Hi all, The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is about to send the worst possible message to our entire planet in the throes of a dire climate crisis, by making San Francisco the only major city in the U.S. to build a new polluting fossil fuel power plant! The plant is known as the Combustion Turbine Project, and two resolutions to halt its construction will be voted on by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors this Tuesday, April 15th. (See 'What You Can Do' further below.) A recently passed Community Choice renewable energy measure (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 Combustion Turbine 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 http://our-city.org/campaigns/index.html ) What You Can Do: Contact Supervisors McGoldrick and Ammiano today and strongly urge them to support the two resolutions that will halt the Combustion Turbine Project, and insist on the creation of a new 21st century energy plan for San Francisco which will no longer depend on fossil fuel power plants. Call: Supervisor Jake McGoldrick 415-554-7410 and Supervisor Tom Ammiano 415-554-5144 Sample Message To Stop The Power Plant: "Please strongly support Supervisor Alioto-Pier's resolutions to demand independent studies of the Combustion Turbine Project and to create a new 2008 energy plan for San Francisco." Thanks for your action and support! Eric Brooks Campaign Coordinator Our City ////This alert sent by://// //Our City 1028-A Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94103 415-756-8844 For more information about Our City campaigns go to: http://www.our-city.org info@our-city.org <mailto:info@our-city.org> //