I thought I'd forward this to you. Hope you find it informative Leslie DIRTY COAL ON THE RISE IN TEXAS With all of the attention on the recent elections, you may have missed a story with serious implications for the future of our planet. In Texas, the TXU Corporation plans to spend $10 billion to build 11 new dirty coal-fired power plants that will guarantee huge amounts of global warming emissions for decades to come. The company announced it is also considering major coal plant projects in the Northeast and Midwest. According to a recent New York Times article, opposition groups say "that TXU is embarking on its immense construction campaign without taking account of its role in an emerging environmental catastrophe." And the state of Texas is already the number one carbon emitter in the country. It appears that Governor Rick Perry is fast-tracking the permit process for TXU so that the plants can be built before federal laws will hopefully be put in place. A growing number of Texas mayors are opposing the TXU proposal through the Texas Cities for Clean Air Coalition, including the mayors of Houston, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, and over a dozen other cities state wide from both political parties. Conservative Republican Robert Cluck, the mayor of Arlington, is leading the charge on global warming in Texas -- concerned for the environmental impact but as a medical doctor also for the public health impacts of dirty coal. SPREAD THE WORD: "AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH" AVAILABLE ON DVD December 26 (UK) Movie critic Roger Ebert said, "In 39 years, I have never written these words in a movie review, but here they are: You owe it to yourself to see this film." Buy two copies of "An Inconvenient Truth" and donate one to a school. BUY DVD NOW TAKE ACTION IN SCHOOLSTeachers and Students: To learn more ways to take action at your school, visit the new Classroom section of StopGlobalWarming.org TELL A FRIEND By marching, you have taken the first step to be part of the movement to stop global warming. We are now over 517,000 marchers strong. The best way to grow the movement to stop global warming is to urge your friends and family to join the March too. CLICK HERE to invite friends to join the March. Keep Marching! Laurie DavidFounderStopGlobalWarming.orgTo sign up for the Stop Global Warming Virtual March, please visit http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/ If you do not want futher messages from Stop Global Warming, simply go here and we will remove you from our list.Buzztone, 15260 Ventura Blvd. Suite 2100 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d