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Climate Crisis Demands Conversion!
A coalition of groups across Maine, including the Peace & Justice Center, have initiated a petition campaign calling on Maine's elected representatives at the national, state and municipal level to convert production at Bath Iron Works from warships to sustainable energy technology.
Their message: “Whereas, the greatest security threat faced by people in Maine and globally is climate change; Whereas, the Pentagon has the largest carbon footprint on the planet; Whereas, building weapons prepares for war rather than investing in non-violent resolution of conflicts; Whereas, building expensive weapon systems impoverishes social programs including health care, education, public transportation and housing; Therefore, we call on you, our elected officials, to redirect funds from building warships at Bath Iron Works to instead build sustainable energy solutions to address the crisis of climate change.”
You can join this effort by signing the online petition and coming to Bath Iron Works on Saturday, April 27 for a protest of the next warship “christening.” The Group plans to to line up along the Washington St. sidewalk in Bath just across from the post office on the north end of the shipyard at 8:30 am with signs, banners and literature. Gates for those ‘invited’ to the christening will open at 9:00 am. A small group is considering doing a ‘civil resistance’ action on that day.
We urge those bringing signs or banners on April 27th to please consider making the theme around the conversion of the shipyard to build commuter rail, wind turbines, tidal power systems and other sustainable technologies to help us deal with our real problem – climate change. FMI: globalnet@mindspring.com
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