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Eight Arrested at Cliffside |
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Mobilize 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, 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, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Rainforest Action Network, Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville, Southern Energy Network, Wenoca Sierra Group |
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| Despite frigid temperatures reaching down to 10 degrees F, a sizeable determined crowd gathered at Pritchard Park in Asheville, North Carolina on Sunday night, January 20, for the LED candle-light vigil to kick off the Boycott to stop Cliffside and all new coal and nuclear plants. Environmental and community organizations throughout the state are promoting the boycott, asking people to turn off their lights for fifteen minutes in solidarity on Sunday nights at 9pm while placing a battery-powered LED candle in a window. The organizing groups are working to make the effort continue and grow each Sunday. People can participate at their own homes or join others who are planning candlelight parties and rallies at restaurants, halls and homes around the state. The groups are also asking people to divest from corporations, banks and other lending institutions that have major investments in new coal and nuclear plants. | |||
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On November 30, 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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NC Senate Bill 3:What went wrong and how to fix it 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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Canary Coalition Releases Buncombe Public Disclosure Findings 2nd "wave" of records received after Attorney General contacts County "Lease Option" signed with Progress Energy in March, 2005 without proper authority.
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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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Outrage in Western North Carolina Over Proposed Oil-Burning Power Plant Buncombe County Commissioners Avoid Public Involvement Canary Coalition pursues legal action against possible violation of Open Meetings and Public Disclosure Laws |
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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
Avram Friedman, Executive Director
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