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While the public should not have to rely on its own eternal vigilance to see that anti-pollution laws get enforced, it is true that an awakened local citizenry will always be needed to support the tough stands officials will have to take to get the water clean.
- David Zwick, Water Wasteland, 1972
Get involved: help to assure clean, safe and affordable water, prevent pollution at its source, and hold your elected officials accountable. Take action on issues at the national level or in your areas.
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National
- Tell your Representative and Senators To Support The Clean Water Restoration Act!
The Clean Water Act was passed in 1972 to protect all the nation's waters. However, the Bush Administration, at the urging of special interests, has interpreted the law to apply only to some bodies of water. This is not what the law intended or what the American people want.
The bi-partisan Clean Water Restoration Act (H.R. 2421 and S. 1870) is closer than ever to passing in the House. This legislation restates and clarifies the original intent of the Clean Water Act -- to protect all waters of the United States.
Take Action: Tell your Representative and Senators to support the Clean Water Restoration Act!
- Sign a petition to support the Clean Water Restoration Act
The petition will be used to support Clean Water Action's direct efforts to help get this bill passed.
- Climate Action Pledge
Pledge to take personal action to reduce your household's global warming impacts by two percent or more in the year ahead.
California
- Don't Divert More Water From The Tuolumne River
The Tuolumne River, which provides 85% of the drinking water for 2.4 million San Francisco Bay area residents, is a natural wonder, offering recreational opportunities, supporting a diverse biological community, and providing fresh water flows to the San Joaquin River and the Delta.
However, like most California rivers, the Tuolumne is in crisis. Sixty percent of the river’s natural flow is diverted for urban and agricultural uses, and several fish species are in decline.
Unfortunately, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) wants to increase diversions from this scenic river.
Take Action: Sign a petition to oppose more diversions from the Tuolumne and to help the Bay Area become a leader in the sustainability of its resources.
- Help make sure California has a strong Green Chemistry Initiative
Did you know that there are approximately 80,000 chemicals in commercial use but that for most of them, we have done little or no testing for their potential health or environmental impacts?
Safer alternatives do exist and right now the California Environmental Protection Agency is studying the best ways make that happen.
Take Action: Send a letter to the Director of the California Department of Toxic Substance Control and let her know that any green chemistry initiative needs to include both incentives to phase out the use of toxic chemicals and strong regulations require the use of less-toxic alternatives that will protect our health and environment.
Connecticut
- Urge Your Legislator to Support HB 5601 Banning Toxic Chemicals In Children's Products!
Over 200 diseases and disorders are now linked to toxic chemicals in our products, homes, workplaces, and communities. Some chemicals of concern are used to make children's products ranging from baby bottles to tea sets and jewelry. The federal system to regulate these chemicals is broken, and currently allows hazardous chemicals to remain in commerce and even in products designed for our youngest and most vulnerable.
Safer alternatives exist for many chemicals of concern, and should be used whenever feasible. With HB 5601 the Connecticut State Legislature has the opportunity to safeguard our economy and our health by taking action on this issue. Take Action: Urge your legislator to support HB 5601 banning toxic chemicals in children's products!
- Urge Governor Rell to Support Safer Alternatives to Toxic Chemicals
Over 200 diseases and disabilities are now linked to toxins in our everyday environments. Toxic chemicals and heavy metals are widely used in manufacturing and threaten health and child development. Many types of cancer, as well as learning disabilities, asthma, infertility, Parkinson's Disease, brain damage and birth defects are now linked to the toxic substances found in our daily environments.
Safer alternatives exist for many chemicals of concern, and others can be developed with the right resources. The European Union has banned approximately 1,400 of the most toxic chemicals, and Connecticut companies will need to transition to safer alternatives to stay viable in the global market.
Governor Rell has the opportunity to safeguard our economy and our health by taking action on this issue. Take Action Now: Urge Gov. Rell to support safer alternatives to toxic chemicals
- Act Now to Stop Global Warming
A recently released study by the Union of Concerned Scientists and more than 50 independent scientific experts shows that if global warming goes unchecked by late this century, summers in large parts of Connecticut could resemble sweltering summers today in Georgia.Without strong action on global warming Connecticut could face the following:
- Health: By late century, Hartford is projected to experience nearly 30 days over 100°F every summer, increasing ozone smog days and health risks for its most vulnerable residents.
