Quit Coal Blog
A year ago this week, Greenpeace launched the Quit Coal Activist Program (QCAP), a nationwide initiative aimed at connecting and supporting grassroots organizations that are fighting dirty coal! Since this is our first birthday we’re celebrating by reflecting on the places we’ve been and the inspirational people we’ve met.
Authored by Gary Cook, Greenpeace International
This week, after hundreds of thousands of Apple customers and Greenpeace supporters asked the company to use clean energy instead of dirty coal, it announced a significant investment in local renewable energy to power its data center in North Carolina, US.
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In December 2011, I had the pleasure of being invited to the reservation of the Moapa Band of the Southern Paiutes to co-facilitate a 2-day strategy training.
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Last Thursday, as part of 100 Actions for 100% Clean Energy, seven Michigan State University students held a sit-in at their president's office demanding MSU shut down its coal plant and transition to 100% clean energy.
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**UPDATE** Monday October 24, 2011 - Check out this cool video of the action.
The three students have all been released. More updates on the administration's response soon to come.
**UPDATE**
Three students arrested at Michigan State University Sit-in.
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On Friday, the House of Representatives pushed through HR 2273, legislation which continues the same non-existent regulation of toxic coal ash and yet again undermines the EPA’s ability to protect our public health.
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Congress is voting on a bill this Friday that would leave our water sources completely unprotected. Our streams, lakes and rivers are being polluted on a massive scale by toxic coal ash leaking from unregulated, poorly constructed ash ponds.
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