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We Don't Need More Dirty Coal!

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Union of Concerned Scientists

Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of global warming pollution in the United States – yet right now, our country is poised to increase these emissions by building many new dirty coal plants.

Virtually all of these proposed, new coal plants lack carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, which aims to capture a plant's carbon emissions and store it underground. Building more plants without CCS would lock us into decades of rising carbon emissions at a time when we must rein in global warming pollution.

We already have renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies readily available that can meet our country's near-term energy needs. Please urge Congress to oppose the construction of new coal-fired power plants unless they feature CCS technology.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 10,000

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Dear [Decision Maker],

Please oppose the construction of new coal-fired power plants that lack the ability to capture and store their carbon dioxide. Building new pulverized coal plants would lock the United States into decades of dangerous carbon emissions that will make it extremely difficult to avoid the worst consequences of global warming.

[Your personal comments will be added here.]

Funding of carbon capture and storage technology should be limited to 5 to 10 demonstration plants until the technology is proven to be safe, reliable and cost-effective.

Analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists has found that the country can meet its near-term energy needs and curb emissions by using readily available renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. I urge you to support more aggressive deployment of these cleaner, safer technologies.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]

We took action on “We Don't Need More Dirty Coal!”!

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8:49 pm PST, Nov 20, Zoila Medina, California

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6:32 pm PST, Nov 20, William Bergevin, Colorado
We must STOP polluting our atmosphere! What part about DON'T POLUTE don't you understand?

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6:29 pm PST, Nov 20, Beatriz Bofill, Florida

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5:18 pm PST, Nov 20, Steven Pazienza, New York

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3:14 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Missouri

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1:32 pm PST, Nov 20, DORIS LEHR, New York

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12:31 pm PST, Nov 20, Kelly Harshberger, Delaware

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12:31 pm PST, Nov 20, Kathy Naifeh, Arizona
Carbon dioxide emissions levels would be dangerous.

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11:18 am PST, Nov 20, Cindy Dezember, California

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10:33 am PST, Nov 20, Melissa Johnson, Illinois

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10:28 am PST, Nov 20, Eugene Ramos, Florida

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8:05 am PST, Nov 20, Karen Templeman, Tennessee

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7:44 am PST, Nov 20, Ashley Mott, Virginia

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7:38 am PST, Nov 20, Linda Isham, New Jersey

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3:35 am PST, Nov 20, Devin Baker, Michigan
You can capture the carbon at the power plant site but mountains are still leveled to mine coal which pollutes rivers, destroying birds/forests and all wildlife habitat...is that clean and green?.....hell no....carbon capture is an illusion... the forests cleared by coal mining/mountain leveling can no longer remove CO2 from the atmosphere...the era of coal needs to come to an end soon before West Virginia and other coal mining areas worldwide are turned into toxic dead zones. Let's not forget that dams/reservoirs are the single largest source of human caused methane gas emissions.....even more than livestock.....methane is 25-72 time as powerful as CO2 in causing global warming...many countries such as India, Turkey and many other countries around the world are now engaged in a frenzy of dam building on major river systems claiming dams are a "green" source of electricity when in fact they are not green and one of the most environmentally destructive methods of electricity generation on earth, devastating river ecosystems, drying up rivers, killing fish and creating stagnant water which increases malaria and parasites. Many people who are displaced by dam building are not compensated and have to give up their way of life when the river eco-systems are destroyed....millions of people worldwide have been and are now being affected by the worldwide frenzy of dam building as nations choose river ecosystem destruction through dams as a method of generating electricity. Many large dams worldwide have been proven through recent scientific study to emit more greenhouse gases than coal fired power plants which are known to be one of....if not the dirtiest method of electricity generation on earth. Cold river water cools oceans, lakes and seas....dams/reservoirs destroy this cooling effect as they hold, warm and create stagnant water...in some parts of the world rivers no longer reach seas/lakes/oceans because so much water is held back and diverted by dams for electricity generation, irrigation and industrial use. Surely this destroys ocean/lake/sea life which has evolved for millions of years to live within certain water temperature ranges which are disrupted by dam building/obstruction of cold water flows. In tropical areas massive areas of tropical forest, plant and animal life are often destroyed by the flooding created behind dams. Now that alternative cleaner methods of electricity generation are being developed such as wind, solar, geothermal and natural gas we need to stop this frenzy of worldwide dam building and save and restore the worlds river ecosystems. For more info go to:http://www.internationalrivers.org/en/global-warming/reservoir-emissions/greenhouse-gas-emissions-dams-faq

