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Where will PECO decide to create solar jobs? Here.
by Duncan Wright On March 2, more than 30 members of EQAT inspected the PECO headquarters on Market Street in Philadelphia. In this building- and nowhere else- executives will decide to create solar jobs in North Philadelphia, or not. The action began with a briefing at the Unitarian church on Chestnut Street. There was a…
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PECO’s Deadline: Delivered
On Wednesday, seven Earth Quakers met at 30th street ready to deliver a direct statement to PECO and launch our spring strategy arc. Our task was to deliver EQAT’s ultimatum: This spring, PECO must choose where to purchase its 2016 required solar increase. If it does not choose North Philadelphia, bringing solar jobs to a…
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PECO’s Fixing the Power Line, but is it Fixing the City?
Here we go again. Another storm smashes into Philadelphia. Thousands lost power. PECO workers moved fast to repair downed lines. We hope and pray that everyone is safe. What would it look like if PECO didn’t just go all-in to fix up the city after major storms? What if PECO instead invested year-round in our…
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Singing Around PECO’s Tree
by Patrick Ammerman For the second time in as many weeks, I joined EQAT in visiting PECO’s headquarters. With the year coming to a close, we couldn’t help but fit in one more action to wish PECO a happy holidays! It was a rainy, gloomy day for an action. But the day lit up when…
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Bandaids Don’t Fix Climate Change (or Economic Injustice)
by Dana Robinson As government representatives negotiate with each other in Paris today, 28 Earth Quakers were back at PECO’s headquarters today (the 5th time in three months) to tell them they need to scale up their efforts in a big way. We took action to eliminate the threat to our climate and our communities…
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Easy as Pie Action
by Samuel Rubin Leading up to Thanksgiving this year, I had the opportunity to spend a lot of time thinking about pie. Not just seasonal pies, or my own pie flavor preferences, but zeroing in on PECO’s energy pie — what kinds of energy are they buying and who benefits? It’s no surprise that PECO’s…