Charlie Wilson: Are you in on the truth about coal?

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Charlie Wilson: Are you in on the truth about coal?

Dear Charlie,
Are you in on the truth?

Dennis Spisak
Ohio Green Party
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Tens of thousands of people have learned the truth about coal through the new website and online video at CoalIsNotTheAnswer.org. Despite the coal industry's $40 million slick advertising campaign to mask the harmful and polluting nature of coal fired power plants, we are just not falling for it.

Now it's time to take the truth about coal to the masses. We are launching a public awareness campaign to rebut the coal industry's misleading claims.

Hundreds of comments have flooded in to the website from people telling their own story about coal. Here are a few of the most powerful:
Cathy in Ohio: I worked for a respiratory doctor and we would get coal miners in our office for treatment with black lung disease, emphysema. Poor souls had worked all their lives and basically gave their lives to that miserable coal mine. Their families felt helpless because it was the only job they knew and they worked and suffered. My utility bill was horribly expensive and they burned coal for our power and we paid dearly. There's got to be a better way for all involved.

Bill in Wyoming: I live in Wyoming, and we are coal country, and I live and breathe coal, but I do agree we have many, many options, so who will take that leap into the future? So instead of mining coal, we can get good jobs building wind turbines, solar panels, and set up incentives for research and development in alternative renewable energy sources. We can do it!

John in West Virginia: I grew up with coal in WV. For people who like to continue breathing, coal is not an answer. The strip miners are also polluting the beautiful state of my birth, making it impossible for people to live anywhere near their mining operations. Coal is part of the problem, and no part of the solution.
Real people, telling real stories about how coal affects their lives and communities. Let's make sure that these are the types of messages that get out to the public, not the misleading sound bites the coal industry uses to mask the truth.


Bruce Nilles
National Director, Sierra Club Coal Campaign



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