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"If I find anything frustrating it's that governments for 15 to 20 years have been telling us what a crisis climate change is. When the financial crisis comes along, they discover trillions of dollars to invest in the banks. If climate change is a crisis, government should be investing a fraction of that in climate change, and maybe if we had a fraction of the money we have today to spend then on climate change we wouldn't have a climate change problem."
-- World Coal Institute CEO Milton Catelin In this issue 1) Take Action: Help the Clean Energy Bill Make a Strong Start 1) Take Action: Help the Clean Energy Bill Make a Strong Start
3) Victory: Blair Mountain Added to National Register of Historic Places In 1921 Blair Mountain became the site of our nation's largest-ever labor struggle when 10,000 people clashed as coal miners rose up against the coal barons in defense of their right to unionize. Though the mountain is still at risk from mountaintop removal coal mining, the designation is the first step to protecting this important piece of history. 4) Public Hearings: Offshore Drilling On Wednesday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will hold a public hearing in New Orleans to find out how Americans feel about the expanded offshore drilling the oil industry is pushing for. There will be two more hearings the following week in Anchorage and San Francisco. Big Oil is working furiously to make it look like Americans support policies that add to the oil industry's profits but destroy our coasts. Secretary Salazar needs to see that what Americans really want is clean energy and the jobs that come with it --- not more dirty, risky offshore drilling. The most important thing you can do is show up at a hearing and make it clear which side you're on. If you can't make the hearing, please log-on to our action center and submit your comments. Hearing schedule and locations: http://www.doi.gov/ocs/
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