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come to the flower mart in mt vernon!

#CoalFreeMtVernon

#CoalFreeEverywhere!
May 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
whose city?

#CoalFreeEverywhere
May 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
#CSXCoal
#PM2.5 #CoalDust
#HealthEmergency

@govwesmoore.bsky.social @senbillferg.bsky.social mde.maryland.gov/Pages/index....

what permissions are in store today?

let's hope #EnvironmentalJustice is on the way

#CoalFreeCurtisBay #CoalFreeEverywhere
July 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
fighting the good fight

#CoalFreeCurtisBay

#CoalFreeEverywhere

@govwesmoore.bsky.social
@senbillferg.bsky.social

this zone WILL be UNsacrificed
April 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
#CoalFreeHouston
#CoalFreeCurtisBay
#CoalFreeEverywhere

apnews.com/article/disa...
Lacking community resilience centers, Houston neighbors opt for solar-powered 'hub homes'
Doris Brown’s home in Northeast Houston becomes a refuge for neighbors during power outages thanks to her solar panel and battery system.
apnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
Tell Maryland Regulators: Clean Energy Battery Storage Now!

#CoalFreeCurtisBay #CoalFreeBrandonShores #CoalFreeEverywhere

act.chesapeakeclimate.org/page/100448/...
Tell Maryland Leaders: Clean Energy Battery Storage Now!
Sign the petition!
act.chesapeakeclimate.org
July 20, 2026 at 7:39 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
Communities exposed to cancer-causing pollution deserve health protections - this backroom deal policy rewards the few companies that refuse to comply

Tell EPA Admin Zeldin to answer to those he is obligated to protect from pollution-the people:
earthjustice.org/action/power...

#CoalFreeEverywhere
Power plant companies ask for permission to pollute
The Trump administration made it easier for power plant companies to avoid clean air rules: just send the Environmental Protection Agency an email.
earthjustice.org
June 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
#SolarPower WILL leave #CoalDust behind

WHEN for #CurtisBay is gonna be up to people like @senbillferg.bsky.social and @govwesmoore.bsky.social cuz #CSX puts #Profit over #People

#CoalFreeCurtisBay
#CoalFreeEverywhere

apnews.com/article/tanz...
Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ are trained as technicians to help light up communities
Around half of Zanzibar’s population of 2 million people live unconnected from the electricity grid.
apnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
"With abundant, tribally developed clean energy available, utilities don’t need to rely on coal to power Montana"

clean energy, NO #Coal?

👍

#CoalFreeCurtisBay #CoalFreeEverywhere @senbillferg.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social

earthjustice.org/article/a-tr...
A Tribe Takes on Coal
The Northern Cheyenne have a long history of defending their land. Now, they're showing how clean energy progress can still be made.
earthjustice.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
#Pride

#CoalFreeEverywhere
Baltimore City Fire Department engine in Baltimore City Pride parade, draped with Pride banner, 3 firefighters riding on top 2 seated 1 standing holding a small Pride flag
June 14, 2026 at 12:14 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
#CoalFreeEverywhere

West Virginia customers of Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power (American Electric Power’s subsidiaries in the state) will pay tens of millions of dollars more in electric rates because of economic losses at the companies’ coal-fired power plants.

ieefa.org/resources/po...
Poor coal economics to cost West Virginia electricity consumers
The uneconomic use of coal will cost West Virginia ratepayers millions of dollars
ieefa.org
October 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
ATTN: @mddems.bsky.social @senbillferg.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social

#RenewableEnergy is cheap, REALLY CHEAP!

and STOP exporting #Coal! - #CoalFreeCurtisBay for #CoalFreeEverywhere

youtu.be/e7c_7j1yVBM?...
How Does Renewable Energy Help Keep Costs Low?
YouTube video by Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
#CoalFreeCurtisBay @govwesmoore.bsky.social @senbillferg.bsky.social
Stop the PM2.5
Deny the permit
#CoalFreeEverywhere

Finland's last active coal-fired power and heat plant shuts down - www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Finland's last active coal-fired power and heat plant shuts down
Finland's last coal-fired power and heat plant in active production will shut down permanently on Tuesday, enabling Helsinki energy group Helen to cut its emissions and put an end to rising energy costs for its customers, its chief executive said.
www.reuters.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
#CoalFreeEverywhere #MercuryFreeEverywhere #ArsenicFreeEverywhere

cc @govwesmoore.bsky.social @senbillferg.bsky.social

earthjustice.org/feature/trum...
Corporations Emailed. Then 68 Power Plants Got a Pass to Pollute.
Using a loophole, the Trump administration exempted coal power plants from mercury and arsenic limits, polluting the air we breathe.
earthjustice.org
June 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
#CoalFreeEverywhere

Let there be NO doubt

Our #Fascist #ShitShow (no other appropriate words for the current ‘administration’)

IS brought to you BY and FOR the #FossilFuel industry

THEY choose #Chaos and sit-on-your-ass profiteering over EARNING 💰developing #Clean #Energy

our future is stolen
September 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
Utilization is projected to remain far below technical minimums required for reliable and efficient long-term operations, even under high-demand scenarios.

