N.C. Beyond Coal organizer Emma Greenbaum shows some of the thousands of petition signatures from community members asking Duke Energy to retire its coal-fired plant in Asheville. (2013)
Sierra Club, MountainTrue and Green Drinks will present “Asheville Beyond Coal: Update on Efforts to Phase Out Asheville’s Coal Powered Electric Plant” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 1 Edwin Place (corner of Charlotte Street and Edwin Place) in Asheville.
Emma Greenbaum, organizing representative, with N.C. Beyond Coal at Sierra Club, will give an update on the campaign to retire the Asheville coal-fired power plant, the largest single source of carbon emissions in Western North Carolina and the largest source of toxic air pollution from the industrial sector.
Greenbaum will discuss recent events and successes, as well as ways to get involved in the movement against climate disruption.
Join us to learn how you can be a critical part in the movement for a clean energy future for Asheville. Learn more at www.ashevillebeyondcoal.org.
For more information about this meeting, email judymattox@sbcglobal.net or call (828) 683-2176.