The efforts aimed at getting Austin to quit coal are growing. Already there are two petitions, a lawsuit and various local meet-ups for more organizing. Today, the movement is using photography for activism at the State Capitol.

To learn more about why coal is maligned by enviros, doctors and farmers, check out this Austin Post.

Here's a short list of what's happening right now:

Petition A
The Sierra Club's national initiative to "Phase Out Fayette" Coal Plant by 2020, http://tinyurl.com/sierra-fcp

Petition B
Auto-emails a letter of concern to ATX City Council, re: Austin Coal Plant's impacts on people/planet, http://tinyurl.com/change-fcp

LawSuit
Filed by three leading TX non-profits against Austin's coal plant. Read all about it, http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2011/03/07/suit-filed-over-texas-coal-fired-plant.html

Meet Up
Sierra & GreenPeace gathering to develop "Phase Out Fayette" initiative, after SXSW, http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207692815913749

Photo Essay
Launching with a press conference and rally at the Capital, today. "Protecting What We Love: Our Health. Our Water. Our Air." will display photos of Texas's natural beauty, green jobs growth, citizen advocates against fossil fuels, children playing in the dangerous places they live (near toxic refineries and chemical plants on the coast). 11:30AM, this morning (Tue 3/15) http://texasgreenreport.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/protecting-what-we-love/

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