We have just 24 hours to send 500,000 letters and stop Keystone XL. Tell Congress: Stop any efforts to revive the dangerous tar sands pipeline. It’s time to pull out all the stops. Big Oil is asking Congress to ram through the dirty, dangerous Keystone XL tar sands pipeline — and we have just [...]
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* ACT NOW – STOP THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE
Posted in Beyond Coal, Conservation, Sierra Club, Take Action on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
* Take Action: Keystone XL – It’s Back!
Posted in Beyond Coal, Coal, Take Action on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We stopped them once but the fight is back. Please take action! Republican senators are trying to revive the Keystone XL oil pipeline proposal. Your senators have heard from Big Oil — now make sure they hear from you. Write them today to stop the Keystone XL pipeline! There’s breaking — and disturbing — [...]
* We Did It! Keystone XL Pipeline Stopped
Posted in Beyond Coal, Politics, Sierra Club, tagged immediate release january, sierra club press on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to all that made calls, sent emails, went to Wasington, DC, and took other action to oppose the tarsands pipeline. Her is the Sierra Club press release about the announcement: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 18, 2012 Contacts: Maggie Kao (202) 675-2384 Eddie Scher (415) 815-7027 Sierra Club Applauds President Obama for Rejecting the [...]
* Sierra Club Joins Earthjustice and 10 Groups to Sue EPA Over Coal Ash Standards
Posted in Beyond Coal, Conservation, Politics, Take Action, tagged coal ash on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This is a major issue for the greater Charlotte Mecklenburg area! Earthjustice has filed a Notice of Intent (NOI) to sue the EPA today on behalf of the Sierra Club and 10 other public interest groups seeking to compel the Agency to promptly finalize a national coal ash standard. Please see the press release below [...]
* Do we need TWO MORE NUCLEAR REACTORS just 44 miles from Charlotte?
Posted in Beyond Coal, Conservation, Duke Energy, Take Action on January 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
IF the two Lee Station nuclear reactors 1 and 2 are approved, financed, built, and brought on line, Charlotte would have 8 nuclear reactors within 70 miles of uptown! McGuire Reactor # 1 and #2 – 17 miles from Center City Charlotte Catawba Reactor #1 and #2 – 18 miles from Center City Charlotte H [...]
* Sierra Club 2011 Beyond Coal Campaign
Posted in Beyond Coal, Coal, Conservation, Duke Energy on December 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Contact: Orli Cotel (415) 977 5627 2011 A Huge Year for Public Health, and Outlook Dimmed for Big Coal Year End State-of-Coal Report Washington, DC: The outlook for coal continued to dim in 2011 as dozens of proposed new coal-fired plants were taken off the drawing board and utilities announced over more than 25,000 megawatts [...]
* The Keystone XL Pipeline Scam
Posted in Beyond Coal, Conservation, Sierra Club, Take Action on December 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A very good update (12/20/11) on the issues. Keep up to date and take any and all action to defeat the pipeline! The Keystone XL Pipeline Scam Follow me on Twitter and Facebook. With all the political posturing in Congress over the Keystone XL tar-sands oil pipeline, it’s easy to lose sight of the real [...]
* A Huge Victory on Mercury Pollution!
Posted in Beyond Coal, Coal, Conservation, Duke Energy, Take Action on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Thank President Obama for strong mercury standards that protect our health. We did it! Thanks to your support and President Obama’s leadership, our fight for a historic, first-in-the-nation Mercury and Air Toxics Standard has been won! Even with the president’s support, our victory was never guaranteed. Big Coal did everything they could to avoid [...]
* Take Action: Block the Keystone End Run Play
Posted in Beyond Coal, Coal, Conservation, Events, Take Action on December 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
XX FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 17, 2011 Contact: Eddie Scher, 415-817-1819 SENATE VOTES TO FAST TRACK DIRTY OIL PIPELINE Washington, D.C. – Today the U.S. Senate voted to approve the payroll tax cut package that includes a provision to bypass environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would which would carry dirty tar sands [...]
* Charlotte Chamber Pushing for Polluted Air in NC
Posted in Beyond Coal, Charlotte, Conservation, Cool Cities, Mecklenburg, Politics, Take Action on December 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If it’s up to the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, the future of air quality in Charlotte will be hazy. The Chamber has just issued a legislative update that makes their position clearer than our air – they are opposed to EPA regulations that would clean up and protect our air. The facts about our impaired [...]
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