A couple of weeks ago the Sierra Club reported that the No Coal movement has collectively stopped or held up 60 coal-fired power plants due to environmental concerns. Today there are reports of yet another grassroots victory! Voters in Wiscasset, Maine, on November 6, 2007 defeated a ballot initiative that would have allowed a 700 MW IGCC plant (Twin River Energy Center, proposed by Greenwich, Connecticut base National RE/sources) to move forward. The vote was 868-707. Complete story here.
Posted on 7 November 2007
Tags: banks, climate change, coal, coal fired power plants, global warming, victories
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Currently RAN’s Executive Director, Rebecca joined RAN as Global Finance Campaign Director in April 2007 where she was responsible for guiding the team to successfully pressure the biggest banks in the US to adopt groundbreaking policies limiting finance to coal-fired power plants and mountaintop removal mining. Prior to RAN, Rebecca had over ten years of experience in non-profit grassroots campaigning and advocacy. Rebecca can be found on Twitter: @beckytarbotton
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Topics: Coal, Finance