<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_15f5a5ad71cee718" alt="Inline image 1" width="215" height="143" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br clear="all"><div>Colstrip coal-fired power plant</div><div><br></div><div>~<br><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px">Hello fellow Missoulians,</font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span id="gmail-m_6895762114758466615gmail-docs-internal-guid-1b21d7ee-59ce-d1d5-65d6-1c8944af877c"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">The Colstrip, MT coal-fired power plant is the largest climate polluter in the American West. And right now you have a rare opportunity to help hasten its shutdown...for good. Join the Sierra Club and Montana climate activists for these two volunteer opportunities.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><font color="#0000ff"><font size="4">Sierra Club trip to Spokane to participate in public hearings</font>
</font><font color="#000000">November 8, 2017
Leave Missoula 8:00 am
Return by 7:00 pm
</font><font color="#0000ff"><i>Free Transportation Provided!</i></font></b></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><br></b></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><u><i>RSVP for Spokane trip by emailing <a href="mailto:david.merrill@sierraclub.org">david.merrill@sierraclub.org</a></i></u>
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</font><font size="4" color="#0000ff">Sierra Club phone bank to drive turnout to hearings
</font><font color="#000000">November 1st and 2nd (or just one evening)
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Swift Building (down the hill from the Missoulian)
315 S. 4th Street, East
</font><font color="#0000ff"><i>Free Beer and Pizza!</i></font></b></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><br></b></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><u><i>RSVP for the phone bank by emailing <a href="mailto:david.merrill@sierraclub.org">david.merrill@sierraclub.org</a></i></u>
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</font></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent">Avista, an electric utility based in Spokane, Washington, is a co-owner of Colstrip coal-electric plant in Colstrip, MT. The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) wants to hear from you about the Avista Integrated Resource Plan, which identifies the type of power the utility will procure in the coming years. The hearings will be held
November 8, 1:00-3:00 pm, in Spokane.</span><b><font color="#0000ff">
</font></b></span></p><font color="#000000"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Recently, the largest Colstrip co-owner, Puget Sound Energy, signaled its intention to end its Colstrip operations no later than 2027. <u style="font-weight:bold">But Avista is holding onto a 2037 (or later!) date for quitting Colstrip.</u><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span>Let's let the UTC know that is unacceptable to Montanans.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0000ff"><b><u>The devastating Montana fire season is all the motivation we need to shut down Montana coal burning for good.</u></b></font></span></p><font color="#000000"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><u>Let’s make it loud and clear</u> </b>we want our Northwest electricity providers to focus on energy efficiency and <b><u>100% renewable energy</u></b> from wind, water and solar power. </span><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_6895762114758466615gmail-kix-line-break"></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#0000ff"><br></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><u><font color="#0000ff">Travel with the Sierra Club on November 8 to Spokane and help drive turnout for the hearings in the Nov. 1 and/or Nov. 2 phone bank.</font></u></b><font color="#000000">
RSVP today by emailing me at <a href="mailto:david.merrill@sierraclub.org">david.merrill@sierraclub.org</a> </font></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;white-space:pre-wrap">if you would like to participate in either of these opportunities.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;white-space:pre-wrap">David</span><br></p></font></span></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">David Merrill<br>Senior Organizing Representative<br>Sierra Club<br>Missoula, MT<br>(406) 549-1142--office<br><br></div></div>
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