A Climate Hawk’s Companion: Protests in Salem

This edition of “A Climate Hawk’s Companion” documents a protest rally against the proposed construction of a natural-gas-powered plant intended to replace a coal plant in Salem Massachusetts. There was a counter-protest from folks who want the power plant to be built. We talk with some of the good people who attended on both sides. Here is a link dump if you would like to dig deeper:

• The website for Footprint Power, who hope to build the plant.
• The 350MA call to action.
• SAFE report from local folks who would like to see the plant built.
• A link to GASPP's facebook page, from local folks who would like to see the plant NOT built.
• A report from UCS on methane use, and how little different from coal it might be.
• An NECN report on the demonstration itself.

Of course, we must insist that the US put a price on carbon. ….Ted McIntyre