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The Canary Coalition

a grassroots clean air movement

We all have the right to breathe clean air!

 

Today's Ozone Forecast for NC

 

Hundreds of business members listed alphabetically by state, city...

 

Watch this excellent short video

from Amory Lovins and the Rocky Mountain Institute:

 

 

 

READ THIS REPORT

 

 

Report:  Cliffside permit hearing in Charlotte

 

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The NC Division of Air Quality refused to hold a public hearing in Charlotte, the most populated region within North Carolina directly downwind of Duke Energy's Cliffside coal-burning power plant.  So, the Stop-Cliffside Coalition organized a hearing at the Government Center in Charlotte to provide the opportunity for this population to be heard.

 

The Executive Director of the Canary Coalition, Avram Friedman speaks in Charlotte at the Cliffside Permit Hearing. 

2010 Fundraising Drive

In appreciation for a donation to the Canary Coalition of $50 or more you'll get this powerful tool for air quality and climate activism.

This attractive steel pen is also a 1 gigabyte flash drive.

It is pre-loaded with:

- an inspiring 12-minute video about the Canary Coalition

- a library of air quality, climate change, renewable technology and transportation information

- a 15-minute Power Point presentation you can show at public forums or to friends.

- And there is still about half a gigabyte of space for music, pictures, documents, or whatever data you choose to store. 

Please send donations to:

 

The Canary Coalition

PO  Box 653

Sylva, NC 28779

  

The Canary Coalition is a grassroots effort funded 100% by voluntary contributions from its members, the people who believe in our work. We accept no contributions from polluting industrial interests, grant foundations funded by polluting industries or any other source that might create a conflict of interest and compromise our standards of public health or environmental activism.

 

 

 

Why I chose to get arrested at Governor Perdue's Mansion in Raleigh

Avram Friedman, Executive Director of the Canary Coalition

 

 

photos courtesy of Greenpeace

HOT-LINK HEADLINES

The Canary Coalition's Open Letter to NC Governor Perdue in Protest of Cliffside Permit Process
The NC Division of Air Quality once again caters to the needs of Duke Energy and announces that the only public hearing on the final Cliffside permit will be held in Forest City, on a working week night, inaccessible to most concerned citizens of North Carolina.

Watch Dr. James Hansen being interviewed by David Letterman about climate change

 

Four arrested trying to stop generator travelling to Cliffside
Two non-violent protesters threatened with tasers.

Global Mobilization around the events of Dec. 11-13 in Copenhagen

The Story of Cap and Trade
Great short video

 

GROUNDSWELL OF PUBLIC OPPOSITION ROLLS THROUGH FRANKLIN, NC, AT CLIFFSIDE RATE-HIKE HEARING

Standing room-only crowd greets NC Utilities Commission in Macon County Courthouse.

View some of the testimony.

 

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE

2009 RELAY FOR CLEAN AIR, AUGUST 29

 

MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL COAL MINING: MIKE ROSELLE TALKS WITH NED DOYLE ON WNCW PUBLIC RADIO'S "OUR SOUTHERN COMMUNITY" 

SECTION 1

SECTION 2

 

EPA RELEASES LIST OF 44 MOST DANGEROUS COAL ASH PILES

10 belong to Duke Energy.

 

"Clean Coal" Debate: Duke Energy vs. Canary Coalition


On March 28, Duke Energy's Tom Williams debated Avram Friedman, the Executive Director of the Canary Coalition, on the role of "Clean Coal" in meeting future energy demand while addressing the climate change crisis and other health and environmental impacts. The event was sponsored by the Four Seasons Sierra Committee of Hendersonville, NC. The one-hour debate is now posted on the internet via YouTube in seven segments. Below, is the first segment and links to the other six.




2nd segment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd4UcY9fcXQ


3rd segment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUI4bcCmCCw


4th segment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNuqUn-eOus


5th segment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXVGuB5Augw


6th segment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuX0OP74Hv4


7th segment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IWQ7if1WQs


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.


- Direct the DAQ to pull the Cliffside construction permit for violation of federal standards on Hazardous Air Pollutants and Carbon Dioxide emissions.


- Direct the Utilities Commission to implement inverted, tiered rate restructuring to reduce statewide energy consumption.

Honorable Governor Beverly Perdue
Office of the Governor
20301 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-0301


1-800-662-7952 valid in North Carolina only
(919)733-4240, or (919)733-5811.
Fax: (919)715-3175 or (919)733-2120

 

governor.office@lists.nc.gov

REPORT:

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

Charlotte Observer article

Asheville Citizen-Times article

McClatchy News Service article

Charlotte Business Journal article

MSMoney.com article

Triangle Busness Journal article

 

Air Quality in Your Child's School

Ratepayers Mobilize 

to Stop Cliffside

Weekly boycott action

is growing

Western North Carolina Alliance joins the Boycott

latest press release

 

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)

 

Eight Arrested at Cliffside

The Canary Coalition Response to the Press

Canary Coalition Statement in Response 

to DAQ Approval of Cliffside Expansion Title V permit

MODEL COUNTY WIND ORDINANCE

A Trip to Buffalo Mountain

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.

Tell Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers to abandon Cliffside-

NC WARN organizes campaign

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 )

Click on this banner to buy LED household light bulbs that use 85% less energy than incandescents, last 60,000 hours, contain no mercury and can be used with dimmer switches. 10% of the purchase price will go toward supporting the Canary Coalition.

Plasma LED

North Carolina's 2007 Senate Bill 3

A big step backwards

What needs to be done to reverse it's provisions

by Avram Friedman

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

 

 Join the online discussion group

 

 

Two people from Rising Tide scaled the pole and hijacked this billboard outside Asheville to protest the proposed power plant in Woodfin 

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:

14 Points

Creating a New Political Atmosphere in North Carolina and Beyond

 By Avram Friedman, Executive Director of the Canary Coalition

Letter Writing Campaign

When paying your next power bill, enclose a letter promoting efficiency, conservation and renewables, while opposing new coal and nuclear plants.

sample letter

 

 

Think nuclear energy is the answer to global warming and air pollution?  Read this

 

Energy at the Crossroads Tour

 A Statewide Public Transportation Proposal for North Carolina

North Carolinians Taking a Hard Look at Wind Energy

 

Pictures and Report

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:

Volunteer Opportunities With the Canary Coalition

The Canary Coalition General Position Paper

the mission statement and positions on important air quality issues

NC GreenPower

How green is it?

The Canary Coalition endorses the residential program, but gives thumbs down to the industrial program.

Read Why

Air Pollution's

Effects on Athletes

by Abby Hylton

 

Download NC Wind Power Petition

Download Fact Sheets

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

by Will Harlan

 

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

 

The Canary Coalition

 

Central Office location:

1286 West Main Street

Sylva, NC 28779

 

Mailing Address:

Canary Coalition
P.O. Box 653
Sylva, NC 28779


Toll Free phone: (866) 4-CANARY
Phone: (828) 631-3447


email :

info@canarycoalition.org

 

 


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