- Coastlines: What is now considered a catastrophic once-in-a-century coastal flood in New London and Groton could, by late century, occur as frequently as once every 17 years.
- Fisheries: If high emissions continue, the Long Island Sound lobster population is expected to collapse entirely by mid-century.
Members of the U.S. House and Senate must hear from citizens that they cannot compromise our future by passing a bill that doesn't actually solve the problem. Ask your Senators and Representative to support the Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act in the U.S. Senate (S. 309), and the Safe Climate Act (H.R. 1590).
Florida
- Tell St. Petersburg City Officials You Want Curbside Recycling Now!
You've seen the results of Clean Water Action's member survey. Now it's your turn to make your voice heard!
Take action: Please send an e-mail to St. Petersburg's Mayor and City Council and let them know why curbside recycling is important to you. We have provided some draft talking points to help make it easy. Let's keep the pressure on!
- Hold The Line Needs You!
Miami-Dade County Commissioners will make a final decision on April 24, 2008 whether to approve three applications which seek to move the County's Urban Development Boundary (UDB) or whether to deny them to protect the public interest.
Please contact your County Commissioners and tell them to deny all applications in order to protect our economy, our water supply and our quality of life.
The HTL campaign was gratified that the state of Florida recently objected to the County Commission's preliminary approval of these applications citing insufficient water supply, increased traffic congestion and school overcrowding that would damage quality of life for South Floridians.
We need your help today to stop this development near Florida's Everglades! Please personalize our sample letter to let your Commissioner know why preventing sprawl in Miami-Dade County is important to you.
Take Action: Personalize a letter for hand delivery by Clean Water Action to your County Commissioner.
Maryland
- Urge Gov. O'Malley to Veto Delaying the Phosphate Ban
Used for decades as an ingredient in dishwasher detergent, phosphates cause the speeding up of the natural aging process of a body of water, choking off life with algae growth. They are a significant cause of "dead zones" in the Chesapeake Bay. Phosphates are bad for water quality, and they are bad for the Chesapeake Bay.
Recently, the Maryland legislature was lobbied, through the power of the detergent industry, into passing legislation that delays by six months the banning of phosphates in dishwasher detergent.
Please personalize the message to Governor O'Malley now -- Urge him to veto the delay of the phosphates ban. We need to clean up the Bay and other Maryland waterways now!
Massachusetts
- Stop Speculative Coal Power Proposal for Somerset
Global warming is staring us straight in the face and Massachusetts has responded by taking real steps to reduce global warming pollution from power plants and other sources. We must continue this progress by investing in innovative solutions that build a cleaner energy future for our children, not by pushing projects that continue our dependence on dirty fossil fuels.
In Somerset, Massachusetts, the NRG corporation has proposed to significantly extend the life of one our state's oldest, dirtiest coal-fired power plants by converting to a new technology called coal gasification. This proposal would actually increase the amount of greenhouse gas emissions released into the air and would be a big step backward. Unfortunately, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has given the project draft approval.
Take Action: Tell officials to force the plant to shut down or conduct a full-scale environmental review of the project under the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act
- Say No To New Coal Subsidies
The Green Communities Act, passed by the Massachuesetts House on November 15, 2007, has the potential to put energy efficiency and clean, renewable energy at the heart of new energy policy. It is a bold next step on the road to climate friendly energy legislation that will address our energy problems, reduce global warming from power plants and buildings, and launch our state into the forefront of the energy debate nationally.
But the bill also includes provisions that call for the use of public money to subsidize coal gasification technologies which will increase greenhouse gas emissions.
New or retrofitted power plants running on gassified coal produced without permanent sequestration - the mass capture and permanent storage of carbon dioxide (C02) - will actually exceed average global warming pollution emissions rate in New England. Given that this type of mass storage of CO2 has not been proven, and may not be for several years, it does not make sense to direct public incentives toward fossil fuel technologies when there are still significant untapped opportunities to invest in clean, renewable resources and energy efficiency. Read testimony about the bill by the Massachusetts Climate Coalition.
