Emily
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Hello. TJ again.
Back to the Business of Coal. Perhaps many of you already get the Co-op America e-newsletter. But just in case you do not, I am including the link to their website: Co-op America. Please consider signing their letter asking the coal giants Dynegy and Dominion (scary names I think) NOT to build 7 new coal-fired power plants.
There is no such thing as clean coal. It makes me sick inside to think that not only have we not put a stop to mountaintop removal, we may be in for stepped up mining efforts to feed these seven more coal-powered plants. And there are more than these two companies waiting in the wings.
Even if you choose not to sign the letter, I hope you enjoy Co-op America’s useful and inspiring website. Thanks! TJ
Hello!
Here I am back from town and from running a gazillion errands! Because I only use my car three days a week (and I live in the boondocks), it’s really important to bundle all my stops and to have a very well organized list! Since I already limit my driving, eat a lot of local and organic food, and take care with packaging, I chose to challenge myself with #2 and #5 on the ecochallenge list. Wednesday nights will be my lights out night (so that my undisciplined self won’t have to miss the only two commercial network shows I watch—Dancing with the Stars and Ugly Betty). Pathetic, I know 
. Actually, I am really looking forward to the whole lights out experience.
Using less electricity is very important to me because so much of it (still!) comes from coal. A couple of days ago on Toujours Jacques I wrote about mountaintop removal and threw out a little challenge of my own, specific to that particular environmental travesty (there are so many!). I won’t go into it in depth here, but one of the challenge options was to read along with me and post on a book called Coal River: and if you chose option #5 for this Ecojustice08 Challenge and have not yet picked an environmental book to read, or if you’d like to read two, I hope you will consider joining me on Coal River. If you want more details click here.
Good luck everyone, on your own projects! I am excited to hear all about them. TJ
