Bek, Arizona
# 348:
11:38 am PST, Mar 4,
Aisha Moreno, California
# 347:
11:37 am PST, Mar 4,
Dorothy Martel, New Hampshire
# 346:
11:36 am PST, Mar 4,
Winborne Evans, South Carolina
# 345:
11:35 am PST, Mar 4,
David Johnson, Texas
# 344:
11:34 am PST, Mar 4,
Warren Fritze, Minnesota
# 343:
11:32 am PST, Mar 4,
Cheneybetsy@yah Cheney, California
# 342:
11:31 am PST, Mar 4,
Name not displayed, Arizona
# 341:
11:31 am PST, Mar 4,
Brenda Bell, Oklahoma
# 340:
11:30 am PST, Mar 4,
Amanda Mason, Virginia
# 339:
11:29 am PST, Mar 4,
Carola Mitchell, North Carolina
we have to think solar power and other renewable alternative fuels to generate power, instead of coal using plants.
we have to think solar power and other renewable alternative fuels to generate power, instead of coal using plants.
# 338:
11:29 am PST, Mar 4,
Karen VDay, Indiana
# 337:
11:27 am PST, Mar 4,
Heather Sheets, Iowa
We should be spending the finite amount of money we have to research and develop clean methods of generating energy--solar, wind, and geothermal. We don't have that much time to stop the global warming that threatens us all--rich and poor.
We should be spending the finite amount of money we have to research and develop clean methods of generating energy--solar, wind, and geothermal. We don't have that much time to stop the global warming that threatens us all--rich and poor.
# 336:
11:27 am PST, Mar 4,
Robert James, Florida
# 335:
11:26 am PST, Mar 4,
Roberta Thurmond, Tennessee
We are destroying our natural environments and wildlife species at an alarming rate. We must stop our present destructive behaviors and develop lifestyles that are harmonious and protective of all natural environments and wildlife species.
We are destroying our natural environments and wildlife species at an alarming rate. We must stop our present destructive behaviors and develop lifestyles that are harmonious and protective of all natural environments and wildlife species.
# 334:
11:25 am PST, Mar 4,
Ethlynn Dewitt, Michigan
# 333:
11:25 am PST, Mar 4,
Bobbie Peter, Texas
# 332:
11:25 am PST, Mar 4,
Kim Kostiew, New Hampshire
# 331:
11:24 am PST, Mar 4,
Diane Madden, Pennsylvania
# 330:
11:23 am PST, Mar 4,
Name not displayed, Tennessee
You people who are against coal as a fuel source are bozos. How do you expect to light, cool or heat your homes? What is going to supply industry the needed power to make products and keep you employed? I keep hearing all this "alternative" power sources. Exactly what is this? Can't have coal because of CO2, sulphur and mercury emissions, can't have nuclear because of a possible radiation leak, can't drill in Alaska because a caribou might be harmed, can't have natural gas because of CO2 emissions, can't have windmills because they kill migrating birds, can't drill off our coasts because of fish kills, etc, etc,. You people oppose everything, but yet, bitch when the price of gas goes up, your electric bill keeps climbing, and lose your job because your company can't compete with foreign markets who have cheap supplies of energy. We need more nuke plants, more refineries, and oil exploration because until we develop some other alternative that makes economic sense, those are our energy sources. Get your heads our of your butts people!
You people who are against coal as a fuel source are bozos. How do you expect to light, cool or heat your homes? What is going to supply industry the needed power to make products and keep you employed? I keep hearing all this "alternative" power sources. Exactly what is this? Can't have coal because of CO2, sulphur and mercury emissions, can't have nuclear because of a possible radiation leak, can't drill in Alaska because a caribou might be harmed, can't have natural gas because of CO2 emissions, can't have windmills because they kill migrating birds, can't drill off our coasts because of fish kills, etc, etc,. You people oppose everything, but yet, bitch when the price of gas goes up, your electric bill keeps climbing, and lose your job because your company can't compete with foreign markets who have cheap supplies of energy. We need more nuke plants, more refineries, and oil exploration because until we develop some other alternative that makes economic sense, those are our energy sources. Get your heads our of your butts people!
# 329:
11:22 am PST, Mar 4,
Laura Kaeding, New York
# 328:
11:21 am PST, Mar 4,
Genevieve Schiffmann, Maryland
# 327:
11:21 am PST, Mar 4,
NETTIE FOWLER, California
# 326:
11:21 am PST, Mar 4,
Patricia Gracian, California
The horrific destruction to our lands, to our rivers, to our health by the dirty energy coal industry should be clear by now to all Americans. It is only a lack of honorable representation that keeps this nation under the thumb of oil and coal barons. When will our representative finally free the nation from this heavy load? When will our representatives finally put the nation on a solid path of clean energy growth that will cure the myriad pollution and financial problems of the nation? I hope the time is NOW, especially when the incumbents can be tossed out. And we the voters should be very demanding and use the retribution of the ballot at this time on our representatives.
