Please join us in the morning : About Please share this event widely. We have 1 day! Our Power Together: May Day at Duke Energy Shareholder Meeting Thursday, May 1st, 2014. 9am-12pm (park by 8:45am) Duke Energy Corporate Office 526 S Church St. Charlotte. facebook/events/672290476221413/ YES, there are buses from the Triangle and Triad. Register HERE to get on the buses: tinyurl/lwbbd9r [Bus information below] And if you would benefit from the financial support, we will gladly help you cover your mileage from other parts of the state. Contact Emma for carpool reimbursement: [email protected] On February 2, 2014 one of Duke Energy’s coal ash dumps burst, emptying 39,000 tons of toxic sludge into the Dan River, coating the riverbed for 70 miles downstream. The public was not notified for over 24 hours. For the preceding year, Governor McCrorys administration blocked North Carolina environmentalists from suing the corporation for its coal ash pollution. For Duke Energy ratepayers, for NC taxpayers, for those of us who live near NCs 50 toxic coal ash dumps (containing at least 16 billion gallons of coal combustion waste, enough to cover 38,662 football fields one foot deep), for families with children, for people of color, for people living in poverty, for those of us who drink water or breathe air, its time to tell Duke Energy to come clean. Meet at Duke Energy corporate headquarters in Charlotte on May 1, 2014 with a broad alliance of visionary organizations from across the state. On the occasion of the 2014 Duke Energy shareholder meeting, celebrate your May Day with unity. We call for environmental, social, racial, labor and economic justice; political transparency; clean energy; and a bright future for all! Organizations involved thus far include: Action NC, Appalachian Voices, Charlotte Environmental Action, Democracy NC, Greenpeace, NC WARN, Sierra Club Club, NC NAACP, and many other groups for justice. If you would like to get involved by signing your organization on as a sponsor, spreading the word, organizing a bus from your area, volunteering for the hospitality team at the event, making a donation, or otherwise, please let us know. James: jamesiantyson00@gmail or Bill: wmgupton@aol Print event flyer: https://drive.google/file/d/0Bwf-OvF43jPecUZHbklaMmpWcG9sZElYV3JCZW1UdWVlQ1BF/edit?usp=sharing BUSES: We have one bus leaving from Durham at 6am, May 1 from New Hope Commons shopping center located at Hwy 15/501 & Mt. Moriah Rd. Theres a park & ride area midway between Barnes & Noble & Office Max. That same bus will pick up riders at the Greensboro location. Greensboro pick-up/drop off location is CWA Local 3607 located at 129 Industrial Ave. Pick up time 7am. Estimated return between 3-4pm (please be flexible). There may also be a bus from Asheville. Due to severe weather in the Charlotte area tonight, Light the Path Forward: Candlelight Vigil to Remember the Impacts of Coal Ash and Climate Change in Charlotte has been canceled. The Our Power Together rally tomorrow will go on. Forecast: a passing light shower in the morning; otherwise, periods of sunshine
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