Jan 07, 2009 -- Fight the Right-Wing Wackos Links of the Day.

** 1Sky **
( http://www.1sky.org/ )

The Tennessee Coal Sludge Spill was not a natural disaster. This was a man-made disaster, directly tied to our reliance on fossil fuels. The disaster is 48 times larger than the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

There is no such thing as a clean cigarette, or clean cancer, and there is no such thing as clean coal. Yet last year alone, the Coal industry spent over $45 million trying to convince the American people that the dirtiest fuel on the planet is clean. It's simply not true.

In the face of this tragedy, the coal industry still wants to build more pollution-belching coal plants, and we cannot let that happen.

Tell Congress to support a federal moratorium on new coal-fired power plants that emit global warming pollution!
( http://action.1sky.org/t/1981/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=872 )

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** Friends of the Earth **
( http://www.foe.org/ )

Late last month, a large swath of Tennessee was flooded with toxic coal ash when a containment pond ruptured. The massive spill -- bigger than the oil released from the Exxon Valdez -- covered hundreds of acres of land, knocking homes off of their foundations and flowing into streams and the Clinch and Tennessee rivers. The spill is killing wildlife and poses long-term threats to human health and the environment.

Members of Congress need to hear from you, their constituents, that coal is public enemy number one.

A ban on new coal-fired power plants is needed immediately, and we must rapidly phase out existing coal facilities and replace them with clean energy alternatives and energy efficiency.
( http://action.foe.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=26388 )