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2:04 am PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, California

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1:22 am PST, Nov 20, Jennifer Barnhart, Louisiana

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9:51 pm PST, Nov 19, Phoebe Li, California

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9:30 pm PST, Nov 19, Tiffany Cable, South Carolina

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8:09 pm PST, Nov 19, Carli Reveles, California

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8:00 pm PST, Nov 19, Robert Jackson, Michigan

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7:57 pm PST, Nov 19, Waioni Dickison, Hawaii

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7:23 pm PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, California

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6:33 pm PST, Nov 19, Julie Viger, Arizona
SOLAR WIND WAVE renewable clean energy needs promotion. finite coal and oil need to be supplemented and then replaced by these other sources.

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6:03 pm PST, Nov 19, Steven Heaver, New Jersey

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5:12 pm PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, Oklahoma

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4:18 pm PST, Nov 19, Gregory Pond, Connecticut
Coal Ash is, and should be treated as toxic waist.

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4:17 pm PST, Nov 19, Stacy Westhoff, Michigan

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4:11 pm PST, Nov 19, Jenny O'Neil, New Mexico

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3:59 pm PST, Nov 19, Karly Larson, California

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3:51 pm PST, Nov 19, Allen Gildard, California

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3:17 pm PST, Nov 19, Shannon Faye, Alabama
At this time when there is more support than ever for developing "alternative" energy sources, it would seem a wise choice for the coal industry to get on board with efforts to improve their technologies.

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3:16 pm PST, Nov 19, Ann Cawley, Missouri

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3:02 pm PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, California
We must do a far better job at reducing the emissions from coal plants before constructing new ones.

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2:37 pm PST, Nov 19, Timara Motley, Virginia

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2:08 pm PST, Nov 19, Kathryn Hall, Colorado

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1:58 pm PST, Nov 19, Betty Campbell, Arizona

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1:11 pm PST, Nov 19, Rena Lewis, California

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12:43 pm PST, Nov 19, Nabeel Zabak, Texas

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12:29 pm PST, Nov 19, Barbara Good, North Carolina
Because they lack the ability to capture and store their carbon dioxide. We can no longer afford these dangerous carbon emissions.

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12:20 pm PST, Nov 19, Peter Sandzen, South Carolina

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12:07 pm PST, Nov 19, Grace Morsberger, Maryland

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11:59 am PST, Nov 19, Doreen Delgado, California

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11:57 am PST, Nov 19, Sarah Aleweidat, Texas

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11:06 am PST, Nov 19, Kristine Simpson, Tennessee

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8:58 am PST, Nov 19, Sarah Dunn, Tennessee

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8:43 am PST, Nov 19, Wynce Nolley, Louisiana

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8:22 am PST, Nov 19, Maureen Deyo, Minnesota
Our children need clean air to breathe and a safe world to live in. Help stop this poison in the air!

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7:26 am PST, Nov 19, Courtney Cooper, North Carolina

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7:23 am PST, Nov 19, Janet Kern, North Carolina

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7:15 am PST, Nov 19, Penny Marshall, California

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5:46 am PST, Nov 19, William Clarke Jr, Pennsylvania

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5:31 am PST, Nov 19, Courtney Osborne, Ohio

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