Renner Barsella, renner.barsella@sierraclub.org, 217-390-9394
OAK CREEK, WI -- On Thursday, October 29 at 10:00 AM, the Clean Power Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin will host an online event remembering the shoreline bluff collapse at We Energies’ coal-fired power plant in Oak Creek which released devastating pollution (coal ash, earth, trucks, and other debris) into Lake Michigan on Halloween 2011. We Energies was implicated in the catastrophe and additional environmental regulation violations were discovered during the response to the collapse. This Halloween will be the 9 year anniversary of the incident and the event will feature speakers who remember the collapse and will also talk about ongoing pollution from the plant that continues to impact neighbors and area residents today.
WHAT:
The Clean Power Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin will hold a virtual event for the press and public to reflect on the historic bluff collapse at We Energies’ Oak Creek Generating Site and highlight the continued harms to the land, water, air and community by the coal plant.
WHEN:
Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 10:00 AM CT
WHO:
S. Janet Weyker, Racine Dominicans, and co-founder of the Eco-Justice Center - Racine
Rev. Dana Kelley, Lead organizer of North Side Rising Co-op - Citizen Action of Wisconsin, and pastor of Reviving Faith Movement - Milwaukee
Kirsten Shead, Co-Executive Director of Milwaukee Water Commons
Tom Rutkowski, Co-Chair of Sierra Club Southeast Gateway Group, founding member of Clean Power Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin
WHERE: (virtual, online)
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Topic: All tricks, no treat: We Energies' Haunting Legacy in SE Wisconsin Time: Oct 29, 2020 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://sierraclub.zoom.us/j/93605952927 Meeting ID: 936 0595 2927 One tap mobile +13462487799,,93605952927# US Dial by phone +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) Meeting ID: 936 0595 2927 |
The event will also be streamed live on the Clean Power Coalition’s Facebook here where the recording will be available to replay following the event
The general public can RSVP here: All tricks, no treat: We Energies' Haunting Legacy in SE Wisconsin
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