- Support Safer Alternatives to Toxic Chemicals
More than 1/3 of the U.S. population is suffering from a range of chronic diseases, including cancers, asthma, learning and developmental disabilities, birth defects, endometriosis, diabetes, ALS ("Lou Gehrig's Disease), Parkinson's disease, and others. Find out more about how these toxic chemicals to this epidemic of diseases and disorders.
Michigan
- Stop More Dangerous Coal Plant Emissions!
Global warming is the most significant environmental and humanitarian emergency that our planet has ever faced and the Governor's leadership is critical at this pivotal moment in our fight.
Our state is threatened with an onslaught of at least seven new dirty coal-fired power plants that will keep Michigan locked in the energy dark ages, dependent on imported fossil fuels and producing more dangerous global warming pollution.
But we can fight back. The Governor can continue her leadership in the fight for clean energy by ordering the Department of Environmental Quality to crack down on dangerous global warming pollution.
- Protect Michigan's Children from Toxic Chemicals
As the recent toy recalls demonstrate, our nation's system for regulating chemicals in everyday products is broken. And those chemicals are ending up in our environment and in our bodies.
The Michigan Legislature has taken an initial step to protect kids by passing a package of legislation (HB 4132 & 4399; SB 174) that penalizes retailers for selling children's products with lead levels exceeding the lenient federal recall limits. That's a good start, but its not just kids' products, and it's not just lead.
There are safer alternatives already widely in use. Tell your Representative, Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon, and Representative Rebekah Warren, Chair of the House Great Lakes & Environment Committee that now is the time to protect Michigan's children from toxic chemicals. - Tell Your Legislator: Stop The Coal Rush and Move Michigan Into a Clean Energy Future
Michigan's energy future is in the crosshairs. Our state is threatened with an onslaught of at least seven more dirty coal-fired power plants that will keep Michigan locked in the energy dark ages, dependent on imported fossil fuels and producing more dangerous global warming pollution. More outdated dirty coal plants will hamper the development of clean energy and the good paying jobs that come with it.
But the Legislature can stop this from happening now by passing a no new coal plant policy until Michigan has a strong clean energy plan! Take Action Now: Tell your legislators No More Coal Plants
- Oppose Thirsty States
Right now, some Michigan politicians are proposing large quantities of Michigan's rivers and streams be made available to send to places like Las Vegas, Arizona or even China.
Maybe these politicians don't realize that our streams, lakes and aquifers -- our drinking water sources -- are all connected in the Great Lakes system. Or maybe they care more about corporate lobbyists who want to profit from selling the Great Lakes.
We need your voice to protect our lakes. Tell Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop to stand-up to the international corporate lobbyists that want to take our water.
- Protect Our Great Lakes
Lake levels are dropping, fresh water is in short supply around the world, and global climate change is a mounting threat to the Great Lakes--which means we need the strongest laws on the books to keep Great Lakes waters here in Michigan!
New legislation would give Michiganders solid control over Great Lakes waters and where they go. Send a message to your legislators and urge them to support this crucial package of legislation. Your e-mail is vital to our victory. Your voice counts! - Help stop the dumping of Canadian and out-of-state trash in Michigan
Canada and other states continue to flood Michigan with their garbage because it's dirt cheap to dump here. In 2005, 6.2 million tons of Canadian and out-of-state trash were dumped in Michigan!
That's 100,000 tons more than in 2004. Nearly one-third of all the garbage in our landfills comes from outside Michigan and it comes here for two simple reasons:
1) We're the cheapest dumping ground in the region; and
2) We have too much landfill space.
You can help fight the trashing of our beautiful state! Write your State Senator and Representative today and urge them to stop the flood of trash into Michigan!
Minnesota
- Tell manufacturers that you don't believe BPA belongs in baby bottles.
The chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is a developmental, neural and reproductive toxin and is found in the majority of baby bottles on the market. This week the Canadian and U.S. governments issued warnings on the safety of BPA. The U.S. government's National Toxicology Program issued a new report which found BPA may play a role in a host of common health problems, including prostate cancer, breast cancer, and early puberty. They stated that, "the possibility that bisphenol A may alter human development cannot be dismissed."
Is this a chemical we want to be exposing our children to? Tell manufacturers that you don't believe BPA belongs in baby bottles.
Take Action: Tell manufacturers that you don't believe BPA belongs in baby bottles.
