November 8, 2004: Headlines: COS - Congo Kinsasha: Environment: Civil Disobedience: US Newswire: RPCV Mike Tidwell leads Citizens to Protest Coal-fired Power Plant Wednesday in Montgomery County; Arrests Likely

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RPCV Mike Tidwell leads Citizens to Protest Coal-fired Power Plant Wednesday in Montgomery County; Arrests Likely

RPCV Mike Tidwell leads Citizens to Protest Coal-fired Power Plant Wednesday in Montgomery County; Arrests Likely

RPCV Mike Tidwell leads Citizens to Protest Coal-fired Power Plant Wednesday in Montgomery County; Arrests Likely

Citizens to Protest Coal-fired Power Plant Wednesday in Montgomery County; Arrests Likely

11/8/2004 12:57:00 PM

To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor

Contact: Mike Tidwell, 240-460-5838; or Gary Skulnik, 202-413-8534, both for Chesapeake Climate Action Network

News Advisory:

Citizens to Protest Coal-fired Power Plant in Montgomery County; Arrests Likely

Student, faith, environmental and agricultural leaders to decry Mirant corporation for ignoring public health and rapid global warming

DETAILS:

A group of individuals representing students, environmentalists, the faith community and farmers will be protesting the negative health impacts and ecological destruction caused by the Dickerson power plant in Montgomery County on Wednesday, November 10th at 11 am. Arrests for nonviolent trespassing are likely.

This coal-burning plant, owned by the Atlanta-based Mirant corporation, is a major source of mercury (food contamination), carbon dioxide (global warming), nitrogen oxide (smog) and sulpher dioxide (acid rain) in our region. Indeed, this one plant creates enough carbon dioxide per day as would be created by 300,000 Hummers driven 41 miles each (average U.S. daily drive). But Mirant has steadfastly refused to support a fair and feasible legislative solution in Maryland that would greatly clean up emissions from these smokestacks.

At the protest, there will first be a series of comments from invited speakers, including George Leventhal of the Montgomery County Council, noted Episcopal priest Sally Bingham, and Bill Price, a West Virginia citizen whose home has been damaged by the impacts of mountaintop removal for coal.

Protesters will be asking the Maryland General Assembly to protect human health and the environment by passing a "Four Pollutant" bill. This bill would require the Mirant corporation and other companies who burn coal in Maryland to fulfill their responsibility to our state's children and precious ecosystems.

For more information, call Mike Tidwell of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network at 301-920-1633 (w) or 240-460-5838 (mobile) or email him at mwtidwell@aol.com. Media can also contact Dawn Ratcliffe at 301-613-5087 (mobile) or Gary Skulnik at 202-413-8534 (Mobile).

DETAILS: The protest will begin at 11 am Wednesday November 10th at Mirant's Dickerson Power Plant. The drive is about 45 minutes northwest from the District of Columbia.





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Story Source: US Newswire

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