Yesterday, hundreds of people gathered to support Wise County residents who are fighting Dominion’s plans to build a coal-burning plant in their neighborhood. “We can prevent Virginia from making this terrible mistake by allowing Dominion to build this plant,” said Jennifer Mullens, a Wise County resident. “I encourage you to look around at these mountains and imagine them gone, because that’s what’s going to happen if we don’t make the right choice now.”
Over 40,000 petition signatures were submitted to Dominion representatives. No official response has been made by Dominion, but Wise County representatives will be at Dominion’s shareholders meeting in Chicago today. The only official response that was overwhelmingly evident was that of police enforcement. As the Green Miles pointed out there was a surprisingly strong police presence. We counted over 17 cop cars lining the blocks around the park where we were having our peaceful
This is our chance to elevate climate and clean, just energy as a national issue, and build a truly massive movement. This is our chance to retake our democracy from the dirty energy corporate interests and return it to the public interest. This is the moment when we capture the nation’s imagination with our historic vote, direct actions, and hope for a better world. It has to be now. We must seize this historic opportunity when Americans can turn away from petty discussions of Brittany Spears and start questioning the fundamental direction of our nation. We must be a part of that conversation! In fact, we should be a part of thousands of conversations. We will engage our peers in a new and inspirational dialogue. This is our chance to grow; to double the size of our campus groups, quadruple our campus communication networks, empower dozens of new group leaders, and build new diverse coalitions of organizations.
The tide is turning. Our generation is turning out to the polls in record numbers to cast our ballots on jobs, health care, and the war. In our conversations we must voice the undeniable relationship between our energy choices and these issues to build a powerful youth voting bloc of a million strong. Elected officials will have to listen to us if they want to see another term in office. And once they are elected you can guarantee that we aren’t going anywhere. We will be there to hold them accountable and demand that the new President and Congress take bold action within the first 100 days to end the climate crisis. Anything less is an insult to our generation. We are the ones we are waiting for. Now let’s make it happen.
Sign the Pledge
Make your first move to build this unstoppable movement:
Our generation needs a brand new vision for our future. We need to lead the world towards a just, clean energy economy that moves beyond dirty energy, creates green jobs for all, and secures our climate. I pledge to vote, hold our leaders accountable through my sustained involvement, and create a Power Shift!”>Our generation needs a brand new vision for our future. We need to lead the world towards a just, clean energy economy that moves beyond dirty energy, creates green jobs for all, and secures our climate. I pledge to vote, hold our leaders accountable through my sustained involvement, and create a Power Shift!
Take 30 seconds to Sign the Pledge now!
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Free Live Music this Summer
This summer get into music tours for FREE. To succeed in the Fall we must start having conversations over the summer. Energy Action Coalition is teaming up with REVERB’s summer concert tours to spread the PowerVote message. Want to help volunteer to table at these shows and get in for FREE?!
Local dates in our region:
June 28- Dave Matthews Band, Nissan Pavilion
July 13 – John Mayer, Merriweather Post Pavilion
Aug 16 – Maroon 5, Nissan Pavilion
There are only a limited number of free passes so reply to ethan@chesapeakeclimate.org if you are interested in volunteering
Get Involved!
PowerVote is taking off and students across the country are helping launch the campaign. Be a part of this important conversation and help drive the direction of the national movement. Want to get more involved with PowerVote? Take 1 minute to fill out this simple interest form to get plugged into the conversation with students across the country.
Questions about PowerVote? You can voice them on a national conference call or learn more in this informational packet
Training Mega Camp
On August 13-17 Energy Action Coalition and our partner organizations will be hosting a MEGA Camp, a large-scale training program to equip youth leaders with the skills and resources necessary to run a large scale Power Vote field campaign. The goal is to bring innovative strategies to the grassroots and to train a powerhouse team of organizers prepared to train thousands more young people, building an unstoppable ground force this November and beyond. Applications are out so apply now to reserve your spot. Space is limited so apply today!
