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HOT-LINK HEADLINES
NC WARN PETITIONS NC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO REVOKE CLIFFSIDE CERTIFICATE 24 organizations support effort.
EPA RELEASES LIST OF 44 MOST DANGEROUS COAL ASH PILES 10 belong to Duke Energy.
CANARY COALITION TAKES TOWN OF SYLVA TO COURT For Jackson Paper zoning ordinance modification
2009 RELAY FOR CLEAN AIR, AUGUST 29 Sign up to walk, run, bike or volunteer as a support worker for this annual protest on the Blue Ridge Parkway between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Asheville. email or call 828-631-3447.
CANARY COALITION ELECTS NEW BOARD MEMBERS
At the June 25 annual membership meeting
the ballots were counted for this year's Board election.
The results were as follows:
Dot Sulock 43 Jonathan Bentley 42 Jean Larson 42 Melissa
Davis
39
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Marsha Hammond 31
Dot,
Jonathan and Jean retain their positions. Melissa Davis becomes a new Board
member and Marsha becomes an alternate Board member. Welcome Melissa. We
look forward to working with you.
Marsha,
thank you for your years of service on the Board and we hope you'll continue
to be involved with the organization.
Also, at the meeting Avram Friedman delivered the 2009 State of the Canary Address. |
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"Clean Coal" Debate: Duke Energy vs. Canary Coalition
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Dear Governor Perdue: STOP CLIFFSIDE!
NO MORE COAL! Point sheet on Cliffside HAPS permit from Southern Environmental Law Center |
Write or call newly-elected North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue and tell her to: - Fire Division of Air Quality Chief Administrator Keith Overcash and replace him with someone who will fight for clean air rather than for polluting industries.
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Duke Energy's REAL "Green" Power Initiative in North Carolina:
$744,000 in political campaign contributions
Related News Stories: Press conference to release report, Feb. 5, 11:30 A.M.(audio file) Raleigh News & Observer article Asheville Citizen-Times article McClatchy News Service article Charlotte Business Journal article Triangle Busness Journal article
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Grassroots Groups and Bicycle Brigade Deliver Message to DAQ Offices in North Carolina "STOP CLIFFSIDE!"
Left, Jill D. Rios, of Interfaith Power & Light (a program of the NC Council of Churches) hands a letter from nine organizations to Brandon Davey, Regional Supervisor of DAQ. The letter outlines the demand for DAQ to deny permission for Duke Energy to continue construction on its new coal-burning power plant at Cliffside, North Carolina. Right, demonstrators line up to oppose Cliffside. |
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to Stop Cliffside Western North Carolina Alliance joins the Boycott
Every Sunday at 9pm, turn off all lights and place an LED candle in a window, for fifteen minutes in solidarity with:
Appalachian Coalition for Just and Sustainable Communities, Appalachian Institute for Renewable Energy, Asheville Bioneers, Asheville Rising Tide, Canary Coalition, Carolinas Clean Air Coalition, Common Cause NC Global Warming Task Force of Henderson County, Moms Against Mercury, Mountain Voices Alliance, NC Interfaith Power & Light (a program of the NC Council of Churches), NC Waste Awareness and Reduction Network (NC WARN) Nuclear Information and Resource Service, The Peace and Environmental Justice Team of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Rainforest Action Network, Southern Energy Network, Wenoca Sierra Group and
Western
North Carolina Alliance (WNCA)
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Eight Arrested at Cliffside |
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On November 30, 2007, the Canary Coalition conducted its latest field trip to the TVA Pilot Wind Project at Buffalo Mountain, Tennessee for legislators, local government officials and community leaders. |
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Download, sign and circulate this petition to Stop Cliffside
Download and print NO MORE COAL! return address-size labels and paste them on your utility bill every month (requires Avery 8167 mailing labels or you can print on regular paper, cut and use scotch tape )
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Citizens Hearings on Cliffside held in Charlotte, Asheville and Raleigh |
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North Carolina's 2007 Senate Bill 3 What needs to be done to reverse it's provisions by Avram Friedman |
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Images of the 2007 Relay for Clean Air |
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2007 State of the Canary Address
Sustainable Energy Council of WNC A true community-based energy task force
Take the WNC Residential Energy Survey Help compile important data to create a sustainable, renewable energy future
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Membership Drive Clean air is a civil rights issue and the Canary Coalition is building a movement.
Join now by sending your contact information to info@canarycoalition.org
Donations may be sent to: Canary Coalition PO Box 653 Sylva, NC 28779
Volunteers Needed for upcoming events, email us
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special legal fund has been set up to fight the Woodfin Power Plant. Donations may be sent to:
"Woodfin Legal Fund" |
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Two people from Rising Tide scaled the pole and hijacked this billboard outside Asheville to protest the proposed power plant in Woodfin |
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Jean Larson, William Letman, and Avram Friedman met with NC Representative Bruce Goforth and other legislators on March 28 during their lobbying excursion to Raleigh |
NAACP and Canary Coalition members team up to lobby for civil rights issues The People's Agenda: |
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Creating
a New Political Atmosphere in North Carolina and Beyond By
Avram Friedman, Executive Director of the Canary Coalition |
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Energy Future Resolution Presented to NC Legislators Grassroots show strength as lawmakers listen and press looks on to report event.
Local ABC affiliate in western North Carolina WLOS-TV camera focuses on speakers at the press conference. The Asheville Citizen-Times, Mountain Xpress, Asheville Global Report and other news media were present. |
NC legislators Susan Fisher, Bruce Goforth and Martin Nesbitt receive almost 4000 signatures on the NC Energy Future Resolution at the press conference in Asheville on January 8.
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Letter Writing Campaign When paying your next power bill, enclose a letter promoting efficiency, conservation and renewables, while opposing new coal and nuclear plants. |
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Think nuclear energy is the answer to global warming and air pollution? Read this |
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A Statewide Public Transportation Proposal for North Carolina |
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North Carolinians Taking a Hard Look at Wind Energy
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Canary Coalition Calls for Reform of the NC Division of Air Quality Action Alert call/write legislators in support of DAQ reform campaign DAQ reform point sheet and contact info other legislative air quality agenda items: |
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The Canary Coalition General Position Paper the mission statement and positions on important air quality issues |
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NC GreenPower How green is it? The Canary Coalition endorses the residential program, but gives thumbs down to the industrial program. |
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by Abby Hylton
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Ultrarunner Will Harlan Completes Smokies Run for Clean Air The Story Behind the Great Smokies End to End Run of 2003 Where I ran and What I ran for
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The Canary Coalition is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in western North Carolina. All donations are tax deductable. Join us today by sending your contact information to info@canarycoalition.org
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The Canary Coalition
Central Office location: 1286 West Main Street Sylva, NC 28779
Mailing Address: Canary Coalition
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