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Hi all,<br>
<br>
This is a critical moment in the fight to stop global warming.<br>
<br>
Call Mayor Newsom Today To Stop A Fossil Fuel Power Plant From Being
Built In San Francisco<br>
<br>
This Tuesday, May 13, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote
on a deeply misguided plan to build a polluting natural gas power plant
in the City of San Francisco and allow it to spew pollution and CO2 for
the next 18-30 years! But the Board is wavering and might not vote down
this terrible proposal.<br>
<br>
WHAT YOU CAN DO:<br>
<br>
Mayor Newsom is in New York City this week, attending an environmental
'Green Cities' conference, and will return Saturday to San Francisco.
The Board of Supervisors is so closely divided on the power plant vote
that Mayor Newsom could tip the scales and stop the plant by taking a
strong public stand against it on Tuesday morning.<br>
<br>
Call Mayor Newsom's Office of Neighborhood Services today at:<br>
415-554-7111<br>
(if you get voice mail, simply leave your recorded remarks
- if you have trouble reaching the number above, just call the San
Francisco 311 line and ask to leave a public comment for the Mayor)<br>
<br>
Leave him the following message:<br>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
"Mayor Newsom, please be a global environmental champion and declare to
the world that San Francisco will no longer burn fossil fuel for
electricity, that you oppose the combustion turbine peaker project, and
that you will establish a plan to close the existing Mirant power plant
by relying only on renewable energy, efficiency, and the Transbay
Cable."</font><br>
<br>
Let's flood the Mayor's office and voice mail box with -thousands- of
comments so that he knows exactly what to do on Tuesday to make San
Francisco a Green City!<br>
<br>
AND: Email the Board of Supervisors<br>
<br>
Once you have called the Mayor, take one more moment to send the
following email message to the Board of Supervisors at:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:board.of.supervisors@sfgov.org">board.of.supervisors@sfgov.org</a><br>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
Dear Supervisor, <br>
<br>
Please be a global environmental champion and vote 'NO' on the ICC
combustion turbine peaker project. Then call for a 2008 Energy Action
Plan to close the existing Mirant power plant by relying
only on renewable energy, efficiency, and the Transbay Cable.<br>
<br>
Thank You!<br>
<br>
[your name and address here]<br>
</font><br>
- end of sample message -<br>
<br>
Further Background:<br>
<br>
The recently passed Community Choice renewable energy project (which
will
bring San Francisco 50% solar and wind power within the next decade),
and a new power transmission cable from the Northeast with enough
capacity to meet half of San Francisco's daily electricity needs, make
this polluting plant completely unnecessary. The SFPUC plans to site
the plant in
the already heavily polluted and economically marginalized Bayview
Hunters
Point district, which is 40% African American, and has
high concentrations
of other people of color and low income residents. (For more
information see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://our-city.org/campaigns/index.html">http://our-city.org/campaigns/index.html</a>
)<br>
<br>
Thanks for your action and support!<br>
<br>
Eric Brooks<br>
Campaign Coordinator<br>
Our City<br>
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