Los Angeles "Beyond Coal" Sept 24 2011
Channel: Paul Russell Laverack
Date: 2011-09-26

Citizens organize a petition drive in the San Fernando Valley, in northern Los Angeles, as part of the Sierra Club's "Beyond Coal" campaign. Los Angeles currently gets around 40% of its electricity from two out-of-state dirty coal-fired power plants, and while there is a plan to move away from that, the Sierra Club wants to accelerate the pace of change, so LA is beyond coal by 2020.

Volunteers fan out across Arleta, Sylmar, Pacoima, and Panorama City to gather signatures and leave door-hangers at neighborhood homes, to build support for this citywide shift toward more renewable energy and conservation strategies, which a UCLA study says will bring 18,000 clean-energy jobs to Los Angeles.

This "Beyond Coal" action is timed to coincide with Moving Planet, a massive global day of action for climate justice, led by the environmental organization 350.org - there are over 2,000 events in more than 175 nations around the world.