greenpeace

This past Saturday, I toured Greenpeace's 50-meter Arctic Sunrise at Penn's Landing for their Coal Free Future Tour. This month-long tour, also hitting up Wilmington, NC, NYC & Boston, is teaching the Northeast about the major impacts the coal industry has on the environment. Regardless of the campaign & political jargon, "Clean Coal" in an oxymoron. Coal is dirty by production, the single largest source of carbon dioxide pollution in the US & the largest source of mercury emissions in the country. Pollution from coal-powered plants is responsibly for 13,200 deaths per year, (Treehugger) (1359 from PA alone), 20,000 heart attacks, 217,600 asthma attacks, and more than 1.6 million lost work days per year. "Clean coal" is a technology that will cost billions to test and wouldn't be ready for decades. (Find out more about Greenpeace & the Coal Free Tour after the jump!)

Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise has docked in Penn's Landing since Thursday (Jan 27) until February 2nd on their monthlong tour to support East Coast communities fighitng to stop the environmental impact of coal plants in their region. Swing on by to find out more about Greenpeace, their Coal Free Future Campaign and research projects. Free Tour times for the Arctic Sunrise are as follows:

After President Obama signed the Economic Stimulus Bill on Tuesday, my inbox was flooded with emails from environmental agencies! The great part is the economic package contains $87 billion in green investment funds - which equals the largest investment EVER in green solutions!

This Saturday, December 6th Eco-Moms Alliance of Chester County invite the public to join them as they rally in support of action against global warming. From 1:00 - 1:30 p.m come join like-minded eco-conscious residents and enjoy hot chocolate, coffee and plenty of free giveaways at Downingtown's Kerr Park .