Dirty Coal

Did you see the new Coal India Ltd (CIL) IPO advertisement? It can’ t get more misleading than this. If we are to believe them, then coal mining leads to beautiful green forests!

In reality, there is nothing green about coal. Coal is responsible for forest destruction and polluting our air. In spite of this we glorify it and depend heavily on it for our electricity. The worst part is that India’ s easily mineable reserves will be exhausted in a few decades.

The solution to this lies in renewable energy, which is clean and capable of meeting our requirements. There is a need to shift from coal to renewable energy, to support clean energy instead of dirty coal.

Can you take a pledge to support renewable energy and then spread the word among others?

http://greenpeace.in/the-truth-about-coal.html

The pledge says: I support clean and green renewable energy.

Spreading the word about renewable energy and exposing the truth about coal will help garner more support for the former.

Coal is being promoted as an answer to our energy requirements. In reality, coal can only provide for our growth and development aspirations for a few decades. In all that time it will also increase pollution, destruct forest cover and fuel dangerous climate change.

Renewable energy is the future. The word is progressing down this path. If we don’ t get there soon we will have trouble catching up. The choice lies with us.

Take the pledge to support renewable energy now and spread the word.

http://greenpeace.in/the-truth-about-coal.html

Thanks a billion!







Arundhati Muthu
Climate campaigner
Greenpeace India

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