Event: 'Drawing The Line Against New Fossil Fuels In Salem' Print
  Greater Boston
Events taking place in the Boston area.
Date: Saturday, February 08, 2014 At 02:00 pm
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The biggest threat to Massachusetts’ clean energy future is the rapid expansion of natural gas. We cannot afford new fossil fuel infrastructure
that commits us to decades of carbon pollution and surpass vital climate
tipping points. If a gas plant is built in historic Salem, it could set a
precedent for all future energy demand to be met by gas instead of renewables.
It would also further burden a community that has already suffered with a coal
plant for over sixty years. This plant presents a huge risk to our climate,
public health and Massachusetts’ clean energy future.


Register here to stop this plant.https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SJ6ZidqjmFaVdOpWz1EUDRxqeaJWJnb_DUH1DaiTrDc/viewform
 

And what’s more, the out-of-state company behind the plant, Footprint Power, has never built a power plant before and if their company goes bankrupt over this project, it is the people of Salem and Massachusetts who will bear the costs. The developers are committed to having the plant constructed on
Salem's beautiful waterfront by 2016. This has encouraged them to try all sorts
of tricks to bypass due process, from unconstitutional riders to uncompetitive
agreements, and now short-cutting the appeals process that questions whether or
not this plant applies with Massachusetts's climate targets.


Come to Salem to tell footprint we don't want their dirty energy plant.

 

Governor
Patrick has already proven himself a strong champion of clean energy, and
there’s a real chance that he can be convinced to stand strong against the
expansion of fossil fuels in Massachusetts. Help us show we've got his back.

 

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It’s time for us to draw the line and ensure that only clean
energy infrastructure is built in Massachusetts from this point forward.
Join
us on February 8th to build a wave of support behind Governor Patrick
and help stop fossil fuel
industry’s plans to expand natural gas in our Commonwealth.