BONUS: Clean Energy Now! A Song by Raging Grannies

from In Our Backyard Podcast · host Jenn Galler

This week we will be diverting from the Youth in the Climate Season to bring you a bonus episode about the No Coal UNC rally happening today at UNC Chapel Hill. Today at 11, there will be a Kick off rally where people will be using their voices and presences to demand justice for the dirty coal that UNC is continuing to burn. You can listen to episodes 3 on the Road to Renewable Season with Jovita Lee and 1 on this season with Amelia Covington if you want to hear more on the UNC coal plant. On this episode is Chris Carlton and Liz Evans who are apart of a group called Raging Grannies which are grannies who are using creative actions to speak out for social issues. CLEAN ENERGY NOW! (Tune: “Bella Ciao” Song of the Italian Resistance WWll)  New lyrics by Chris Carlson for the Raging Grannies We need to wake up! We need to wise up! We need to open our eyes And do it NOW! NOW! NOW! We need to stop this toxic coal plant And we need to stop it now! They’ve been mining, they’ve been burning,  They’ve been dumping their coal ash For a hundred years! Hardest hit/ are poor communities, And that’s got to stop right now! Coal is burning. It’s quite concerning. We’ve got to solve it, get involved And do it NOW! NOW! NOW! DAQ! we’re telling you: Restore the Heat Input Limit, Now! We’re on a campus/ that’s in a crisis They’re full of shit! Useless permit! Change it NOW! NOW! NOW! We need the proof/ that you’re complying With the Clean Air Act right now!! No point in waiting/ or hesitating; We must get wise to their lies If we’re to stay alive! We need to build/ a Clean New Future, And we’re gonna start right Now!! Contact with Chris and Liz: [email protected] and [email protected]  

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This week we will be diverting from the Youth in the Climate Season to bring you a bonus episode about the No Coal UNC rally happening today at UNC Chapel Hill. Today at 11, there will be a Kick off rally where people will be using their voices and presences to demand justice for the dirty coal that UNC is continuing to burn. You can listen to episodes 3 on the Road to Renewable Season with Jovita Lee and 1 on this season with Amelia Covington if you want to hear more on the UNC coal plant. On this episode is Chris Carlton and Liz Evans who are apart of a group called Raging Grannies which are grannies who are using creative actions to speak out for social issues. CLEAN ENERGY NOW! (Tune: “Bella Ciao” Song of the Italian Resistance WWll) New lyrics by Chris Carlson for the Raging Grannies We need to wake up! We need to wise up! We need to open our eyes And do it NOW! NOW! NOW! We need to stop this toxic coal plant And we need to stop it now! They’ve been mining, they’ve been burning, They’ve been dumping their coal ash For a hundred years! Hardest hit/ are poor communities, And that’s got to stop right now! Coal is burning. It’s quite concerning. We’ve got to solve it, get involved And do it NOW! NOW! NOW! DAQ! we’re telling you: Restore the Heat Input Limit, Now! We’re on a campus/ that’s in a crisis They’re full of shit! Useless permit! Change it NOW! NOW! NOW! We need the proof/ that you’re complying With the Clean Air Act right now!! No point in waiting/ or hesitating; We must get wise to their lies If we’re to stay alive! We need to build/ a Clean New Future, And we’re gonna start right Now!! Contact with Chris and Liz: [email protected] and [email protected]

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