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Clean Power Coalition of SE Wi (350MKE is a convening member)
Join the Clean Power Coalition and the Sierra Club for a statewide week of climate action
Coal costs us our health. Southeast Wisconsin, where the We Energies Oak Creek Coal Plant is located, received an "F" for air quality from the American Lung Association. Air pollution from coal plants is linked to cancer, respiratory diseases, heightened risk of contracting and dying from COVID-19, and other serious conditions.
Coal costs us our economy. Coal is so expensive that most coal plants are not profitable and are actually losing money. Do you know how utilities continue to run these uneconomic coal plants? They do it by increasing our utility bills. Despite the fact that wind and solar are much cheaper, utilities that choose to keep running these expensive coal plants are leaving us to foot the bill.
Coal costs us our climate & environment. Coal is one of the dirtiest forms of energy, so it's no surprise that coal plants are the number one global contributors to the carbon emissions driving climate change. Coal also poisons our waterways, and we see this threat in Wisconsin as wet coal ash from the Columbia coal plant continues to pollute the Wisconsin River.
Join us August 3 - 7 for Coal Costs Us: Week of Climate Action. Let's work together as a community to actualize our clean energy future.
Monday 6:30 - 8:00pm - Learn:
- Join us for an online screening of the documentary We Neighbors, the story of Wisconsinites living next to the Oak Creek/Elm Road coal plants.
- After the documentary, pulmonologist Dr. Linus Santo Tomas, Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin, will give a presentation about the health impacts of burning coal.
- Panel discussion with
- Fabi Maldonado, Racine County Board Supervisor, Voces de la Frontera
- Victoria Gillet, MD, Internal Medicine, Madison, WI
- Dana Kelley, Citizen Action North Side Rising
- Sr. Janet Weyker, Eco-Justice Center, Racine
Hosted on Zoom - RSVP to get access to the link.
Tuesday - Share: Tell your story via video and share other's stories on social media.
Wednesday - Speak up: Comment on Wisconsin's Strategic Energy Assessment and on the NTEC fracked gas plant's air permit. Both of these present opportunities to call for clean energy.
Thursday - Call: Call your utility and ask them to move off of dirty fossil fuels like coal and commit to clean energy.
Friday - Create: Chalk art, yard signs, social media content, posters, flyers and more! Spread the word to your neighbors in a visual way.
RSVP now to receive updates and details so you can join each day and take
action!
Let's do this - Together!
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