Volunteers needed to help out April 13Just to make sure this is appropriate for Mpls Issues, note that the Xcel Riverside coal burning plant is in Mpls. If you want a sign but can't make the event, see the contact at the end of the message.
CLEAN ENERGY NOW Join the fight to clean up dirty, coalburning power plants! Attend our Lawn Sign Launch Saturday, April 13th, 11 am Harriet Island, Pedestrian Gateway Come join us for free refreshments-- Speakers include representatives from the Sierra Club; Minnesotans for an Energy Efficient Economy; Representatives Mariani, Kahn, Hausman; Senator Anderson, and (possibly) Senator Wellstone. Live music by the Eddies! Learn about key legislation and activities which will influence our air and water quality for generations to come! Pick up a Clean Energy Now lawn sign ($2 suggested donation) Clean Energy Now is a coalition of concerned neighborhood and environmental groups working to clean up the Metro-area coalburning plants. 75% of Minnesota�s electricity comes from coal, the dirtiest of all fuels. Cleaning up Minnesota�s coal-fired plants would reduce pollution equivalent to that emitted by 2/3 of all the cars registered in Minnesota! Coal-fired plants are the single largest source of air pollution in the United States, emitting toxins like mercury, which poisons air, land, and lakes, and can cause brain damage in fetuses -- and in young children who eat fish caught in those lakes. Other pollutants from coalburning plants include nitrogen oxides, which cause smog and acid rain; sulphur dioxide, which also causes acid rain and generates particulate matter -- a source of asthma, strokes, and heart attacks; and carbon dioxide, which causes global warming that may trigger an increase in disastrous floods, droughts, hurricanes and tornadoes. Tell your legislators that over thirty years of exemption from modern clean air standards is enough! Public health should not be sacrificed for private profit! To order a sign if you can't attend, contact Andrea Kiepe Energy Program Organizer Clean Water Action Alliance 326 Hennepin Avenue E. Minneapolis, MN 55414 (612) 623-3666 phone (612) 623-3354 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fran Guminga Bottineau _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
