PG&E Quit Coal Now!

As part of the November 14, 2008 Coal Day of Action, SF Against Coal organized a rally to try to get PG&E to quit funding and using coal energy. They set up outside of PG&E's main office, chanting and handing out flyers to passersby. Also, there was a booth deemed the "Coal Challenge" in which people were challenged to find the difference between "Clean" Coal and "Normal" Coal (Hint: There isn't one, they both have to be ripped out of the earth!)

A quick note: PG&E does not actually use Coal-Fired plants to power California. However, the company does use power from six coal plants to provide energy in other places around the country. Their head office is in San Francisco.

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[Observer451]

You've got to love all of the effort and money that went into planning and executing this demonstration.

Unfortunately, PG&E, through its subsidiary National Energy & Gas Transmission, Inc., had already sold all six of the coal-fired power plants cited in this video to Goldman Sachs in 2004, long before this November 14, 2008 Coal Day of Action by SF Against Coal.

SF Against Coal should have done their homework.

Source: Google "IPPAuctionRelease.pdf"

[bottleddissent]

@Observer451 Hey thanks for watching! You'll be happy to know that absolutely no money went into this event.

It's been a while since I looked over our research, but I'm going to assume that you are correct that PG&E sold its coal-fired plants. However, as their employee admits this video, there was still a percentage of power that came from coal, whether they owned the plants or not. Moot point? Perhaps. But we felt it necessary to point out as part of a larger SF anti-coal day of action event.

[mikesxdestroy]

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