Tell Gov. Quinn: Veto the $3 billion coal boondoggle

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From: "Josh Nelson, CREDO Action" <act@credoaction.com>
Date: Jun 16, 2012 11:34 AM
Subject: Tell Gov. Quinn: Veto the $3 billion coal boondoggle
To: "Daniel A. Stafford" <aquarianm@gmail.com>

Clicking here will automatically add your name to this petition to Illinois Governor Pat Quinn: "Don't let the Illinois legislature force us to pay for a dirty, $3 billion giveaway to the coal industry. As an Illinois resident, I urge you to veto SB 3766." Automatically add your name: Learn more about this campaign Tell Gov. Quinn: Veto the $3 billion dirty coal boondoggle. Dear Daniel, In a stunning display of its shameful allegiance to the dirty coal industry, the Illinois legislature voted to force Illinois residents to foot the bill for a $3 billion coal gasification plant on Chicago's southeast side.1 Coal gasification is an incredibly dirty, expensive and energy-intensive process that creates more than twice the climate pollution of conventional dirty coal plants. Last month, more than 4,500 CREDO activists told the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) to reject the Leucadia Corporation's proposed coal gasification boondoggle — but the state legislature bypassed the ICC's normal decision making, passing a bill to force local utilities to buy the dirty coal gas from Leucadia at more than three times the normal price.2 Our last and only chance to stop this disastrous boondoggle is to convince Governor Quinn to veto SB 3766. Tell Governor Quinn: Protect Illinois residents by vetoing SB 3766. Click here to automatically sign the petition. As If ripping off Illinois consumers by forcing them to pay for this costly project isn't bad enough, allowing the Leucadia plant to move forward would also be an environmental nightmare, using more than 10 million gallons of water from the Calumet River each day.3 To make matters worse, the proposed location for the plant is just two blocks from Washington High School, where thousands of students would be subjected to the plant's dangerous air pollution. The Leucadia coal gasification boondoggle is a lose-lose proposition that Illinois residents could be paying the price for in higher utility bills and harmful air pollution for decades. This is our last chance to urge Governor Quinn to stand up for Illinois residents, and stop the dirty, expensive giveaway SB 3766. Click below to automatically sign the petition: http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6901308&p=leucadia_veto&id=41877-2914033-ffR8Wox&t=9 Thank you for fighting for public health and the environment in Illinois. Josh Nelson, Campaign Manager CREDO Action from Working Assets 1. Southeast Side 'clean coal' plant a step closer to funding, Chicago Tribune, 5/31/12 2. Bill Status of SB 3766, Illinois General Assembly 3. Leucadia Coal Gasification Synthetic Natural Gas Plant, Sierra Club Share on Facebook Post to your wall Tweet this Post to Twitter © 2012 CREDO. All rights reserved. To remove yourself (Daniel A. Stafford) from this list, please visit our subscription management page at: http://act.credoaction.com/s?i=41877-2914033-ffR8Wox To change your email address or update your contact info, please visit: http://act.credoaction.com/subscrip/coa.html?id=41877-2914033-ffR8Wox