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From the NC Conservation Network:
North Carolina has a growing mercury problem: NC is in the top ten in the country in mercury emissions, 22 types of fish are under a state consumption advisory due to mercury contamination, and 20% of NC women who asked to be tested had unsafe levels of mercury in their bodies. Now is the time for NC to stop mercury emissions at the number one source: our coal-fired power plants. The solution is within reach: 90% reductions by 2010 for all coal plants.
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Take Action: Speak out against the weak mercury controls proposed by the state’s Environmental Management Commission. The EMC will hold two more public hearings, at which citizens will have 3 minutes to speak.
June 1, 7pm in Raleigh :
The Archdale Building, Ground Floor Hearing Room, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27604.June 8, 7pm in Winterville :
Pitt Community College, Lessie Building, Room 143, 1986 Pitt Tech Rd., Winterville, NC 28590.Can’t make it to public hearings? Through June 30, comments can be emailed to the EMC {encode=”thom.allen@ncmail.net” title=”c/o Thomas Allen”}
If you have staff, members, activists, or community leaders, who will be attending one or more of the hearings, please {encode=”peter@ncconservationnetwork.org” title=”let Peter Walz know”}.
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