ACCCE Clean Coal Van Heads to Shelby, Gastonia and Charlotte Stressing the
Importance of Energy Issues in Upcoming Primary Election
WHAT:
The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) continues a
statewide media and public education tour designed to increase awareness and
encourage dialogue among North Carolinians about the importance of energy
issues in the upcoming democratic primary and gubernatorial race. Because 60
percent of North Carolina's electricity comes from coal, ACCCE believes that
voters in the state need to challenge candidates to support the development
and funding of advanced clean coal technologies and protect the affordable and
reliable electricity from coal that plays a vital role in the state's growing
economy.
WHEN:
The ACCCE Clean Coal flex-fuel van will be in Shelby, Gastonia and Charlotte
on Tuesday, April 29. A complete list of towns and locations is listed below:
-- Shelby, NC - 9:00 a.m.
-- Cleveland County Courthouse
100 Justice Place
Shelby, NC 28150
-- Gastonia, NC - 12:00 p.m.
-- Gaston County Courthouse
325 N Marietta Street
Gastonia, NC 28052
-- Charlotte, NC - 3:00 p.m.
-- The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223
About ACCCE
The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) is a non-profit,
non-partisan partnership of more than 40 companies involved in producing
electricity from coal. Because coal is America's most abundant energy
resource, ACCCE supports energy policies that balance coal's vital role in
meeting our country's growing need for affordable and reliable electricity
with the need to protect the environment. ACCCE also advocates for the
development and deployment of advanced clean coal technologies that will
produce electricity with near-zero emissions. ACCCE is headquartered in
Alexandria, Va. For more information, visit www.cleancoalusa.org/ or
www.americaspower.org/.
/PRNewswire-USNewswire - April 28/
SOURCE American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
Leah Arnold of American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, +1-703-597-7826
(cell), larnold@cleancoalusa.org