- Protect Minnesota's Kids From Toxic Chemicals in Baby Bottles and Toys
As The Today Show show recently reported, some chemicals used in children's products pose health risks. Two toxic chemicals, bisphenol A and phthalates, are commonly found in plastic baby bottles and toys labeled 3 or 7. These chemicals stand out as a particular threat because exposure is widespread and they are well known reproductive and hormone disruptors. We know children are particularly vulnerable to toxic chemical exposure. That's why these toxins should not be in children's products.
The Safer Children's Products bill phases out the use of bisphenol A and phthalates in products for children three and younger. Please contact your state legislators and ask them to support the Safer Children's Products bill.
Act Now: Help make toys and bottles safer for our kids!
- Protect our health from toxic flame retardants
A toxic flame retardant -- deca-PBDE --is widely used in TVs, computers and other products. Exposure to this chemical can cause a variety of harmful health problems such as cancer as well as neurological and reproductive damage.
This toxic flame retardant is not necessary and should be phased out of products. Safer alternatives that meet fire safety standards currently exist and are already being used by many companies. Alternatives include: product redesign, self-extinguishing plastics and use of less toxic chemicals.
Take Action: Tell your Senator to support the Toxic Flame Retardant bill which phases out this harmful and unnecessary chemical.
- Act Now to Stop Global Warming
Global warming will have dramatic impacts on people, plants and wildlife. We need to act now to prevent devastation to our quality of life.
The Safe Climate Act of 2007 (H.R.1590) and Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act (S.309) require the U.S. to take immediate action to reduce global warming pollution. Tell Senator Coleman to support this important legislation. - Petition for safe water and PFC clean-up
The drinking water of over 67,000 Minnesota residents is contaminated by toxic chemicals known as PFCs. Three types of PFCs (PFOS, PFOA, and PFBA) pollute the municipal water systems and private wells of eight communities in Minnesota, the Mississippi River and the Chain of Lakes, and six separate states around the country.
These chemicals are persistent, toxic and bio-accumulate in both human and animal tissue. PFOA and PFOS cause a variety of adverse health impacts such as birth defects, a weakened immune system, and hormone disruption. Studies have found PFOA causes liver cancer, testicular cancer and may cause other types of cancer, such as breast cancer. Sign the petition today! Declare that you support safe drinking water for all residents who have PFCs in their water. - Protect our water at Big Stone Lake
Plans for a new coal plant -- Big Stone II -- near Milbank, South Dakota call for using billions of gallons of water.
This threatens Big Stone Lake and takes us in the wrong direction. We should, instead, be using clean, abundant, renewable energy to meet our needs - avoiding damage to our air and water. Take action now or learn more about Big Stone II.
New Jersey
- Tell Gov. Corzine To Stop the Budget Madness and Invest in New Jersey's Future
New Jersey is at an historic crossroads. If state government keeps to the path they are on, we will continue to see land gobbled up by sprawl; drinking water resources further polluted, scarce, and unaffordable; environmental laws weakened; an unsafe energy future; and a fragile, weakened economy.
Why live in a world of uncertainty when Governor Corzine has the choice to make a socially responsible investment in our future, especially for environmental and public health programs and our state's transportation, drinking water, and sewage infrastructure?
Unfortunately, Governor Corzine's current proposed state budget removes the underpinnings of environmental safety, while threatening the economic well being of families.
There are better choices, such as closing corporate loopholes, making polluters pay for their wrongdoing, and not funding sprawl (see details in the sample letter below and fact sheet (pdf)).
Take Action: Personalize the letter to Gov. Corzine with some reasons why protecting New Jersey's drinking water and other environmental resources is important to you. Do it today and help the Governor make the right choices!
- Tell Gov. Corzine: Require Cooling Towers at Oyster Creek
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (OCNGS), the nation's oldest nuclear power plant needs to shut down when it's current license expires in 2009, despite its owners' (Exelon) desire to extend its license another 20 years.
Oyster Creek's safety systems are extremely compromised due to rust and metal fatigue. The primary is a large hollow steel shell (drywell liner) that contains the radiation. Currently, its worst spots are now only half as thick as it was when the plant opened.
Oyster Creek is literally draining the life out of Barnegat Bay. The plant operates without cooling towers, 1.4 billion gallons of water or 2.3% of the total volume of Barnegat Bay passes through an antiquated cooling system each day.
