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Greetings,
Assembly Member Lori Saldaña, flanked by Zachary
Schlagel of Congressman Filner's Office, City Council Member
Donna Frye and Sierra Club activists, speaks out for smart
energy solutions for San Diego.
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Send your letter to
the Editor of the Union-Tribune
and North
County Times
today! |
I have exciting
news to share and a special favor
to ask on behalf of our San Diego Smart
Energy Solutions campaign to protect Anza-Borrego Desert State
Park, the Cleveland National Forest and local communities from
SDG&E's unnecessary, destructive Sunrise Powerlink proposal!
This week, the
state and federal government's key document
(DEIR/DEIS) that examines the environmental impacts of the
proposed Sunrise Powerlink and potential alternatives was
released. Their findings dealt a blow to SDG&E and a boost
to smart energy! The government's report concluded there
are viable, environmentally responsible ways to deliver
power to our region other than the destructive Sunrise
Powerlink.
To read San Diego Union-Tribune coverage
of the report, click here
and to read the article in the North County Times,
click here.
Now, I need your help to send a
message to local leaders and decision makers that this
report is on target - we don't need Sunrise Powerlink. We
all know there are smarter energy solutions.
Please do your part to protect our
park, forests and local communities from the proposed Sunrise
Powerlink by writing a letter to the Editors
of the
Union-Tribune and
the North
County Times! This simple,
effective action helps our public officials understand that we
don't need Sunrise Powerlink!
Helpful tips, contact information
and talking points about how to write a letter to the Editor are
outlined below:
WHO: letters@uniontrib.com and letters@nctimes.com
WHAT: Letters must be less than 150 words
and include full name, address and phone number.
TALKING POINTS:
- The recent release of the Sunrise Powerlink Draft
Environmental Impact Report underscores there are better ways to
provide clean, reliable energy to San Diego other than
this polluting transmission project.
- Sunrise Powerlink promises to deliver imported,
fossil-fueled power that will add to global
warming. And, it is a bad deal for
ratepayers. This report emphasizes we don't need this
boondoggle.
- As outlined in this document, the safe, sensible
approach to regional energy planning is to increase local
production, not build more risky transmission lines.
After you send your letter to the Editor, feel free to email
your letter to me in a SEPARATE email at mmitrosky@sierraclubsandiego.org.
Don't copy me when you send your letter,
because it's less likely to be published.
Best,
Micah
P.S.
Send a letter to the Editors of the
Union-Tribune
and North
County Times today! This simple,
effective action helps amplify our message to public
officials that we don't need Sunrise
Powerlink!
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Sierra Club's Smart Energy Solutions
Campaign
3820 Ray Street, San Diego, CA 92104
619-299-1797
www.sdsmartenergy.org
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