We now have an online petition! Our goal is to reach 2,500 signatures by next semester so please forward the link and the below message on facebook, email listservs, twitter, or however you want to!
Virginia Tech currently burns 46,00 tons of coal at the campus power plant for steam heat and power. Yes, the campus needs to be powered, but there are alternative energy sources which would be safer for the students, more sustainable ,and move Tech towards a more innovative and modern future.
Dormitory rooms by the coal plant are contaminated with coal dust everyday. Do you want students to be exposed to serious health problems from dust inhalation? VT coal comes from underground and mountaintop removal mining in Kentucky. Do you want VT to support the destruction of beautiful mountains, valuable ecosystems, and people’s homes and communities? Climate change is causing severe droughts, storms, and altering ecological processes right now. Do you want VT to keep fueling to climate change with carbon intensive coal?
If you answered ‘no’ to any of these questions, support our movement by signing this petition and encouraging Tech to Invent a CLEAN Future.
Thank you for your help,
Beyond Coal and Greenpeace at Virginia Tech
Petition link: https://www.change.org/petitions/virginia-tech-coal-plant-move-to-clean-renewable-energy-by-2020