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Stop Burning Coal Protest March and Art Show

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Geneva

Stop Burning Coal
Deaths per Watt of Energy Produced:

[Deaths per Watt of Energy Produced]


(Image by Seth Godin [1]. Research by The Lifeboat Foundation.) [2]

Protest March
and Art Show

with the art of

Franke James

and others
Burning coal pollutes our air, our water and communities. Coal is responsible for 24 000 deaths a year in the United States [3].  Coal costs 345 billion dollars in externalities a year—a hidden charge of $1124 per citizen that belies all claims that “coal is cheap.”[4] We refuse any accounting that assumes power plants may dump their waste in our atmosphere for free.

We are young, and we are driven to revisit the choices of the generations before us. The longer we burn coal, the more we injure our own health, and the further we jeopardize stability of our climate.
We are aware of the massive resources of green power—wind and solar—available to New England. [5] We have a choice. We want to share our hope and our vision for the future with our fellow Americans.

We will march from across downtown Boston to our art show at the Old West United Methodist Church, 131 Cambridge Street. The show is open to the public; it invites reflection and discussion on the consequences of our energy choices. Doors open at 4:30 PM after the march.

Saturday April 2nd Saturday April 9th and  Friday April 22th on Earth Day

The march starts from Copley Square at 12:30 pm, and ends with a rally on the Boston Common at 2:30 pm. Then we head to the art show.
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