February 26: Tennessee Student Lobby Day - Nashville, TN
Students
across the state will be lobbying for the support of the following
bills, which create a state plan to address climate change, BAN
mountain top removal in the state, and increase coal severance taxes in
the state to put towards tax exemptions for renewable energy purchases.
Please call to express your support for these bills!
Background on Bills:
*SJR0612 by*Finney : General
Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position -Expresses support for the
creation of a comprehensive state plan to addressclimate change and
limit greenhouse gas emissions in Tennessee.
** Next vote is coming up soon in Senate Environment and Conservation Committee
*SB3822 by*Finney R., *Kurita. (HB3348 by *McDonald.)
TN Scenic Vistas Protection Act /Water Pollution - Prohibits the
department of environment and conservation from issuing permits related
to surface mining under certain circumstances. - AmendsTCA Title 59 and
Title 69, Chapter 3.
Placed on Senate. Environmental, Conservation & TourismComm.
*** Set for vote in Senate Environment and conservationCommittee on Feb. 27, 2008
Contact: Senate Environment, Conservation, Tourism Committee
TOMMY KILBY Phone (615) 741-1449
D - Wartburg
District 12 - Campbell, Fentress, Morgan,
Rhea, Roane and Scott counties
sen.tommy.kilby@legislature.state.tn.us
DEWAYNE BUNCH Phone (615) 741-3730
R - Cleveland
District 9 -Bradley, McMinn, Meigs and Polk counties
sen.dewayne.bunch@legislature.state.tn.us
*SB2671 by*Jackson: Taxes,
Severance - Redefines the measure of severance tax for coal products
from 20 cents per ton to 4.5 percent of gross value of such products;
creates Tennessee coal severance fund; redistributes revenue from
severance tax; and provides exemptions from sales tax for certain
qualified renewable energy products and services. - Amends TCA Title
67, Chapter 6, Part 3;Title 67, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter
6, Part .
*** Coming up for vote soon in Senate Finance Ways and Means
Contact:
Senate Finance, Waysand Means Committee
RANDY McNALLY Phone (615) 741-6806
R - Oak Ridge
District 5 - Anderson, Loudon, Monroe
and part of Knox counties
DOUGLAS HENRY Phone (615) 741-3291
D-Nashville
District 21 - Part of Davidson County
Phone (615) 741-3291
sen.douglas.henry@legislature.state.tn.us
TIM BURCHETT Phone (615) 741-1766
R-Knoxville
District 7 - Part of Knox County
ASK HIM TO CO-SPONSOR THE BILL (he sponsored a very similar bill last year!)
Fossil FOOLS Day 2008
On April 1, 2008 young people from around the
world are rising up to show the world that we refuse to fool around
with climate change and our future. The Energy Action Coalition is
calling on communities across Canada and the US to join this global day
of action and show the fossil fuel industry and bad politicians that we
mean business. Ideas include, but are by no means limited to: rallies
at gas stations or representative offices, Critical Mass bike rides,
office occupations, Billionaire’s for Tar Sands/Coal demonstrations,
spank the bank visits, high-powered projections of solutions on the
side of dirty energy factories, Board of Trustees meeting take-overs,
hold a clean energy camp at a dirty energy site, do solar
installations, make spoof videos and websites, offer alternative, clean
energy bus rides, do some coal mining of your own at a coal company’s
headquarters…
Tag your photos on Flickr
your best photos of actions and events on your campus with "southernenergy"
photos to be on your state's page use sen+your state, for example:
"senal" "senga" "senfl" and etc. --feeds coming on all of the state
pages soon!
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Add Southern Energy Network events, pictures, blog and video feeds to your website
Fight New Coal and Nuclear Plants!
North Carolina: Cliffside coal plant expansion by Duke Energy
South Carolina: Pee Dee coal plant by Santee Cooper
Georgia: Early County Plant by Dynegy & Washington Plant by 10 Electric Municipal Cooperatives (EMCs)
Alabama: Bellefonte Nuclear Plant (2 nuclear reactors) by Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee: Watts Bar Unit 2 Nuclear Plant by Tennessee Valley Authority
Florida: Turkey Pointe Nuclear plant by Florida Power and Light.
