Students, Sierra Club protest coal use on MU campus

TheManeater (student newspaper for the University of Missouri)
By Trevor Eischen
Published Sept. 18, 2009

The protest is one of 60 taking place around the country.

About 25 students, organized by the Sierra Club, gathered Wednesday at Speakers Circle to voice their plea to the university to abandon coal energy and enact cleaner alternatives.
The rally is one of 60 being held at college campuses nationwide.

Students formed a curved line behind student speakers in the circle. They carried large signs reading "Coal=Past, Clean=Future" and "Get Mizzou Clean Energy." Some even had dark lines under their face to represent soot produced by power plant smokestacks.

"No more coal," the students shouted.

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