The email below is from Toxics Action Center....please add your name and join with others....
Momentum is building to
stop the new dirty gas pipeline proposed to be built across
Massachusetts.
First, hundreds of you showed up
for town meetings where the pipeline would cut through our land.
Then, thousands of you flooded
Governor Patrick's inbox with messages opposing the pipeline.
And this week, nearly one
thousand people participated in the rolling march across the state culminating
in a rally outside the State House.1
Now we need Attorney General Martha Coakley to join the thousands
of Massachusetts residents saying no to ratepayer subsidies for
the pipeline.
We've won the support
of many of our state legislators2 and this week Governor Patrick had
no choice but to meet with a delegation from the hundreds of people showing up
to rally outside the State House. Now we're working to win support from
the taxpayer's advocate, Attorney General Martha Coakley. We need her
to add weight to our message that a new pipeline is not good for the
Commonwealth.
Last year Massachusetts
became the most energy efficient state in the country,2 and we're one
of the top states for solar.3 New fossil fuel infastructure, like
this pipeline, would lock us into more dirty energy for years to come. What's
worse is that the pipeline company, Kinder Morgan, will reap all the profits
since you and I will be paying for it with a tax on our energy
bills.
That doesn't
sound fair, does it? That's why we urgently need your help.
Thank you for helping us get closer to victory!
Sincerely,
Sylvia Broude
Executive Director
Toxics Action Center
1 http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/07/30/protest-against-proposed-gas-pipeline-draws-more-than-boston-common/vUr55aaNdqoDBWCwPD14HO/story.html
2 http://www.nofrackedgasinmass.org/the_score/
3 http://www.aceee.org/press/2013/11/massachusetts-most-energy-efficient
4 http://www.seia.org/research-resources/2013-top-10-solar-states
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