Tell Gov. Corzine that this situation can not continue. Take Action: Urge him to require cooling towers at Oyster Creek.
- Protect New Jersey's Drinking Water Supplies Now!
The New Jersey Highlands consists of 800,000 acres of largely contiguous forest stretching from Northwest Bergen County to Northern Hunterdon County. Over 4 million New Jerseyans in over 30 of 40 legislative districts receive at least some of their water from the New Jersey Highlands. The 2004 New Jersey Highlands Protection Act is one of the most important drinking water laws that the New Jersey Environmental Federation has helped to pass.
- The law is supposed to protect the Highlands' natural resources, especially its water supplies, the source for half the state's drinking water.
- These resources are key to New Jersey's economy: our 3 largest industries (food processing, recreation-tourism-fishing and pharmaceutical) are all water-dependent.
- If the New Jersey Highlands are not adequately protected, the cost for additional water treatment in just one North Jersey service area would be $100 billion over 50 years.
The Highlands Law is being delayed and weakened. Take Action Now: Tell Gov. Corzine that protection of New Jersey's water supply is vital.
- Tell Gov. Corzine To Enforce The Clean Water Act & Require Cooling Towers at Oyster Creek
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (OCNGS), the nation's oldest nuclear power plant needs to shut down when it's current license expires in 2009, despite its owners' (Exelon) desire to extend its license another 20 years.
It has been plagued with environmental and safety problems, nuclear waste build-up, and an unworkable evacuation plan in a post-9/11 world. It also is in violation of the Clean Water Act.
New Jersey has the authority to require OCNJGS to install cooling towers, as its water operating permit expired 9 years ago. Since then, OCNGS has been operating on an administrative draft permit. Tell Governor Corzine to enforce the Clean Water Act and issue a new water permit that requires Oyster Creek to install cooling towers now. - Create Healthy Schools, Healthy Towns
The New Jersey Environmental Federation is urging town mayors to take the "Healthy Schools, Healthy Towns" pledge and adopt a Pesticide and Green Cleaning Policy, Diesel Reduction Resolution, and No-Idling Pledge.
Pennsylvania
- Tell Congress: Act Now on Global Warming and Clean Energy
The science is clear: We need to reduce the pollution that leads to global warming in order to avoid the most severe impacts of climate change.
If we don't act quickly, Pennsylvania's climate is projected to resemble the present-day climate of Alabama and Georgia, according to a study by the Union of Concerned Scientists and more than 50 independent scientific experts.
Without action to cut pollution, we can expect to see sweltering summers with longer droughts, which will negatively impact Pennsylvania's agricultural tradition. When there is precipitation, it is expected to come in more severe storms, resulting in increased flooding and damage to property. he Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act in the U.S. Senate (S. 309), and the Safe Climate Act (H.R. 1590) in the U.S. House, achieve these goals. Take Action Now: Ask your Senators and Representative to support these bills now.
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Protect Communities From Toxic Waste
Since it was dumped there generations ago, asbestos and other toxic material has sat in piles on the 32 acres of land by the Wissahickon Creek at the intersection of Whitpain Township, Upper Dublin Township and Ambler Borough, known as the BoRit asbestos site. This is the largest asbestos waste pile in the United States and it has never been properly dealt with. The site is hazardous to the health and environment of the communities living by it and needs to be cleaned up now!
The best way to get the asbestos waste cleaned up is for the site to get listed as a National Priority by the US Environmental Protection Agency or to be dealt with by the PA Department of Environmental Protection through the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act. Help protect the communities around the asbestos site. Sign the petition to national and state legislators today! To find out more about EPA testing of the site: EPA's Ambler Asbestos website.
Sign the petition to Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz, Representative Rick Taylor and Representative Mike Gerber and let them know you want to protect Pennsylvania communities from toxic waste
- Support The Safer Drinking Water Act
Pennsylvanians get their drinking water from our state's more than 83,000 miles of waterways, acres of lakes, reservoirs and wetlands, and a natural system of underground aquifers. Unfortunately, many of these vital water sources have been contaminated or are at risk of contamination.
Despite their importance, drinking water sources receive no special protection from pollution and polluting activities in Pennsylvania! Without action, our drinking water sources are in danger.
