In case you feel like a nice protest tomorrow:
The student-led Beyond Coal Campaign along with the Eco Dawgs, the Environmental Coalition, the Sierra Club and several other coalition partners will host a "Demand Healthy Air" rally Thursday 10/27 from 12-2pm in the free form area between Anthony Hall and the parking garage on the south side of SIU Carbondale's campus. The Beyond Coal campaign has gathered 1,500 petition signatures from SIU Carbondale students demanding that the university administration protect their health by creating a retirement plan and setting a retirement date for the campus coal plant as soon as responsibly possible. Our national coalition partner, the American Lung Association (ALA), has linked toxins from coal plants like the plant on SIU Carbondale's campus to over 60,000 premature deaths in the United States annually in addition to a dramatic increase in asthma rates and asthma attacks.
The student-led Beyond Coal Campaign along with the Eco Dawgs, the Environmental Coalition, the Sierra Club and several other coalition partners will host a "Demand Healthy Air" rally Thursday 10/27 from 12-2pm in the free form area between Anthony Hall and the parking garage on the south side of SIU Carbondale's campus. The Beyond Coal campaign has gathered 1,500 petition signatures from SIU Carbondale students demanding that the university administration protect their health by creating a retirement plan and setting a retirement date for the campus coal plant as soon as responsibly possible. Our national coalition partner, the American Lung Association (ALA), has linked toxins from coal plants like the plant on SIU Carbondale's campus to over 60,000 premature deaths in the United States annually in addition to a dramatic increase in asthma rates and asthma attacks.
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