NPR’s All Things Considered: Indiana Universities and Coal

Check out the first story in a multiple part series discussing universities in Indiana and coal. IU and the Coal Free IU Campaign will be covered soon!

Ball State is a great example for the state, the nati0n and the world of what is possible: a clean energy future!

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121021935

Clean Energy Rally photos!

We had a great clean energy rally on Thursday at 12:30 in front of the Central Heating Plant on Fee Lane. Thank you everyone who came out and a special thank you to our speakers: Professor Maurice Manning and Senior Terrence Ellison!

In case you missed it check out some of the photos below!

Check out some coverage of Coal Free Campus Rallies across the country:

Penn State

University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, movie of the rally

University of Minnesota

University of North Dakota

SUNY Binghamton

Coal Country Movie Screening TONIGHT

Coal Country

8pm, November 10th

Woodburn Hall rm. 120

Coal Country is a new documentary exploring modern coal mining and the controversy over such practices as strip mining and Mountain Top Removal. Set to officially premier the 14th on Discovery Channel, this focuses on coal’s cradle-to-grave portrait, and the environmental and community impact the mere extraction of coal causes, before the latter issues of global warming and harmful emissions emerge.

Jason Wilber, a local musician who worked on the companion CD to Coal Country, will speak before the film.

Questions? Email Novella Shuck at nshuck@indiana.edu

FMI: http://www.coalcountrythemovie.com/

http://www.sierraclub.org/scp/coalcountry.aspx

 

Green Potluck and Pumpkin Carving Update!

Thanks everyone who made it out for the Green Potluck and Pumpkin Carving event on October 28th! We had a great time and collected a bunch more signature petitions and photo petitions. In case you didn’t get a chance to make it, check out some more photos and the flier we distributed!

Panel Discussion

Thank you for everyone that attended or was in someway involved in the panel discussion last night! We had over 70 people in attendance which is fantastic–the room was packed. We would like to thank our panelists Bill Brown, Ben Brabson, Jeff Kaden, and Michael Beczkiewicz for sharing their knowledge and opinions on this issue through intelligent discussion.

If you missed the panel discussion last night, check out the article in today’s IDS!

Don’t forget to check the calendar for the big events we have coming up next week like our sneak peek showing of Coal Country.

Thanks,

-Coal Free IU Team

See you at the Panel Tonight!!

Check out a great article in the IDS today that talks about our campaign and tonight’s panel!

REMINDER:

Coal on Campus:

Coal and the Future of Energy at Indiana University

When: TODAY Thursday, November 5, 7:00

Where: IMU Persimmon Room (in the Tree Suites)

Who: Panelists include–

Bill Brown, Director, Office of Sustainability
Ben Brabson, Professor, Physics Department
Jeff Kaden, University Engineer, LEED certified
Michael Beczkiewicz, Southern Indiana Renewable Energy Network

Why scrubbers aren’t enough!

A new article by the New York Times yesterday exposed how scrubbers on coal fired plants do not actually prevent toxic contaminants from polluting our environment. Instead of releasing chemicals into the air, scrubbers simply trap the waste. This then usually gets discharged into local water supplies.

IU’s Central Heating Plant recently finished installing scrubbers as a part of an upgrade to meet environmental quality air standards. To learn more about physical plant updates, visit the IU website.

*Check out the NYT VIDEO!*