- Signatures: 10
- Goal: 30,000
- Deadline: Ongoing...
See Full Petition
Email this Petition
This petition seeks to halt the building of new coal power plants in the State of Nevada. There are many reasons to oppose these plants. This petition focuses on their contributions to human-caused climate change.
Today, coal provides about half of our nation's electricity — at great cost to our health, land, water, and climate. Coal power is currently America's single biggest source of global warming pollution. Utilities across the United States are now pushing to build more than 150 new coal-fired power plants in a race to beat legislation that would control greenhouse gas emissions. Most of these plants would use old "pulverized coal" technology—designed to last at least 40-50 years.
There should be a moratorium on new coal plants until technology is developed to render them relatively “climate safe”. On average, coal power plants emit as much global warming pollution in one year as 600,000 cars. Unlike a car, however, these plants will be polluting for 40 to 50 years into the future. Most of the CO2 that would spew out of these plants each year will remain in our upper atmosphere for hundreds of years. Short term power needs should not sacrifice the quality of life of future generations.
We now know that Global Warming is increasing desertification in a wide swath of Africa contributing to the death of humans, plants and animals in that region. We know climate change is increasing the severity of storms which cause further death and destruction worldwide. We know that people living in low-lying areas of the world are being displaced as the oceans rise. We know that the majority of the Earth’s glaciers are shrinking, and that global warming will lead to deepening water crises, and power shortages in regions where life is dependent on summertime snow melt.
While there is much we do not know about what the effects of human driven climate change will be, enough respected scientific bodies, United Nation’s panels, and national governments (and over 400 cities, and an increasing number of state governments in the US) are calling for greenhouse gas caps and reductions that we should take them seriously.
Many of us consider the building of more coal plants at this time, which do not sequester CO2, to be irresponsible, arrogant, and immoral. Instead of trying to rush ahead of the greenhouse gas emission controls which will eventually be legislated in the United States we call on our power industries to wait until truly clean coal technologies become available that do not by analogy throw gasoline onto the fire of the climate crisis we are facing.
Now is the time to work to stop any further coal plants from being built in Nevada. The United States has no hope of convincing other countries to adopt climate safe practices as long as we are building new coal powered electric generation plants, which fail to sequester greenhouse gas emissions, here at home.
Today, coal provides about half of our nation's electricity — at great cost to our health, land, water, and climate. Coal power is currently America's single biggest source of global warming pollution. Utilities across the United States are now pushing to build more than 150 new coal-fired power plants in a race to beat legislation that would control greenhouse gas emissions. Most of these plants would use old "pulverized coal" technology—designed to last at least 40-50 years.
There should be a moratorium on new coal plants until technology is developed to render them relatively “climate safe”. On average, coal power plants emit as much global warming pollution in one year as 600,000 cars. Unlike a car, however, these plants will be polluting for 40 to 50 years into the future. Most of the CO2 that would spew out of these plants each year will remain in our upper atmosphere for hundreds of years. Short term power needs should not sacrifice the quality of life of future generations.
We now know that Global Warming is increasing desertification in a wide swath of Africa contributing to the death of humans, plants and animals in that region. We know climate change is increasing the severity of storms which cause further death and destruction worldwide. We know that people living in low-lying areas of the world are being displaced as the oceans rise. We know that the majority of the Earth’s glaciers are shrinking, and that global warming will lead to deepening water crises, and power shortages in regions where life is dependent on summertime snow melt.
While there is much we do not know about what the effects of human driven climate change will be, enough respected scientific bodies, United Nation’s panels, and national governments (and over 400 cities, and an increasing number of state governments in the US) are calling for greenhouse gas caps and reductions that we should take them seriously.
Many of us consider the building of more coal plants at this time, which do not sequester CO2, to be irresponsible, arrogant, and immoral. Instead of trying to rush ahead of the greenhouse gas emission controls which will eventually be legislated in the United States we call on our power industries to wait until truly clean coal technologies become available that do not by analogy throw gasoline onto the fire of the climate crisis we are facing.
Now is the time to work to stop any further coal plants from being built in Nevada. The United States has no hope of convincing other countries to adopt climate safe practices as long as we are building new coal powered electric generation plants, which fail to sequester greenhouse gas emissions, here at home.
Please sign this petition, calling for a moratorium on the building of coal powered electric plants in Nevada. Sign whether you reside in Nevada, or not. The damages that our greenhouse gas emissions cause are worldwide, not just regional!
