The conversion of the Riverside coal-burning power plant, operated by Xcel Energy, from coal to natural gas will be commemorated tomorrow at a public ceremony on site in Northeast Minneapolis. Riverside is located on the Mississippi River between North and Northeast Minneapolis. The coal plant has been operating since 1911 and was the largest single source of air pollution in Minneapolis.

Changes made to the way the plant operates and the switch from dirty coal to more clean burning natural gas will cut dangerous air pollution substantially:

The Elk River Municipal Utility is considering buying into the Big Stone II coal-fired power plant proposed to be built near Milbank, South Dakota. While other utilities and other states across the Midwest and the nation are abandoning plans for building new coal plants, the Big Stone II proposers continue down this path, which critics call "uneconomic and environmentally irresponsible."

CHRISTIANITY AND VEGETARIANISM: PURSUING THE NONVIOLENCE OF JESUS

by Fr. John Dear, S.J.

“Carbon dependence has eroded our economic power, destroyed our moral authority, diminished our international influence and prestige, endangered our national security, and damaged our health and landscapes. It is subverting everything we value.”
http://files.tikkun.org/current/article.php?story=2008041309...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Manifesto - May 2008

VOTE PSL in 2008!
http://www.VotePSL.org

Candidates of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL):
Gloria La Riva for President and
Eugene Puryear for Vice President in 2008!

CAPITALISM MEANS ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION
—Fight for socialism!

*A statement of the La Riva/Puryear presidential campaign*