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- Jake Richardson
- July 23, 2011
- 7:07 am
- 40 comments
Michael Bloomberg will donate $50 million to the Sierra Club’s campaign to get rid of coal-fired power plants. Called Beyond Coal it has helped block the construction of 153 new coal-fired power plants. Bloomberg’s donation will allow the Sierra Club to expand their staff on the anti-coal campaign from 100 to almost 200 full-time workers.They will be spread across 46 states and focus on grassroots organizing, lawsuits and social media. Most politicians don’t donate money to the Sierra club to fight coal. Many in fact, accept campaign donations from the fossil fuel industry – both Democrats and Republicans. The current White House expanded coal production greatly in Wyoming. A report on the top coal supporters in Congress was just released. If you haven’t the ‘Beyond Coal’ campaign website, go here to see how coal damages the public health.
Coal plants are the number one source of mercury pollution in the United States, which can cause brain damage and diminish learning in children. There are about 491 active coal power plants in the U.S. releasing over 78,000 pounds of mercury each year into the air. Not only does the mercury harm human health, it contaminates rivers, streams, ponds and lakes. Mountaintop removal is used for coal mining and it has destroyed over 500 mountaintops in West Virginia. If the practice continues until 2020, the total number of acres destroyed by it could be 1.4 million.
Bloomberg was registered as a Democrat for most of his life, but switched to the Republican party. He also left the GOP due to policy agreements and is now an Independent. One of the richest men in the America, he did not make his money from dealing in fossil fuels or transportation, so he is able to be free of its very powerful societal influence.
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Thank you for the interesting post.
Good job. A rich man using his money for the good of the Earth. Thank you.
now here is a man who is thinking outside of the box
bravo mayor michael bloomberg
Just say no to coal!
So he does some good somewhere.
Way to go Michael Bloomberg!!! Can I get a whoop whoop!!
Also signed your petition Elaina Tess. And Happy belated biorthday by almost 2 months!!!
Michael Bloomberg is my hero
Love it!!!
Thank you Mayor. This is a huge step in the right direction. What I'd like to see is NYC become a model for alternative energy. As it stands NYC along with Las Vegas are two of the outstanding examples of energy waste that I can imagine. Wouldn't it be truly exciting if NYC (I give up on Vegas) could convert 10% of their electricity usages every year to non-fossil energy and in 10 years document 100% of the electrons come from clean energy. Dream on... right.
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