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On June 23, 2004, six Greenpeace activists hung a banner from a smokestack
at the Hatsfield's Ferry power plant in Masontown, Pennsylvania, protesting
the Bush administration's failure to keep communities safe from the dangers
of coal-fired power plants. As a result of this peaceful protest, these
activists now face felony charges and up to seven years in jail.
As you well know, your plant is one of the dirtiest and most dangerous power
plants in the country. In fact, it's the country's second largest emitter
of sulfur dioxide, the pollution that causes acid rain and smog. It also
releases immense amounts of nitrogen oxide and mercury, both dangerous
pollutants. According to a recent study by the same researchers that the
Bush administration commissioned to evaluate its energy plan, pollution from
this plant causes 237 premature deaths each year. With all of this
evidence, Allegheny Energy still chooses to put its corporate profits ahead
of the health and safety of the community surrounding Hatfield's Ferry.
The four women and two men who participated in this peaceful act were
motivated by sincere concern for the community around your plant, as well as
communities in the shadow of dirty power plants throughout the country.
Felony charges for peaceful protests are not the norm and are unjustified in
this case.
For over 30 years, Greenpeace has worked around the world, through research,
advocacy and action, to protect our Earth's fragile environment and climate.
Greenpeace follows in the venerable U.S. tradition of civil protest, from
the Boston Tea Party to the modern civil rights movement, a tradition that
Allegheny now threatens.
As a responsible corporate citizen, Allegheny Energy should clean up this
dirty plant and immediately demand that these unwarranted and heavy-handed
felony charges be dropped. I pledge to continue taking action against
Allegheny Energy until you do so.
at the Hatsfield's Ferry power plant in Masontown, Pennsylvania, protesting
the Bush administration's failure to keep communities safe from the dangers
of coal-fired power plants. As a result of this peaceful protest, these
activists now face felony charges and up to seven years in jail.
As you well know, your plant is one of the dirtiest and most dangerous power
plants in the country. In fact, it's the country's second largest emitter
of sulfur dioxide, the pollution that causes acid rain and smog. It also
releases immense amounts of nitrogen oxide and mercury, both dangerous
pollutants. According to a recent study by the same researchers that the
Bush administration commissioned to evaluate its energy plan, pollution from
this plant causes 237 premature deaths each year. With all of this
evidence, Allegheny Energy still chooses to put its corporate profits ahead
of the health and safety of the community surrounding Hatfield's Ferry.
The four women and two men who participated in this peaceful act were
motivated by sincere concern for the community around your plant, as well as
communities in the shadow of dirty power plants throughout the country.
Felony charges for peaceful protests are not the norm and are unjustified in
this case.
For over 30 years, Greenpeace has worked around the world, through research,
advocacy and action, to protect our Earth's fragile environment and climate.
Greenpeace follows in the venerable U.S. tradition of civil protest, from
the Boston Tea Party to the modern civil rights movement, a tradition that
Allegheny now threatens.
As a responsible corporate citizen, Allegheny Energy should clean up this
dirty plant and immediately demand that these unwarranted and heavy-handed
felony charges be dropped. I pledge to continue taking action against
Allegheny Energy until you do so.