- View Signatures:
- |<
- <
- 10
- >
- >|
| Number | Date | Name | City | State | Country | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 12:17 pm PDT, May 22 | Robert Kelly | Las Vegas | Nevada | United States | Use Nevada's natural resourses for electricity like Wind, Solar, or Geo Thermal. NOT pollutant Coal----there is no clean burning Coal. |
| 9 | 9:32 am PDT, Apr 6 | Annebet Muceus | Paradise Valley | Nevada | United States | We have Valmy, next we need to invest in non-polluting energy, such as wind technology. |
| 8 | 11:35 am PST, Jan 27 | Steve Rypka | Henderson | Nevada | United States | Investing in coal is like a bad sub-prime loan. It's being touted as a good deal and the lowest cost by those who will profit from it, but it will actually be an economic disaster for Nevadans. We can't afford an energy foreclosure! Investing in clean, renewable energy systems is the only choice that provides a viable future for our children. BTW, there is no such thing as "clean coal." It is an oxymoron. The very concept of burning coal is becoming synonymous with species extinction. It is morally abhorrent. |
| 7 | 10:22 am PST, Jan 9 | Colin Beckman | Reno | Nevada | United States | Let's take Nevada's economy into the future. A 50 year commitment to the technology of coal will be costly beyond belief and is a huge mistake! |
| 6 | 6:59 pm PDT, Sep 15 | Anonymous | las vegas | Nevada | United States | The abundant solar available in our state could easily power the states needs and just might save our children from reduced lung function and other respritory diseases in adulthood. Lets build the new plant right downtown in Carson City. Way think things through you geniuses. Way to ignore all the scientific data on the issue. Lets all put solar panels on our roofs and sell the power to them. |
| 5 | 7:32 pm PDT, Apr 23 | Maggie O'Neill | Nevada | United States | We have a wonderful state; let's build some wind turbines and see what we can do to produce energy. | |
| 4 | 8:34 pm PST, Feb 17 | John Darr | Reno | Nevada | United States | |
| 3 | 7:55 pm PST, Feb 17 | Betsy Darr | Reno | Nevada | United States | Any addition to the infrastructure that will add to the carbon dioxide in the atmostphere will make it harder to get control of global warming. This is a dire situation! |
| 2 | 3:36 pm PST, Feb 10 | Jeff Carlton | Reno | Nevada | United States | Sell us green power instead of building new greenhouse gas spewing coal plants. We want to buy ethically produced, "climate safe" electricity. The people who live in New Orleans, Tuvalu, the Netherlands and Bangladesh do matter to us whether we "know" any of them or not. The Golden Rule is the fudamental tenet of human morality. |
| 1 | 11:58 am PST, Feb 9 | Patricia Hampton | Nevada | United States | With the recent emphasis brought to bear on the environmetal effect due to human action, I am against anything that will add to this overwhelming problem. |
- View Signatures:
- |<
- <
- 10
- >
- >|
Stop New Coal in Nevada!
We call for a Nevada-wide moratorium on the building of new coal-fired or integrated coal gasification power plants until technologies are developed that would sequester their greenhouse gas emissions to render them relatively climate safe. Scientific near-consensus holds that Humankind must begin to make serious reductions in our greenhouse gas emissions, or face a worldwide climate crisis.
Building new coal plants, with life-spans of 40 years or more, will take us in the absolute wrong direction, moving our Earth ever closer to the brink of an unstoppable climate crisis. The United States has no hope of helping to lead the world away from this brink as long greenhouse gas spewing coal powered electric plants are still being built here at home. Life on Earth as we know it depends on our response to this deepening crisis.
No new coal power in Nevada!
Building new coal plants, with life-spans of 40 years or more, will take us in the absolute wrong direction, moving our Earth ever closer to the brink of an unstoppable climate crisis. The United States has no hope of helping to lead the world away from this brink as long greenhouse gas spewing coal powered electric plants are still being built here at home. Life on Earth as we know it depends on our response to this deepening crisis.
No new coal power in Nevada!
Note: This Stop New Coal in Nevada! petition was submitted by Jeff Carlton. ThePetitionSite.com is a free service provided to help concerned citizens rally support for issues they believe in. The opinions expressed by this petition do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of ThePetitionSite.com or Care2.com. There is no express or implied endorsement of this petition nor any newsletter offers (except those from Care2.com) by Care2.com, Inc, ThePetitionSite.com, or our sponsors. If you believe this system is being abused, please contact customer support.
Questions about this petition? Contact the petition sponsor: Jeff Carlton.
Questions about thePetitionSite.com? Visit our FAQ Page.
