"Clean coal." Sound familiar? You hear from industry everyday how great coal is, how available coal is, and how clean it is. It sounds too good to be true...and it is.
Lee Sprague, Sierra Club Clean Energy Campaign Manager, will educate us on what is really happening in Michigan regarding plans for building many new coal-fired power plants and the serious challenges this poses to Michigan's economy, our health, our long term energy future, and our environment.
Coal-fired power plants are the largest single source of carbon dioxide in Michigan, a major contributor to global warming. Coal plant emissions add mercury to our fish and cause asthma and acid rain, while mining coal has devastating impacts on communities, habitat, and water quality.
Weak regulations and expected federal limits on the emission of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide have led to a rush to get 8 new coal plants approved in Michigan now, even though the state won't need any additional electric generating capacity for many years to come.
You've heard their side. Come and hear ours...and yours.
Sue Kelly, political chair of the Michigan chapter of the Sierra Club, says Sprague's presentation will be Wednesday (Sept. 10, 2008) at the Brighton District Library, 100 Library Dr., Brighton
The program is free, and the public is welcome
Persons wishing more information may call Sue Kelly at (810) 227-9563.
1 comment:
"Clean Coal" is an oxymoron. We had to dissect a website that contained misleading information for a college class. The clean coal website was my target, with plenty of fodder. They actual changed some of it after I posted comments to them about all their lies. They had to explain that coal isn't exactly clean but that the emissions from it are collected.
I'm starting to feel that we live in a country that is going to need "Radio Free America" soon. We no longer get the truth anywhere. Stick to BBC news.
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