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We didn’t know Third Eye Blind felt so strongly about coal

by IlanaOcasio Posted on July 20, 2016

We didn’t know Third Eye Blind felt so strongly about coal

By on Jul 20, 2016Share

Third Eye Blind played a benefit concert Tuesday night in Cleveland, which is home to the Republican National Convention this week. The band asked those in attendance questions like, “Who here believes in science?” and talked about inclusivity. All that was met with jeers from the conservative crowd, who apparently liked the band’s music enough to stick around anyway.

On Wednesday, Third Eye Blind had the last word:

There you have it. A ’90s alt-rock band with better ideas than the Republican platform.

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Fracking and immigration activists unite 60 feet above the RNC

by CathyNpykchtei Posted on July 19, 2016

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Fracking and immigration activists unite 60 feet above the RNC

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Four anti-fracking, pro-immigrant activists scaled 60-foot flagpoles a few blocks from the Republic National Convention on Tuesday morning, then unfurled a massive banner that read “Don’t Trump our communities.”

What are these two groups of activists doing together? Their issues overlap. In many places around the country, immigrants live in areas where oil companies use hydraulic fracturing to release natural gas and oil. Most of the fracking in California, for instance, happens in the Central Valley, near fields where undocumented workers harvest crops to feed the rest of the country. Fracking sites are more likely to be in neighborhoods of color and poverty.

Emmelia Talarico, an activist who traveled to Cleveland, Ohio from Maryland for the protest, said that “communities directly impacted by oil and gas extraction have come together with immigrant communities being torn apart by deportations to take a stand against an unjust system that targets us all.”

Three of the four activists were arrested and are now raising money for bail.

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Pollution from power plants in two states killed thousands of people last year

by VicenteCombes Posted on July 15, 2016

Pollution from power plants in two states killed thousands of people last year

By on Jul 15, 2016 6:03 amShare

How poisonous are power plants? An estimated 2,300 people in the United States died prematurely because of Pennsylvania’s power plants just last year, according to a study out Thursday. Across the border in Ohio, power plants claimed another 2,130 lives last year. The healthcare bill for people suffering from power plants in both states hit $40 billion.

These startling numbers come from a pair of reports from NextGen Climate America and PSE Healthy Energy, which looked at two states infamous for their coal-burning power plants. It should come as no surprise that nearly 90 percent of power plants in both states are in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.

In a word, it’s horrifying. People are getting sick, paying a lot of money, and dying to meet our demand for electricity. Once the EPA’s Clean Power Plan takes hold (it’s currently tied up in the courts) Ohio and Pennsylvania should take a hard look at who’s being affected by emissions, says NextGen. The new federal regulations give states flexibility to meet the standards — including choosing natural gas over coal plants to lower emissions. But, as NextGen points out, natural gas can still lead to asthma attacks, respiratory problems, and death.

NextGen argues that Ohio and Pennsylvania should focus on health and equity for everyone. But the organization’s policy recommendation tiptoes around it: “An emphasis on renewables and efficiency, rather than increased natural gas generation, may be the best way to realize the benefits of the Clean Power Plan without placing a disproportionate impact on vulnerable communities.” It’s not a “may be,” it is.

Natural gas plants can mean sickness and death for vulnerable communities. The long-term goal should be a complete end to poisonous power plants — not a meek proposal to curb some, but not all, of the burdens.

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