Bold Energy Justice Platform Released!

After a year of work with numer­ous grass­roots lead­ers through­out the U.S., our net­work of activists fight­ing “bio­mass” incin­er­a­tors has put togeth­er a bold and com­pre­hen­sive plat­form to guide and unite our work. Since so-called “bio­mass” incin­er­a­tion cuts across many issues, includ­ing ener­gy and waste pol­i­cy as well as agri­cul­ture and forestry issues, it makes sense that this came out of that network.

The plat­form is in sol­i­dar­i­ty with those who are fight­ing oth­er forms of dirty ener­gy and seeks an end to nuclear pow­er and all fos­sil fuels as well. We do not wish to see one form of dirty ener­gy solved by pro­mot­ing anoth­er, which we often see when nuclear pow­er, nat­ur­al gas or “bio­mass” are pro­posed as alter­na­tives to coal. It is urgent that we move beyond all of these. Since many of us fight­ing “bio­mass” incin­er­a­tors are also engaged in pro­tect­ing com­mu­ni­ties from these oth­er threats, we see this as one inter-relat­ed strug­gle for clean energy.

We urge our col­leagues — both grass­roots, region­al and nation­al orga­ni­za­tions — to join us in adopt­ing this strong plat­form and to rec­og­nize that nat­ur­al gas and bio­mass are not “tran­si­tion” fuels.

Please view our plat­form and con­sid­er sign­ing you or your orga­ni­za­tion onto it.