#CoalFreeEverywhere

ieefa.org/resources/ex...
Expensive, underutilized Jamshoro coal plant exposes Pakistan’s power sector overcapacity
As a newly commissioned plant dependent on imported fuel, Jamshoro CFPP is expensive under both short- and long-run marginal cost measures. Its near-zero utilization reflects this economically — it co...
ieefa.org
December 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
“showing people that we are actively doing things to change and move the needle, gets more people engaged"
Yugonda Sample-Jones
coaldustkills.wpcomstaging.com

#CoalFreeNewportNews
#CoalFeeCurtisBay
#CoalFreeEverywhere
@govwesmoore.bsky.social @senbillferg.bsky.social

www.whro.org/arts-culture...
New art exhibit in Newport News highlights community toll of coal dust
“Evidence: Coal Dust in Hampton Roads” will be on display at the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center through July 9.
www.whro.org
June 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
#Solar is the cheapest energy EVERYWHERE in the world

#CoalFreeEverywhere!

apnews.com/article/supr... Supreme Court scales back a key environmental law in a ruling that could speed development projects
Supreme Court scales back a key environmental law in a ruling that could speed development projects
The Supreme Court has backed a multibillion-dollar oil railroad expansion in Utah in a ruling that scales back a key environmental law and could speed development projects around the country.
apnews.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
“But you don’t want clean, beautiful coal, right?”

not clean
not beautiful

but yes we do not wan’t your fucking air pollution in our lungs and bodies

#CoalFreeWhitehouse?
#CoalFreeEverywhere

apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump warns against infiltration by a 'bad Santa,' defends coal in jovial Christmas calls with kids
President Donald Trump marked Christmas Eve by chatting with children about their holiday wishes. Vacationing at Mar-a-Lago in Florida he and first lady Melania Trump took calls from kids through the ...
apnews.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
#Coal is too expensive (even though a significant part of its cost, 18 cents on every 1 dollar, is paid for by communities that absorb its pollution)

#Coal is too dirty

#Solar+#Storage is our answer

🚨 Tell Congress, NO to #Trump #DirtyCoal! 🚨

act.350.org/letter/jun-2...

#CoalFreeEverywhere
Don’t let Trump drag us back to coal
Donald Trump is at it again, and this time, he wants to bring back what he calls “beautiful, clean coal.” Yes, coal. In the year 2025. He’s ordering coal plants that were scheduled to close to stay op...
act.350.org
June 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
“sowing chaos so they can have an excuse to escalate”, AND, most important, continue to steal money
💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰

🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️
please know ALL of this fuckery is brought to you by the fossil fuel death cult
🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️

#CoalFreeEverywhere

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump authorizes 2,000 national guard troops to deploy to LA amid Ice protests
California governor calls move ‘purposefully inflammatory’ and says it will ‘escalate tensions’ amid immigration crackdown
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
Hey, it started yesterday!
#Solar
#CoalFreeEverywhere

Everything You Need to Know About Maryland Plug-In Solar
open.substack.com/pub/demarcoa...
Everything You Need to Know About Maryland Plug-In Solar
As of today, you can plug solar panels directly into an outlet in Maryland
open.substack.com
July 2, 2026 at 3:33 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
#CoalFreeCurtisBay @mddems.bsky.social @senbillferg.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social

y’all going to wait until NOBODY burns coal to free #CurtisBay from the thrall of @officialcsx.bsky.social and their #PM2.5 #Toxic #Coal dust?

#CoalFreeEverywhere
janrosenow.bsky.social Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · Jan 15
This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India.

It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s
‘Historic’ moment in biggest coal-consuming countries could bring decline in global emissions, analysis says
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:19 AM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
#CoalFreeEverywhere @senbillferg.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social, and #CleanAir to breathe NOW, not in some far-off or undefined future!

🌞#CleanEnergy PLUS
🐑sheep grazing
🦋pollinator habitat

🏭who needs coal? certainly NOT us!

pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/07/15/a...
Agrivoltaic community solar facility is now operational in Maryland
The Lime Kiln solar project, part of the Maryland Community Solar Program, will serve area residents while also providing sheep pasture and pollinator habitat.
pv-magazine-usa.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
coalfreecurtisbay.bsky.social
👍

#CoalFreeEverywhere @govwesmoore.bsky.social @senbillferg.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social

#CurtisBay should be ⛑️ FIRST in line to have #Coal retired from their community not 🏭🔚 LAST

#CSX #PM2.5 🏥 #CoalDust must ✋ STOP ⌛️ NOW

apnews.com/article/clim...
Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says
A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.
apnews.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM