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Call to Conscience - Cliffside Climate Action
Peaceful Rally and Nonviolent Civil Disobedience
To Stop Construction of Duke Energy’s Cliffside Coal Plant
April 20, 2009 – Charlotte, NC
We are pleased to welcome Gloria Reuben as our
Keynote/Featured Speaker!
Peaceful Rally and Nonviolent Civil Disobedience
To Stop Construction of Duke Energy’s Cliffside Coal Plant
April 20, 2009 – Charlotte, NC
We are pleased to welcome Gloria Reuben as our
Keynote/Featured Speaker!
Join a broad range of public interest groups at 10am in downtown Charlotte to insist that Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers cancel construction of the new but unnecessary Cliffside power plant. If built, Cliffside would emit 6 million tons of CO2 each year from coal extracted through mountaintop removal mining.
The rally will take place at Marshall Park, corner McDowell and Second Street, beginning 10 a.m. with speakers. We will then walk to the Governor's Office to deliver a message to Governor Perdue, and then to Duke Headquarters, 526 S. Church Street.
We cannot be silent as Duke poisons our air, destroys the Appalachian mountains, and fans the flames of climate change for the sake of profit.
The United Nations’ climate panel now warns that we have only six years at current pollution levels before passing a “point of no return.” We must insist on clean energy, climate justice and a livable planet.
This Earth Day, bring your children and join us as we speak out to stop the construction of Cliffside and all new coal-fired power plants. The future is up to us. The time to act is now!
If you wish to consider risking arrest, we will be offering trainings in peaceful civil disobedience, Sunday, April 19th. Come early, learn new skills and meet new friends!
Posters
Download a PDF of the rally poster and help us spread the word!
"This plant is a relic before it's even built, a leftover from the days before we realized that coal is filthy in every way. It's hard to imagine that the technologically savvy Tarheel State really wants to get stuck with yesterday's technology."
~Bill McKibben
"Stopping Cliffside is the best thing NC can do to stop global warming."
~Dr. James Hansen, Director, NASA's Goddard Institute
The rally will take place at Marshall Park, corner McDowell and Second Street, beginning 10 a.m. with speakers. We will then walk to the Governor's Office to deliver a message to Governor Perdue, and then to Duke Headquarters, 526 S. Church Street.
We cannot be silent as Duke poisons our air, destroys the Appalachian mountains, and fans the flames of climate change for the sake of profit.
The United Nations’ climate panel now warns that we have only six years at current pollution levels before passing a “point of no return.” We must insist on clean energy, climate justice and a livable planet.
This Earth Day, bring your children and join us as we speak out to stop the construction of Cliffside and all new coal-fired power plants. The future is up to us. The time to act is now!
If you wish to consider risking arrest, we will be offering trainings in peaceful civil disobedience, Sunday, April 19th. Come early, learn new skills and meet new friends!
Posters
Download a PDF of the rally poster and help us spread the word!
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Read our press releases:
Feb 16: Peaceful Civil Disobedience Planned to Block Coal-fired Power Plant.
March 5: Coalition Plans Peaceful Civil Disobedience and Rally to Stop Construction of Duke Energy’s Cliffside Plant.
April 2: National Figures Join Protest Against Cliffside.
April 8: Stop Cliffside Coalition Begins Television Campaign
April 15: Waterkeeper Alliance Press Release featuring Gloria Reuben
April 15: Pre-event Letter to Jim Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy
Many thanks to the following individuals and organizations for endorsing Call to Conscience - Cliffside Climate Action:
Ed Begley, Jr., Actor & Environmentalist
Martin Sheen, Actor
Dr. James Hansen, NASA Climatologist
North Carolina State Rep. Susan Fisher
Bill McKibben, Writer
The Canary Coalition
Carolinas Clean Air Coalition
Clean Water for North Carolina
Coal River Mountain Watch
Cumberland County Progressives (NC)
Earth Policy Institute
Footprints for Peace (Cincinnati)
Friends of the Earth USA
Greenpeace USA
Head On Radio Network (H.O.R.N.)
Indiana Citizen Action Coalition
North Carolina League of Women Voters
Michigan Energy Alternatives Project
Mountain Voices Alliance
North Carolina Green Party
North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network (NC WARN)
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
People Advocating Real Conservancy (PARC)
Progressive Democrats of America
Rainforest Action Network
Rising Tide – Asheville
Upper Watauga Riverkeeper
Western North Carolina Alliance
Feb 16: Peaceful Civil Disobedience Planned to Block Coal-fired Power Plant.
March 5: Coalition Plans Peaceful Civil Disobedience and Rally to Stop Construction of Duke Energy’s Cliffside Plant.
April 2: National Figures Join Protest Against Cliffside.
April 8: Stop Cliffside Coalition Begins Television Campaign
April 15: Waterkeeper Alliance Press Release featuring Gloria Reuben
April 15: Pre-event Letter to Jim Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy
Many thanks to the following individuals and organizations for endorsing Call to Conscience - Cliffside Climate Action:
Ed Begley, Jr., Actor & Environmentalist
Martin Sheen, Actor
Dr. James Hansen, NASA Climatologist
North Carolina State Rep. Susan Fisher
Bill McKibben, Writer
The Canary Coalition
Carolinas Clean Air Coalition
Clean Water for North Carolina
Coal River Mountain Watch
Cumberland County Progressives (NC)
Earth Policy Institute
Footprints for Peace (Cincinnati)
Friends of the Earth USA
Greenpeace USA
Head On Radio Network (H.O.R.N.)
Indiana Citizen Action Coalition
North Carolina League of Women Voters
Michigan Energy Alternatives Project
Mountain Voices Alliance
North Carolina Green Party
North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network (NC WARN)
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
People Advocating Real Conservancy (PARC)
Progressive Democrats of America
Rainforest Action Network
Rising Tide – Asheville
Upper Watauga Riverkeeper
Western North Carolina Alliance
Call 704-342-9161 for more information.
