Stop the Coal Rush
SEEDS took part in one of 12 press conferences around Michigan — all sending the same urgent message: No More Coal Plants in Michigan until the state enacts a clean energy policy! It’s urgent for one simple reason: Michigan is looking at proposals for at least seven more new or expanded coal plants. The state has never seen anything like this.
Moving to so much coal so quickly—without a clear plan in place first for renewable energy, energy efficiency, consumer protections, and standards for CO2 emissions, which the Supreme Court confirms is pollution—will seriously harm Michigan’s economy and the environment.
It will keep Michigan locked in the energy dark ages, hold back the development of the state’s clean energy industry and the good jobs that come with it, and add to global warming.
Please join a powerful, statewide push that propels Michigan into the 21st century. The first step is simple: Sign the petition at www.nocoalrush.com right now, please.
We need 150,000 signatures in the next few days, so after you sign up (the ZIP code helps us route your message to your legislators).
Specifically, the petition asks state legislators to please Stop the Coal Rush by forbidding any new coal-burning permits until Michigan has an aggressive Clean Energy Plan that:
- Requires energy providers to get 20 percent of their power from renewables by 2020.
- Requires utility-funded energy efficiency programs to cut energy consumption by 1 percent per year.
- Protects consumers from absorbing skyrocketing future coal-burning costs.
- Develop new standards for regulating CO2 greenhouse gas emissions.
Time is of the essence. Please go to www.nocoalrush.com right now, sign on. THANKS!