The horrific destruction to our lands, to our rivers, to our health by the dirty energy coal industry should be clear by now to all Americans. It is only a lack of honorable representation that keeps this nation under the thumb of oil and coal barons. When will our representative finally free the nation from this heavy load? When will our representatives finally put the nation on a solid path of clean energy growth that will cure the myriad pollution and financial problems of the nation? I hope the time is NOW, especially when the incumbents can be tossed out. And we the voters should be very demanding and use the retribution of the ballot at this time on our representatives.
# 325:
11:20 am PST, Mar 4,
Laura Taylor, Texas
# 324:
11:19 am PST, Mar 4,
Griffin Norman, Indiana
# 323:
11:18 am PST, Mar 4,
Amethyst Lynn Ginalick, Missouri
It's time to stop polluting the air with coal...it's time to get serious about alternative forms of energy that do not pollute our environment
It's time to stop polluting the air with coal...it's time to get serious about alternative forms of energy that do not pollute our environment
# 322:
11:17 am PST, Mar 4,
Dianna Hamilton, Florida
# 321:
11:17 am PST, Mar 4,
Thomas VanSickle, Indiana
# 320:
11:16 am PST, Mar 4,
Nancy Galloway, New Mexico
# 319:
11:16 am PST, Mar 4,
Dwight Blackwell, California
# 318:
11:16 am PST, Mar 4,
Name not displayed, Indiana
When are we going to start doing the right thing and not the easy or most profitable.
When are we going to start doing the right thing and not the easy or most profitable.
# 317:
11:16 am PST, Mar 4,
Deb Gates, Colorado
# 316:
11:15 am PST, Mar 4,
Sue Eberhardt, Illinois
There simply is no such thing as clean coal. We must clean up our planet, not make it worse.
There simply is no such thing as clean coal. We must clean up our planet, not make it worse.
# 315:
11:14 am PST, Mar 4,
Bill Seiber, Ohio
My family moved from Harlen, KY in 1951 to escape the deadly business of mining coal. We must develop green power, solar & wind. The options are available. We need to develop them.
My family moved from Harlen, KY in 1951 to escape the deadly business of mining coal. We must develop green power, solar & wind. The options are available. We need to develop them.
# 314:
11:12 am PST, Mar 4,
George Melby, Missouri
# 313:
11:11 am PST, Mar 4,
Name not displayed, Nebraska
# 312:
11:10 am PST, Mar 4,
George Condon, Canada
# 311:
11:10 am PST, Mar 4,
John Potamites, Illinois
Go live near a coal mine. Tell your kids to play by the power plant. Then consider your vote. And the votes of people who do either of the above scenarios or have the imagination to do so.
Go live near a coal mine. Tell your kids to play by the power plant. Then consider your vote. And the votes of people who do either of the above scenarios or have the imagination to do so.
# 310:
11:09 am PST, Mar 4,
Diane Darcy-Schmidt, New Jersey
# 309:
11:09 am PST, Mar 4,
PAT DRESSLER, California
Wehave spent billions for war in Iraq! That money could have been spent for alternative energy resources. As long as the Bush administration is allowed to promote coal and oil by COngress nothing will change. The coal lobbyists are more powerful in Washington then those seeking safer and sustainable forms of energy solutions. Until we the people demand better energy solutions nothing will change.
Wehave spent billions for war in Iraq! That money could have been spent for alternative energy resources. As long as the Bush administration is allowed to promote coal and oil by COngress nothing will change. The coal lobbyists are more powerful in Washington then those seeking safer and sustainable forms of energy solutions. Until we the people demand better energy solutions nothing will change.
# 308:
11:08 am PST, Mar 4,
Sarah Steever, Washington
I've seen what coal mines are doing to the Appalachians. You're creating desert where you could be growing forest. Wind Hydro and Solar are the right thing to do and you know it.
I've seen what coal mines are doing to the Appalachians. You're creating desert where you could be growing forest. Wind Hydro and Solar are the right thing to do and you know it.
# 307:
11:08 am PST, Mar 4,
Ricky Setticase, Kansas
# 306:
11:08 am PST, Mar 4,
Terry Oliver, Pennsylvania
Renewable energy is the only way to go.
Renewable energy is the only way to go.
# 305:
11:07 am PST, Mar 4,
Rena Lawrence, Texas
# 304:
11:07 am PST, Mar 4,
Ena Valikov, California
It is not worth to pollute our environment and poison us when there is a better alternative, which can rev up our economy and provide a better long term solution for the public. No coal power plants unless you can sequester CO2. It is not in the public's interest.
It is not worth to pollute our environment and poison us when there is a better alternative, which can rev up our economy and provide a better long term solution for the public. No coal power plants unless you can sequester CO2. It is not in the public's interest.
# 303:
11:07 am PST, Mar 4,
Debra J. Huett, Texas
# 302:
11:07 am PST, Mar 4,
Eaglesong Grant, Michigan
I agree, our energy should be focused on renewable energy, not another way of further polluting this planet, our home.
I agree, our energy should be focused on renewable energy, not another way of further polluting this planet, our home.
# 301:
11:06 am PST, Mar 4,
Alicia Ruiz Cantú, Mexico