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Demand a Moratorium on New Coal Plants
Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: 1Sky
Sponsored by: 1Sky
The recent Tennessee and Alabama Coal Sludge Spills were not natural disasters. They were man-made disasters, directly tied to our reliance on fossil fuels. Tennessee's latest disaster is 48 times larger than the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
If you think only Tennessee and Alabama are at risk of coal sludge spills, think again. More than 50 percent of Americans live within 30 miles of a coal-fired power plant.
There is no such thing as a clean cigarette, or clean cancer, and there is no such thing as clean coal. Yet last year alone, the coal industry spent over $45 million trying to convince the American people that the dirtiest fuel on the planet is clean. It's simply not true.
In the face of these tragedies, the coal industry still wants to build more pollution-belching coal plants, and we cannot let that happen. Tell Congress to support a federal moratorium on new coal-fired power plants that contribute to global warming.
If you think only Tennessee and Alabama are at risk of coal sludge spills, think again. More than 50 percent of Americans live within 30 miles of a coal-fired power plant.
There is no such thing as a clean cigarette, or clean cancer, and there is no such thing as clean coal. Yet last year alone, the coal industry spent over $45 million trying to convince the American people that the dirtiest fuel on the planet is clean. It's simply not true.
In the face of these tragedies, the coal industry still wants to build more pollution-belching coal plants, and we cannot let that happen. Tell Congress to support a federal moratorium on new coal-fired power plants that contribute to global warming.
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3:48 pm PST, Jan 13,
Dominick Sciarretta, Florida
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A.G. Trupp, New York
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Harriet Soriano, Texas
Coal is dirty and the dust from it is insidious. You can vaccum it sweep it, and wash it and guess what you can still come back and find more even though no coal has been there for years. I know this because I lived in a house that had had a coal furnace. It was disgusting, we owned the home 42 years and still we'd find residue of the stuff. The backyard was black dirt not from vegitation but from coal dust and chunks in the ground from loading the bins. Nothing would grow in our dirt, NOTHING. Coal is flithy and dangerously hazardous to us and our environment. Leave the mountains alone and shut down the now palnts and definately start NO More plants. Put up wind generators on the land and hook them into the power grid. Use solar panels for power. We have the knowledge and the capability to create clean renewab;le energy why are we distroying our planet. Here's a thought! Ever wonder why Coal and Oil are underground and sealed in the earth? Our oceans are on the surface, our streams, and our lakes they aren't toxic except for what we have done to them. If we were to use these products oil and coal then they should have been above the ground. There's a reason these toxic products are sealed away, for our safety! So leave them there.
Coal is dirty and the dust from it is insidious. You can vaccum it sweep it, and wash it and guess what you can still come back and find more even though no coal has been there for years. I know this because I lived in a house that had had a coal furnace. It was disgusting, we owned the home 42 years and still we'd find residue of the stuff. The backyard was black dirt not from vegitation but from coal dust and chunks in the ground from loading the bins. Nothing would grow in our dirt, NOTHING. Coal is flithy and dangerously hazardous to us and our environment. Leave the mountains alone and shut down the now palnts and definately start NO More plants. Put up wind generators on the land and hook them into the power grid. Use solar panels for power. We have the knowledge and the capability to create clean renewab;le energy why are we distroying our planet. Here's a thought! Ever wonder why Coal and Oil are underground and sealed in the earth? Our oceans are on the surface, our streams, and our lakes they aren't toxic except for what we have done to them. If we were to use these products oil and coal then they should have been above the ground. There's a reason these toxic products are sealed away, for our safety! So leave them there.
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Investing in the environment through conservation, preservation, and environment renaissance; using and implementing energy efficiency, renewable energy, and eco friendly bio-fuel and bio-mass; and applying eco friendly and sustainable agriculture and aquaculture would create much employment and reduce pollution and warming gas at the same time. Please protect the environment, biodiversity, the well being of global citizens, and humanity common habitat.
Investing in the environment through conservation, preservation, and environment renaissance; using and implementing energy efficiency, renewable energy, and eco friendly bio-fuel and bio-mass; and applying eco friendly and sustainable agriculture and aquaculture would create much employment and reduce pollution and warming gas at the same time. Please protect the environment, biodiversity, the well being of global citizens, and humanity common habitat.
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Just how stupid do you think we are? Well guess what? No matter how much money the coal and oil giants put in your pockets; the American people know the truth. Congress is being bought off by them. Do what we want! Clean air!!!
Just how stupid do you think we are? Well guess what? No matter how much money the coal and oil giants put in your pockets; the American people know the truth. Congress is being bought off by them. Do what we want! Clean air!!!
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