To protect our sources of drinking water in Pennsylvania, Clean Water Action has developed new state legislation, the Safer Drinking Water Act (SB 1109). This legislation has been introduced by Senator Charles T. McIlhinney, Jr. (R, Bucks County). Please, contact your Senator and ask for support for this bill! Find out more about the Safer Drinking Water Act.
Rhode Island
- Tell Lawmakers to Require Manufacturers to Take Back Electronic Waste
Discarded computers and other electronics (e-waste) are the fastest growing portion of our waste stream. The National Safety Council estimates that there are 300 to 500 million obsolete computers in the US, ready for disposal. Hundreds of millions of televisions have also become obsolete. Rhode Islanders create 7,500 tons of electronic waste each year.
On average, the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation's program recycles only 76 tons of that waste each year. That means Resource Recovery recycles less than 2% of Rhode Island's e-waste.
In 2006, the General Assembly passed a law to keep computers and TVs out of the landfill starting in July 2008. Now we need the General Assembly to require producers to be responsible for the safe recycling of electronics.
Right now individual states and taxpayers are stuck with the bill for manufacturer's toxic leftovers. Placing the recycling responsibility on the producer puts the cost of recycling back at the source.
Take Action: Write to the Governor, the House Finance Committee and your legislators today. Urge them to support the Electronic Waste Prevention Reuse and Recycling Act.
- Urge the Director of the Department of Public Health to require grocery stores and restaurants to post his advisory
One in six women of childbearing age in the United States is at risk of having newborns with problems from mercury exposure in the womb. The Rhode Island Department of Health warns that pregnant or nursing women, women of childbearing age and young children should not eat any Albacore Tuna, Swordfish, Shark, or freshwater fish caught in Rhode Island (except stocked trout) due to mercury contamination.
But too many consumers in the state still do not know about the Department of Health's advisory about mercury in fish. Urge the Director of the Department of Public Health to require grocery stores and restaurants to post his advisory. - Tell lawmakers to support sustainable water policies
Clean, affordable water is critical to the health and well being of our state. Rhode Islanders need clean water to drink, sufficient clean water in the state's streams, lakes, and wetlands to support healthy ecosystems, and sufficient water for economic development. Smart management will ensure water for future growth, giving Rhode Island an economic advantage. Let your lawmakers know sound water management is key to protecting Rhode Island's environment and economy.
South Dakota
- Protect our water at Big Stone Lake
Plans for a new coal plant -- Big Stone II -- near Milbank, South Dakota call for using billions of gallons of water. This threatens Big Stone Lake and takes us in the wrong direction.
We should, instead, be using clean, abundant, renewable energy to meet our needs -- avoiding damage to our air and water. We need to send a clear message that investing in dirty coal is not the answer.
Our Governor must reconvene the Boundary Waters Commission to carefully study this project and make a sound decision about our shared waters -- Big Stone Lake. Our leaders should to protect our natural resources, not squander them. Urge our Governor to reconvene the Boundary Waters Commission over Big Stone II.
Texas
- Demand That Lawmakers Reduce Mercury Pollution In Texas!
Mercury is a potent neurotoxin that causes learning and developmental disabilities in children. A mother can pass mercury on to her baby during pregnancy and later during breastfeeding. Mercury is also associated with heart attacks in older men.
Most of Texas' mercury contamination comes from coal-burning power plants. Clean Water Action and our allies in the Alliance for a Clean Texas are urging the Texas Legislature to require that power plants reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides and sulfur by 75% from 1997 levels, and mercury by 90% at all coal-burning power plants within the next few years. Write Your Elected Officials and demand that they reduce mercury pollution in Texas! - Stop The Texas Coal Rush
Texas Utilities (TXU) and other utility companies are requesting permits from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to build more than a dozen new coal-burning power plants. Thanks to overwhelming public pressure from a diverse coalition that includes Clean Water Action, TXU announced that, as part of a proposed buyout, it would drop plans to build eight of 11 proposed coal plants.
But, TXU and other utilities are still proposing to build 11 new coal-burning plants, and more plants are about to be proposed. Tell your lawmakers you don't want more coal-burning power plants. Tell them to require a moratorium on permits on these plants.
