The Clean Air Coalition along with Beyond Plastics and GAIA (The Global Alliance for Incineration Alternatives) are putting the word out to call Representative Paul Tonko on March 31st – a Day of Action for a zero-waste future.
Representative Tonko is the only one who can help to remove wording in the CLEAN Future Act that allows dirty incineration methods to continue. Burning waste pollutes our air, water, soil, and bodies and speeds up the climate crisis – there’s nothing ‘clean’ about it. Clean energy does not include a smokestack! CLEAN is short for Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation.
TAKE ACTION WITH THESE STEPS
- Call the Congressman and tell him to reject incineration as a source of clean energy and remove it from the CLEAN Future Act.
- Reach out to Rep. Tonko via Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram using the text below or write your own. You can simply retweet Beyond Plastics’ tweet or write your own – I’m calling on @RepPaulTonko to go to #BeyondRecovery and remove all types of incineration from the #CLEANFuture Act. Waste-to-energy is not “repurposing,” it creates new sources of air pollution and toxic ash dumps. #noburn #cleanenergy
- Write a Letter to the Editor of your local paper and make sure to specifically mention Congressmember Paul Tonko. Elected officials and their staff read news clippings with their names in them every day so a letter to the editor is an effective way to bring attention to the problems with waste incineration. Follow these tips to write a letter that will get published.
RESOURCES
● CLEAN Future Act text.
● Fracked plastics factoids at your fingertips.
● Tips for writing an effective letter to the editor.
● Guide to organizing an effective constituent meeting with your members of Congress