[Texgreen] Austin - Clean Air Days!! Aug.25-26th in
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Rena <gypsyresort@yahoo.com>
Wed, 2 Aug 2006 07:50:41 -0700 (PDT)
Care about the air you breathe? Please join us Aug. 25th and 26th!
We're inviting people from throughout Texas
can join us for a protest at the Capitol - Friday - noon.
Visit legislators afterwards if you'd like.
Saturday we'll have an organizing & strategizing
meeting for everyone concerned about the many
air quality issues in Texas - refineries, cement kilns,
paper mills, coal plants, etc! Join us in building
our network and planning for the legislature.
Your input is crucial!
Please RSVP to karen@seedcoalition.org and state
if you can come to one or both events . Thanks!!! =20
(Please forward info as well)
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17 Proposed Coal Plants Threaten Our Health,
Our Air and Water, and Our Land!
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy are the
answers to our energy needs - not more dirty coal...
Protest Governor Perry's fast-tracking of permits
for coal-burning power plants!
Friday, August 25th - NOON
Meet in front of the Texas capitol - 11th and Congress
Austin, Texas
Please join us - bring signs!
For more information - www.stopthecoalplant.org
contact: karen@seedcoalition.org or 512-797-8481
smitty@citizen.org or 512-477-1155
Pass the word, and bring a friend...
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Texas Clean Air Network =20
Networking, Brainstorming & Strategizing
For Clean Air and Health Protection!
Saturday, August 19th =E2=80=93 in Austin 9:30 =E2=80=93 3:00
Fellowship Hall =E2=80=93 Central Presbyterian Church
200 E. 8th St. at Brazos, Austin, Texas
9:30 Bagels, Coffee and Juice =E2=80=93 Registration
10:00 - 3:00 Conference - with lunch at 12:30 - $8.00 donation for
lunch is requested.
Topics will include:
=E2=80=A2 Global Warming - in the age of Peak Oil
=E2=80=A2 Refinery & Industrial communities =E2=80=93 health impacts and=
what we can do
=E2=80=A2 Fighting proposed coal plants =E2=80=93 expanding and coordina=
ting efforts,
Legal and citizen organizing efforts
=E2=80=A2 Texas legislature =E2=80=93 strategies and goals for the comin=
g session
For more information contact: Karen Hadden, 512-797-8481 or
karen@seedcoalition.org
Sustainable Energy and Economic Development
(SEED) Coalition
or Tom "Smitty" Smith, 512-477-1155, smitty@citizen.org
Event co-sponsors include: SEED Coalition, Public Citizen and more
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** Please let us know by next Monday, Aug. 7th if your organization
would like to be added as a sponsor for the protest, for the meeting or bot=
h.
We can use help on several fronts - so please let us know of any way in
which you can help out. Thanks.
Karen Hadden
Executive Director
Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition
1801 Westlake Dr. #209
Austin, Texas 78746
512-797-8481
fax: 512-306-1359
www.seedcoalition.org and www.StoptheCoalPlant.org
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