Mass Minus Coal

Mass Minus Coal Bill H.2935 would:
1. End coal burning in Massachusetts by retiring existing plants and preventing new ones from opening
2.

Retrain workers for new facilities or industries
3. Replace tax revenues of communities that rely on the power plants for revenue

03/09/2013
Add your name to let Obama know how you feel about Coal!
03/07/2013

Add your name to let Obama know how you feel about Coal!

President Obama has promised action to confront climate change. To do that, he must end the detrimental "all of the above" energy policy of his first term. Please add your name as a co-signer on our open letter urging him to take bold action to confront climate change now.

Let's clean the dots off our state:
02/19/2013

Let's clean the dots off our state:

02/19/2013

Each year Massachusetts power plants produce 36,000 tons of sulfur dioxide, which contributes to asthma and acid rain.

If we eliminated coal, that number would decrease significantly. Join the fight!

Last weekend was a record high for Beijing's air pollution, one of the leading causes of which is dirty coal-burning fac...
01/18/2013

Last weekend was a record high for Beijing's air pollution, one of the leading causes of which is dirty coal-burning factories and power plants. Help us ban those in Massachusetts. (The picture shows last weekend's air quality versus about a year ago. It's shocking.)

Where it all started...
08/18/2012

Where it all started...

High School students engage in a week long institute at Amherst College that develops public advocacy skills, including persuasive writing, effective public speaking,…

08/12/2012

Coal Free Mass's blog is now live. Check it out and learn about the ongoing campaign to phase out coal in Massachusetts!

There’s something in the air -- and it’s brighter than smog. One month ago, we launched the Coal Free Massachusetts campaign in the three communities of the Bay State still host to coal-fired power plants. We all bear the burden of the health risks, environmental hazards, and economically unviable ...

The Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset is the largest and dirtiest polluter in New England. In 2010 6,300 tons of N...
08/12/2012

The Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset is the largest and dirtiest polluter in New England.

In 2010 6,300 tons of NO (smog), 36,000 tons of SO2 (acid rain) and almost 8,000,000 tons of CO2 were emitted into our air from this coal plant, affecting not only us, but our entire nation and the world as a whole.

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