The U.S.
EPA needs to hear from you
They recently proposed a "Clean
Power Plan," that goes a long way to cleaning up the nasty emissions from
coal-fired power plants. The fossil fools in the coal industry are
freaked out and fighting back. Let’s show our elected officials that
people in the Appalachian region are serious about moving to cleaner energy
sources that will revitalize communities and protect our waters from the
devastating impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining and dangerous fossil
fuels.
Every single one of us deserves to have our voices
heard on this issue. We are impacted whether we live near a mountaintop removal
site or a coal-fired power plant or a Marcellus fracking site.
While the rules will greatly
reduce CO2 emissions, they encourage other dirty energy sources such as fracked
gas and nuclear. They don’t address coal exports or the health impacts of mountaintop
removal. And, get this… the plan leaves the specifics of compliance
up to the individual states, such as West Virginia, where most leaders are
stuck in a 20th century mindset.
EPA is having hearings around the country, including this
Thursday in Pittsburgh
Show the EPA you want Climate
Action Now! The Sierra Club has Climate
Action Buses leaving from towns in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania
early on the morning of July 31, this Thursday. The buses will arrive in Pittsburgh while one of
the hearings is going on there, delivering you to a noon Climate Action Now
rally right near the hearing location. The hearing is at the William S. Moorhead Federal
Building, Room #1310, 1000 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh (map)
Unless you have already registered to testify, all
the spots are taken. However, you do not have to speak at the hearing to take
the bus. Sierra Club will be taking video testimony outside the hearing in
order to submit that to the EPA.
Buses
depart from Cleveland OH
(stopping in Akron), Columbus
OH (the Wheeling,
WV stop has been cancelled), WV Bus (Leaving
Charleston 6AM stopping in Weston, Clarksburg,
and Morgantown WV),
Harrisburg PA, State College PA
If you plan to ride the West Virginia
bus originating in Charleston,
please call Sierra Club’s Bill Price at 304 389 8822 to reserve your
seat. Spots are filling up quickly.
Here’s
the Charleston-Pittsburgh schedule:
Charleston: 5:15 AM Departure from Kanawha Mall, McCorkle Ave., Kanawha City; please arrive by 5 AM
Weston:
7 AM Departure from the Market Place Mall/Shopping Center; get there by 6:45 AM
Clarksburg: 8 AM Departure from the
Meadowbrook Mall; get there by 7:45 AM
Morgantown: 9 AM Departure from the
Morgantown Mall; get there by 8:45 AM
Bus
will depart Pittsburgh
at approximately 6 PM for return trip.
Whether you’re going to Pittsburgh or not, please tell the EPA to
retain the good parts of the proposal, such as promoting efficiency and
renewable energy, drop the dirty fuels support, and put some real teeth in the
rules. EPA has already heard
from nearly 300,000 people. Please comment
online. Written
comments are due by October 16.
Come to Pittsburgh.
It
doesn’t matter where you live, global warming impacts you. And it
certainly matters what we do about it as a nation.
Thanks.
Chuck Wyrostok
Outreach Organizer
Sierra Club, WV Chapter
T: 877 252 0257
E. outreach@marcellus-wv.com
www.marcellus-wv.com
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