~ MonteSite

Potential profits of 100s of new plants are buying next week’s House vote.

please go here and sign moveon.org’s petition

http://pol.moveon.org/cleanairact/

while i’m not a big fan of Move On, they have made it too easy not to pass up this opportunity to send a message.
Do them one better and send an email, snail mail, or a phone call to your Rep.

Congress is voting on the big energy bill next week.
But the latest version of the energy bill would repeal a key part of the Clean Air Act -
arguably the most important environmental law in American history.

Big coal companies want to revoke President Obama’s authority to crack down on global warming pollution
from their dirty power plants — and they’re on the verge of winning.

If they succeed, the oldest and dirtiest coal plants could keep destroying the climate for years to come.
And this change could pave the way for 100 new coal plants,
which would pollute our communities with smog, soot, mercury, and global warming pollution.

I signed a petition urging Congress not to repeal this Clean Air Act provision.
Can you join me at the link above?

Sources:

1. “EPA urged to act on climate, not wait for Congress,” Associated Press, May 18, 2009

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gFfOn9fGm50O9nEQAVTgGHUiK_pwD988OG100

H.R.2454

American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (Introduced in House)

Library of Congress, May 15, 2009

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.2454:

2. “Stopping the Coal Rush,” Sierra Club

“Find up to date status information about proposed coal plants across the country.”

http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp

3. “Taking on King Coal,” Time,

BRYAN WALSH Wednesday, Nov. 05, 2008

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1856987,00.html