FUTURE SOONER INVITES YOU TO LAUNCH OF GROUNDBREAKING REPORT

RSVP today to secure your seat at the launch of UNTOLD STORIES, the final report from Future Sooners’ Citizens’ Inquiry into the health impacts of living near coal-fired power stations.

On Tuesday 25 March Future Sooner is launching its Citizens’ Inquiry final report into the health impacts of coal-fired power stations on the Central Coast and Lake Macquarie.

According to the group, the transition to a clean energy future is not only now essential for the planet, it’s a public health emergency.

“If cyclone Alfred was so devastating as to cause the postponement of a Federal election wait until you read Future Sooner’s Final Report, the Untold Stories,” said Future Sooner spokesperson Gary Blaschke OAM.

“The Report is groundbreaking in its findings. The Recommendations demand that every politician, the EPA, NSW Health, the Federal Government and Lake Macquarie and Central Coast Councils stand up and take action now.

“We’re calling for Central Coast and Lake Macquarie locals to get down to NSW Parliament House and join us in bearing witness to the brave locals who told their stories to the Inquiry.

“The people who gave evidence and those who wrote submissions put a human face to the suffering and confirmed the scientific evidence that our governments, our health authorities and the coal industry have known about for decades.

“Coal-fired power stations make our communities sick. It is as simple as that. Now it’s time for everyone on the Central Coast and Lake Macquarie to flex their muscles and make our government protect our health, not the coal-fired power industry.”

QUOTES FROM THE CITIZENS’ INQUIRY FINAL REPORT:

“When coal is burnt it gives off heat and smoke, but what is left are high concentrations of metals that don’t burn. These heavy metals, waste products such as mercury, cadmium and arsenic are then concentrated in unlined ash dams which have been parked next to our homes, schools and lakes.” – Associate Professor, Dr Ian Charlton MD, MBBS, MRC, GP, Chair, Citizens Inquiry

“I then had an anonymous phone call from Mannering Park Public School, she would not tell me if she was a teacher or a parent, but she said, ‘Please look into the number of blood disorders and, in some cases, brain cancers that are occurring there’.” – Witness Statement, Citizens’ Inquiry

“The best way to do that is to join us on Tuesday 25 March at 3pm at Parliament House.

“We have the power. Let’s make where we live safe, where the air, water and soil are not polluted. Join Future Sooner for the launch of the Citizens’ Inquiry Final Report – Untold Stories – NSW  Parliament House 25 March at 3pm.”

RSVPs needed if you want to attend.