There’s a new interactive map by Earth Justice that shows the extent of coal ash contaminated sites across the US. This is a MAJOR issue in NC. This is a MAJOR issue for the greater Charlotte Mecklenburg area. Read up on this issue. Tell your friends and neighbors. We’ll be working on this through out [...]
Archive for the ‘Beyond Coal’ Category
* In Harm’s Way – Coal Ash Contaminated Sites in the Carolinas
Posted in Beyond Coal, Coal, Conservation, Duke Energy on May 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
* Take Action on Nukes and Transportation Today
Posted in Beyond Coal, Coal, Conservation, Duke Energy, Nuclear, Take Action on May 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Nuclear regulation and transportation policy are huge issues for NC. Add your voice to other Sierra Club members today! Take Action: Keep the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Focused on Safety President Obama has nominated, and the Senate has been asked to confirm, the appointment of Kristine Svinicki to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a second term. Unfortunately, [...]
* Join the Virtual Rally for Clean Air
Posted in Beyond Coal, Conservation, Cool Cities, Take Action on May 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Send a message today! Join the Virtual Rally for Clean Air and Stand Up for Children’s Health! Hundreds of activists are speaking out in Chicago and Washington, D.C. to support the EPA’s new proposal to clean up our air and protect our health. They’re testifying at hearings about the EPA’s first ever standards that limit life-threatening carbon pollution from coal plants. [...]
* Biking Beyond Oil
Posted in Beyond Coal, Conservation, Take Action on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Share: Take Action: Biking Beyond Oil May is National Bike Month! Biking is an important piece of a 21st century transportation system that moves us beyond oil — bike-friendly communities allow more people to get safely on their bikes and bypass the gas pump, dirty oil, and climate pollution. Everyone deserves access to clean, affordable [...]
* US Banks Risk Public Health and Climate by Financing Coal
Posted in Beyond Coal, Coal, Duke Energy, Take Action on May 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This past week the Sierra Club and the Rainforest Alliance Network released a report “Coal Finance Report Card 2012″ that highlights the “Filthy Five” – the top 5 largest financiers of the US coal industry. The list counts the number of transactions each bank had with the dirtiest coal-burning utility companies and the largest mountaintop [...]
* Cancer patient questions Duke CEO about local coal plant
Posted in Beyond Coal, Coal, Duke Energy on May 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This is a must see video! Watch Jim Rogers dance around the issue. Utility companies have been denying the impact of coal ash and coal ash pond leakage by saying that there is no direct link. Would Duke Energy Corporation fund a cancer cluster study? Of course not! They might find out some facts that [...]
* Coal Ash Pond Dangers in NC
Posted in Beyond Coal, Coal, Conservation, Duke Energy on May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Are coal ash ponds a danger to our environment and health? Read the reports below and then watch the video about the coal ash pond near Asheville. After you do ask yourself, “Should I be concerned about the two HIGH HAZARD, unlined, aging Riverbend coal ash ponds on Mountain Island Lake that are upstream of [...]
* Duke Energy and NC DENR Pull Out of Coal Ash Forum – Program Canceled
Posted in Beyond Coal, Coal, Duke Energy, Events, Nuclear, Take Action on April 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Sierra Club has learned that Duke Energy Corporation and the NC Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (NC DENR) have pulled out of the May 3rd Coal Ash Forum. In a voicemail message from the forum sponsor, the Sierra Club was told that Duke Energy Corporation and NC DENR have decided that there [...]
* TROUBLED WATERS: Two years into BP’s oil disaster, Gulf communities struggle to recover
Posted in Beyond Coal on April 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Can we stop the NC Outerbanks from being destroyed by oil spills? You ‘betcha! Read the latest report from Facing South/Institute for Southern Studies about how bad things in the Gulf really are… Two years after the BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the biggest oil disaster in U.S. history, [...]
* Windmills, Not Oil Spills for NC
Posted in Beyond Coal, Conservation, Take Action on April 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Photo by: Paul Stephen Yesterday, we organized around 2 public hearings on seismic testing for offshore oil and natural gas that were held by BOEM in Wilmington, NC. Despite pouring rain and pretty intense lightning, the local Sierra Club group and Oceana turned 50 folks out to a “windmills, not oil spills” rally before the [...]
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