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Monday, July 28 2003
"Sprawl Hurts Us All" Report Shows Taxpayers Lose
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Coal Fired Power Generation Statement Against Coal Plant by Springfield Sierrans We wish to express our concerns about the new, proposed coal-burning power plant, which City Utilities of Springfield (CU) would like to bring online by 2008. From mining to the eventual disposal of the waste, coal releases numerous toxic pollutants into the air, our water, and onto our lands, endangering our health and harming the environment. more>> Volunteer Opportunity: Coal Plant Campaign Committee Chair The MRCC is in need of an organizer to lead and coordinate the MRCC's Coal Plant Campaign Committee and volunteers. The major goal of this campaign is to reduce or eliminate the harmful environmental and health effects from coal-fired power generation by cleaning up current plants, shutting them down, or preventing sitings of new ones. more>>
Oct 5, 2002 - weekend event - Toronto
Clearing the Air: Kicking North America's Coal Habit The focus is on bi-national solutions to reducing the pollution from coal fired power plants. Executive Directors Carl Pope (Sierra Club) and Elizabeth May (Sierra Club of Canada) will be the keynote speakers. Sierra Club activists from the 9 U.S. midwestern chapters and the Eastern Canada Chapter, leading national activists, and experts will be in attendance. more>> Getting Off Coal - Ontario Could Lead the Way
By Dan McDermott Coal kills and the truly sad part of this is that the coal toll is unnecessary. According to the Ontario more>> Links: State Electricity Profiles
List of links to state data on energy consumption and electricity
usage. view links >>
April 15, 2002: Sign-on Letter Sent
Letter is sent to David Anderson, Canadian Minister of the Environment
calling for tough standards for mercury emissions from coal-fired
power plants. Letter is signed by 40 different organizations.
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April 15, 2002: Muddled thinking on mercury
Editorial published in the Globe and Mail, Canada's largest national
newspaper, written by Dan McDermott, director of the Sierra Club Eastern
Canada Chapter, on mercury pollution caused by coal-fired power plants.read
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March 30, 2002: Quirks and Quarks
Clean Coal or Smoke Screen? Coal has a lot going for it: it's plentiful
and cheap, but it's the most polluting fossil fuel we use.
CBC Link>>
March 1, 2002: Press Release Sierra Club Greets Bush with Report Showing Major Threat to Iowans from Coal Plant Pollution Bush Administration's Energy Policy Could Increase Cancer-Causing Pollution more>> Increased Cancer Risk
Summary of studies that show links between coal power production and increased cancer risks to both workers and neighbours more>>
Polluted Power in the Midwest - Report Summary
Coal fired power plants are the largest industrial source of cancer-causing pollution
int the Midwest ...more>>Up to Top |
