Tonight,Wed, July 16th, 5:30 - 6:30p, Meet at the Bean in Millennium Park, Join Frack Free Illinois for petitioning for improvements to the EPA carbon rules, and a showing of The Blue Planet. -Bring your blanket, lawn chair, picnic, wine, clip boards and pens and lets have some fun. -We will be circulating the petition which is attached. -Please make some copies of the petition (10) and bring it with you. -Our petition is going to be hand delivered to the EPA at the hearing in Pittsburgh at the end of July. -My phone will be on until 6:30p, 773-486-7660, and then text after that. It will be a beautiful cool night, so bring a jacket or sweater. NEIS members will also be petitioning and we can break bread together during the movie. See ya there, Lora The Blue Planet In Concert George Fenton conducts his score to The Blue Planet, accompanied by scenes from the series. After thrilling Festival audiences with Planet Earth and Frozen Planet in Concert, composer-conductor George Fenton returns with his symphonic score to accompany some of the most spectacular underwater images ever seen, from the BBC/Discovery Channel series. WHERE & WHEN Jay Pritzker Pavilion Concert: Wednesday, July 16, 2014, 6:30pm WHO Grant Park Orchestra George Fenton, Guest Conductor WHAT The Blue Planet in Concert The Petition: Re: Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0602 Improve the Clean Power Plan- So it gets the job done Dear President Obama and the US EPA, We urge you to take bolder steps to reduce carbon emissions in the Clean Power Plan. Your policies should accelerate the deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency - resulting in lower electricity rates over time, pollution reduction, and a larger impact on the climate. We ask that you: 1) Phase out dirty coal fired power plants- no matter how efficient, coal will still emit significant carbon pollution. 2) Reject the reliance on frack gas- there is extensive leakage of methane, a potent green house gas, from our entire gas infrastructure, (frack wells to the pipelines). The use of frack gas is a step backward for the climate. 3) Remove nuclear subsidies from the carbon rules- Nuclear energy is not a clean or renewable energy. We oppose indefinite ratepayer subsidies to support aging, dangerous, expensive nuclear power plants. 4) Prioritize and accelerate the deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency- revise your plan to specifically allow the use of a carbon tax, (on fossil fuels), and rebate, (to the consumer) - one of the most effective market mechanisms to drive the deployment of new renewable energy such as Wind and Solar. ____PRINT NAME___________SIGNATURE__________ADDRESS AND ZIP CODE______DATE___ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:35:35 +0000
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