Citizens from all over the state of Texas came to ask their State Senators and Representatives to put a stop to Governor Rick Perrys fast tracking of up to 20 coal burning power generation plants that TXU energy is trying get through before various cut off dates occur so that they can be grandfathered under older laws that are less restrictive on pollution allowed from the plants. Aproximately 200 people arrived from the North Texas area, another 100 from East Texas, several hundred from Central Texas, a hundred pluss from the Houston Beaumont area, several hundred from San Antonio and others from elsewhere in the state to show that they are not happy with this. There was television and press coverage from all of the large cities across the state along with numerious video and still freelance photographers documenting these actions by the public.

More information can be found at www.stopthecoalrush.com http://texas.sierraclub.org/ http://www.downwindersatrisk.org or through any of the organizations below.
American Lung Association serving Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas
Austin Physicians for Social Responsibility
Blue Skies Alliance (Dallas)
Citizens For Environmental Clean-Up (Fairfield)
Citizens’ Environmental Coalition (Houston)
Citizens Organizing for Resources and Environment (Bonham)
Citizens League for Environmental Action Now (CLEAN)
Cool Planet (Tyler)
Democracy for Texas
Downwinders at Risk
East Texas Environmental Concerns Organization (Athens)
Environment Texas
Greater Caddo Lake Association
GreenGirls.net
Green Party of Texas
Happy Living with Justice (Austin)
Harris County Green Party
Houston Climate Protection Alliance
Interfaith Environmental Alliance
Keep Waco Green
Neighbors for Neighbors
North Texas Environmental Group
People Organized in Defense of Earth & Her Resources (PODER)
Public Citizen
Rainforest Action Network
Renewable Energy Institute
Robertson County: Our Land, Our Lives
Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter
Sierra Club - Alamo Regional Group
Sierra Club - Austin Regional Group
Sierra Club - Big Bend Group
Sierra Club - Coastal Bend Regional Group
Sierra Club - Dallas Regional Group
Sierra Club - Fort Worth Regional Group
Sierra Club - Galveston
Sierra Club - Golden Triangle
Sierra Club - Houston Regional Group
Sierra Club - Lower Rio Grande Valley Group
Sierra Club - Pineywoods Regional Group
Sierra Club - Golden Triangle Group
Sierra Student Coalition
Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED)Coalition
Texans for Peace
Texans for Public Justice
Texas Campaign for the Environment
Texas Center for Policy Studies
Texas Clean Water Action
Texas Democratic Party
Texas IMPACT, People of Faith Working for Justice
TPOWER (Riesel)

Crowd estimates on the State Capitol Steps in Austin range from 1,000 to 2,000 in total.