The AEP Plan: Nine Coal Plants within Ten Miles?

Last Friday I had the opportunity to pay a visit to Elisa Young of Meigs County, Ohio. From her farm you can see four coal-fired power plants. AEP is planning to build five more coal plants within a ten mile radius. Added to that list for this community are proposals for two coal slurry impoundments, a coal-mining operation, a power line project, and possible proposals for a petroleum coke plant and an ethanol biorefinery. Nearly all these projects are upwind, upstream, and/or directly in the community. Watch this video to get a small glimpse into her story.

Elisa is opening up her barn and her home this summer to young people and citizens who want to help protect Meigs County and promote sustainable economic opportunities and environmental justice. If you are moved by her story, consider joining the fight with Energy Justice Summer. For more information about the issues in Meigs County go here.

2 Responses to “The AEP Plan: Nine Coal Plants within Ten Miles?”

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1 Matt Reitman Apr 12th, 2007 at 11:04 am

Josh, thanks for posting this - video is such a useful tool for letting people know about the situation in Meigs. Elisa and I have exposed over 1,000 young people to this story face-to-face over the past six months, and I’m actually in Ohio visiting schools right now to spread the word. We’re also having a Step It Up action in Meigs County this Saturday.

Energy Justice Summer promises to be an amazing time. So glad you’re interested!

1 Ohio Citizens Standing Up to Big Coal at It’s Getting Hot In Here Trackback on May 1st, 2007 at 3:14 am

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Josh is co-founder of the Energy Action Coalition, a youth alliance working to support and strengthen the youth movement for a clean, efficient, just, and renewable energy future. He has been a lead designer and organizer of new initiatives such as Fossil Fools Day, the Climate Week of Action, and the No Coal Initiative. He served as national student organizer for Greenpeace USA where he led a successful campaign to pass a comprehensive green building and clean energy policy at California State University. A graduate in Philosophy from the College of Wooster in Ohio, Josh now lives and works in San Francisco.

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