Volume VI, #112 | |
"Our best way forward is to get out of the oil industry as best we can."
-- Michael McElroy, author of a new study on wind energy, Harvard University professor In this issue 1) Take Action: No Dirty Fuels in the Defense Authorization Bill 1) Take Action: No Dirty Fuels in the Defense Authorization Bill These proponents are also taking aim at "Section 526," a provision in the recently passed energy bill that prohibits federal agencies from spending taxpayer dollars on purchasing contracts for dirty fuels that would increase global warming pollution. Tell Congress to reject incentives for liquid coal and to preserve section 526! 2) Take Action: Oil Companies, Stay Out of Polar Bear Habitat This lease sale auctioned off 30 million acres of prime polar bear habitat, off the coast of northwest Alaska, for destructive oil and gas drilling. More dirty oil will only exacerbate the problem of global warming and accelerate the Arctic melt. Shell should be investing its $100 million in clean energy that will last and create new jobs, not on squeezing the last bit of dirty oil out of our most fragile ecosystem Tell the Board of Directors of Shell Oil that the Polar Bears Seas are to important to drill. 3) Mercury: Sierra Club Launches New Effort to Cut Pollution As part of the effort, almost 30 new coal plants in 15 states across the country will be held accountable for skirting public health protections and failing to properly control toxic pollution like mercury. Learn more about the dangers of mercury pollution and find out if your state will be affected. 4) New Study: Wind Powered Nation Could Be Reality In fact, Texas alone could produce 21 times the power it needs. Learn more about the potential for clean energy.
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