ReEnergize Texas is proud to partner with Coal Block - Public Citizen’s project to stop coal plants now! Public Citizen and its allies successfully stopped 8 of 11 proposed coal plants in Texas last year, and now Coal Block is going after the other 3 and others across the country.
Coal is the #1 climate change threat and there must be a moratorium on new coal development! In addition to cleaning the carbon out of its emissions, the coal industry needs to reassess its methods and priorities. They must cease destructive practices including strip mining, mountaintop removal mining, and lobbying against clean air standards.
Students CAN fight coal. As a key demographic for election coverage, we can lobby local and national media to ask candidates tough questions about coal. And for students living near proposed coal plants, you can convince residents, city councils, mayors, and your university’s administration to oppose coal development and refuse to purchase energy from proposed coal plants.
Our resources include a description of the coal situation in Texas, flyers for spreading the word about coal’s many problems, sample editorials you can tweak for your campus or local paper, and films you can check out from us to screen on campus (in some cases we may also be able to arrange a visit by persons interviewed in the films or involved with its production).
We encourage students interested in fighting coal locally to contact us and to develop a plan for local action. In most cases there will be anti-coal groups working in your community, and your efforts can be strategically aligned with theirs.
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