TECO has plans to burn fracked gas and more coal at its Bay area Big Bend plant, but several reports say that natural gas exploration causes pollution. The Sierra Club — which would rather see the company invest in even more solar — opposes TECO’s plan to spend nearly a billion dollars building its fracked gas pipeline, and it’s taking the argument to downtown Tampa for The People’s Shareholder Meeting.
“Allies from from Florida including Sierra Club, NAACP and Extinction Rebellion went to tell Emera/TECO that their lack of diversity on their company boards and their lack of climate change solutions tell us that they don't care about the community they serve,” it says on an invite. “We need all of our supporters come stand with us, a community on the frontlines in this fight against climate change.”
The People’s Shareholder Meeting. Sat. June 15. 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Lykes Gaslight Square Park, Tampa. sierraclub.org.
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This article appears in Jun 6-13, 2019.