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Come hear Dr. James Hansen speak on solving the global climate emergency; his leading recommendation: a moratorium on coal-fired power plants such as the one planned by Duke Energy at Cliffside, North Carolina (RSVP strongly recommended).

Friday, November 16 - 7pm
Queens University of Charlotte
RSVP at www.clean-air-coalition.org

Saturday, November 17 - 3pm
The Friday Center - Chapel Hill
RSVP at www.ncwarn.org

Admission for both forums are FREE but seats are going fast. Be sure to reserve your seat today!

Frontpaged by Anglico.

It's time again to tell NC state officials and Duke Energy that coal-fired power plants are irresponsible in this time of global warming crisis. Attend a public hearing for the proposed Duke Energy Cliffside power plant and learn why we should say "NO to coal" in NC. Citizens' hearings being held in Charlotte, Asheville and Raleigh. Join us!

Duke Energy executives say all the right things in public and yet they are still pushing to build two massive coal-fired power plants just west of Charlotte that will emit over 10 million tons of carbon pollution in NC's air every year for the next 50 years and beyond.

Here are just a few great quotes from James Rogers, Duke Energy CEO, on Climate Change:

“I'm not a scientist. I only know what I read. But my understanding of where we are today is that the earth is getting warmer and that man-made emissions are contributing to it. There are differences of opinion about what the impact on the planet will be. But as I understand the scientific conclusions, and knowing that the power plant industry in this country produces 35 percent of all C[O.sub.2] emissions in the U.S., I think it's incumbent upon us to address the issue. I'm convinced that the sooner we go to work on it, the higher the probability that we can find new technologies to allow us to reduce emissions.”

DUKE ENERGY WANTS US TO PAY $3 BILLION FOR A COAL PLANT 50 MILES WEST OF CHARLOTTE

* Duke Energy has proposed building one of the nation’s largest coal plants at its CLIFFSIDE site, directly upwind of Charlotte.

* Comparable-sized facilities typically burn over 5 million tons of coal a year and emit huge amounts of global warming pollution and mercury, a toxic heavy metal.

* The plant would further pollute Charlotte’s air, which is already out of compliance with federal air quality standards because of dangerous ozone pollution, risking the loss of hundreds of millions in federal highway funds.

*Because initial cost estimates jumped from $2 billion to $3 billion, the NC Utilities Commission has offered the public another chance to comment on this “investment” which will be paid for by us, the ratepayers.