Meet Sierra Club Organizer Mattie Reitman In Cleveland Heights To Plan For MCCO EPA Hearing and to "Move Beyond Coal"

Dear citizens of Northeast Ohio who are concerned about health, prosperity and/or the environment....

There is a coal burning power plant operated by Medical Center Company (MCCO) [1] in University Circle, and another has been planned by MCCO for construction [2] in East Cleveland, and that is harmful to the environment, our economy, and the health and educational achievement and so success in life of all citizens in neighboring communities, like Cleveland, East Cleveland and Cleveland Heights, and regionally and worldwide.

This Saturday, 3-5 PM - at Peace Park and around Coventry Village, in Cleveland Heights - you are encouraged to meetup with a representative of the Sierra Club to learn more about the pollution and harm caused by MCCO - and alternatives to burning coal in your neighborhood.

The Sierra Club is supporting our community to "Move Beyond Coal" and in preparation for a Federal EPA hearing on the renewal of the permit for the MCCO plant [3] to continue burning coal polluting Cleveland Heights - August 10, 2010, 4:30-6:45 PM at the MLK Branch of the Cleveland Public Library

You are encouraged to attend that public meeting to speak out against needless pollution of your neighborhoods and families by MCCO, to "Move Beyond Coal".

You are invited to join Sierra Club Campuses Beyond Coal field organizer Matthew/Mattie Reitman for an informal public awareness meet-up in Cleveland Heights, Saturday, July 24, 2010, from 3-5 PM, to discuss all of this and help spread word in your community.

The Cleveland Heights meet-up will begin at 3 PM and end at 5 PM in the shaded sculpture area at the entrance to Peace Park, at Euclid Heights Boulevard and Coventry Road, and the occasion will feature some walking information sharing in the surrounding Coventry Village neighborhood, grass-roots style. Learn about moving beyond coal from the Sierra Club - join the walk - distribute some fliers - educate the community - share in an important environmental cause with your neighbors.

Take this great opportunity to become informed and active fighting pollution in Northeast Ohio while experiencing the unique and wonderful qualities and people of Cleveland Heights - long a progressive, "No-Nukes" zone.

Read more about the hearing on realNEO at "EPA Hosting Public Hearing to Discuss Citizen Concerns Over MCCO University Circle Coal Powerplant Permit Renewal [3]"

Please contact me or Mattie Reitman with any questions - feel free to comment here on realNEO regarding this - and RSVP if you may attend (RSVP not necessary - drop by any time 5-7 and you'll see us around) - norm [at] realneo [dot] us...

Matthew/Mattie Reitman
Beyond Coal Field Organizer, Ohio
Sierra Club, 131 N High St #605, Columbus OH 43215
mattie [dot] reitman [at] sierraclub [dot] org
614.461.0734 x316 (o)  /  315.450.6628 (c)

House owned by Case right behind MCCO, in Little Italy, Cleveland, Ohio [4]

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