Houston Monthly Meeting: Update on Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign in Texas

Houston Monthly Meeting: Update on Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign in Texas
NOTE: The meeting will be conducted using Zoom this month.
Thursday, August 14, 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Note the time schedule for this meeting.

Zoom link:
Launch Meeting - Zoom

August 14 Program Topic:
Update on Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign in Texas

The speaker will be James Perkins of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign. He’ll share his journey to the Sierra Club‘s Beyond Coal campaign where he works closely with the Close Parish Coal (power plant) Coalition. Learn how James is pushing for a transition to clean, renewable energy in Texas and he’ll also explain how this work connects the Houston Group with our state Chapter and National campaigns.

Sierra Club press release related to air and haze pollution created by coal fired power plants in Texas: Texans Urge Trump’s EPA to Back Off of Regional Haze Rule | Sierra Club

Statement from James Perkins, Sierra Club Beyond Coal organizer based in Dallas:
“Haze pollution hangs heavy over my home state of Texas, and its impact on the public’s enjoyment of our natural spaces is unacceptable – especially in a state that prides itself on wide-open skies and sweeping landscapes. That’s exactly why Congress called for reductions of haze pollution four decades ago. Haze-forming chemicals also make communities living near Texas’s 13 coal plants sick, so why is Trump’s EPA seeking to boost wealthy energy corporations while harming normal people across the state?