Kicking off 100 Days of Action to move past coal
This week KFTC helped launch a new national project called Power Past Coal. It’s a very exciting collaboration of grassroots groups across the coalfields of the U.S. and some national environmental organizations.
The project is focused around 100 Days of Action. From January 21 to April 30, citizens across the U.S. will gather with each other and organizations, small and large, to work for clean energy, to tell the truth about coal, to keep false solutions that include coal out of climate change legislation, and to stand in solidarity with communities impacted by coal from extraction to burning to waste disposal.
Our actions will tell the story of the New Power we are building — the power of the grassroots.
We’re writing to encourage you to participate in the first national action next week, remind you of other events, and encourage you to register your events.
ACTION #1 — CLEAN’s White House Call-In Day, Wednesday January 21
On January 21, thousands of people from all walks of life will participate in a unified action to call the White House. On this call, we will ask President Obama to:
- Say YES to renewable energy
- Say YES to energy efficiency
- Say NO to carbon capture sequestration (CCS)
- Say NO to nuclear power
Click here to make your pledge to participate (this is the best way for us track the number of calls made toward KFTC’s goal — be sure to pick KFTC as your organization — and to send you a reminder email next week). You’ll find the call-in number, message and other details at the CLEAN site.
With so much demanding the attention of the new administration, we need to literally jam the White House switchboard to make sure that clean energy action is at the top of their list. Your call is important and needed!
CLEAN (Citizens Lead for Energy Action Now) is a collaborative movement of organizations and individuals with the common goal of implementing a new energy future. KFTC has endorsed CLEAN’s principles. Learn more at www.theclean.org.
ACTION #2 — I Love Mountains Day, Tuesday, February 17
We need a large presence in Frankfort to let the governor and lawmakers know that it is way past time to stop destructive coal mining practices and the use of our streams as a waste dump. We’ll send more details soon, but in the meantime please go to www.kftc.org/love and register for I Love Mountains Day. There will be a march (.5 mile) from the nearby bridge over the Kentucky River to the Capitol beginning at 11 a.m., with the rally starting about noon. In the afternoon we are planning meetings with legislators.
Please spread the word far and wide about this, and encourage folks to go to www.kftc.org/love for more information and to register. This will be KFTC’s biggest 100 Days of Action event.
ACTION #3 — Actions in Washington, DC
KFTC delegations will participate in the PowerShift ‘09 conference at the end of February, the coal power plant demonstration on March 2, and the Congressional Lobby Week March 14-19. Many people have asked about these actions, and we’re working with event sponsors to coordinate KFTC’s participation. Look for a blog entry in the next week with details.
ACTION #4 — Register your own action
What actions are you involved in the next 100 days (through April 30) that focuses on ending our dependence on dirty energy and transitioning to a clean energy economy? Would you register that event as part of the 100 Days of Action? This may be a film screening, reading, exhibit, teach-in, demonstration, concert, mountaintop removal tour, workshop and many other activities.
You may register your event by going to www.powerpastcoal.org and clicking "start an action.†You’ll be asked to register your name and contact information, and details about the event. Hint: if you want the host of your event to be the name of your group or organization, put this where it asks for your name.
Thanks for reading through all this. Now here is that link again to pledge to call the White House next Wednesday.
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