{"id":11579,"date":"2021-10-02T11:49:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T16:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=11579"},"modified":"2021-10-02T12:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T17:06:38","slug":"clean-energy-rally-to-end-coal-fired-electricity","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/event\/clean-energy-rally-to-end-coal-fired-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean Energy Rally to End Coal-Fired Electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Join the Clean Energy Alliance of Naperville and Act. Connect. Engage. (ACE) as well as Naperville Indivisible to send a message to Naperville City Council \u2014stop the complicity, end coal-fired electricity\u2014 at a rally on Tuesday, 10\/5\/21, at 6 pm at the Free Speech Pavilion at the corner of Jackson Avenue and Webster Street in Naperville.<\/h3>\n

Speakers will include:
\n– Dr. Paul Bloom, associate professor of physics, North Central College
\n– Rob Sargis, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
\n– Rev. Mark Winters, pastor, First Congregational United Church of Christ, Naperville
\n– Dale Bryson, retired former director of U.S. EPA\u2019s Water Division, Region 5
\n– Juliet Mathey, North Central College Senior and President of Green Scene
\n– Greg Hubert, Citizen-Activist<\/h3>\n

After the rally, participants are urged to walk with us to attend the 7 pm Naperville City Council meeting and to also speak if willing to make public comments. To sign up to speak, you must register ahead of time once the Oct 5 city council agenda has been posted. Directions can be found here: https:\/\/www.naperville.il.us\/…\/city-council-speaker…\/<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Learn more about Naperville owning and providing coal-fired electricity at\u00a0www.cleanenergynaperville.org<\/span>.<\/a><\/h3>\n

Can\u2019t make the rally or City Council Meeting? Please help by sending your personal message to all City Council members using one email address: council@naperville.il.us<\/span><\/a> Ask them to make a commitment to clean energy, a commitment that must also include plans to address Naperville\u2019s ownership of coal-fired generation.<\/h3>\n