PLEDGE to save the planet is the call from Greenpeace.
Representatives from the organisation are coming to Goole on Monday, November 23, and urging residents to take action against the government if it goes ahead with plans for more coal power stations.
Volunteers from Greenpeace will be on hand betwe
en 10am-noon in Boothferry Road's pedestrian zone and will be handing out lumps of coal for the people to use to write and sketch messages, before sending them to Ed Miliband, the MP in charge of energy and climate change.
A host of celebrities, including Alex Kapranos from the band Franz Ferdinand and the actor Pete Postlethwaite, have already signed up to the campaign, called the 'Big IF'.
The Big IF is a campaign being run by a range of charities, including Greenpeace, through which they are collecting promises of what individuals will do if new coal power stations are given the go-ahead. Promises include attending a protest against new coal, voting for a party that is against new coal and taking non-violent direct action to stop the stations being built.
Richard Claxton, of East Yorkshire Greenpeace said: "The planet needs as many Goole people as possible to join the thousands who have already promised to take action if the government decides to build more dirty coal power stations.
"And we'll be handing out lumps of coal on Monday for everyone to use to write a message to Ed Miliband, the MP responsible.
"Burning coal is the most environmentally damaging means of generating electricity.
"Yet despite this, and all the new technologies that exist to generate clean energy, the Government is on the verge of deciding to build more coal power stations in the UK."
