Let's Welcome Senator Maria Cantwell to Shelton!
Submitted to Shelton Blog by John Cox & Christine Armond mason county progressive
Senator Maria Cantwell will be in Shelton on Monday, August 8th for a fundraising benefit event.
As a receiver of beau coup bucks from the timber and related industries, it is no surprise that Sen. Cantwell supports biomass incineration.
The electrical power produced by biomass incineration is very expensive, old fashioned, and not economically feasible without government support of one kind or another. The incineration process is dirtier than that of coal, and produces massive amounts of carbon dioxide that contribute to increased global warming. Biomass incineration is not a renewable energy source in any realistic sense of the word.
Recently, the EPA, succumbing to biomass industry pressure, decided to not enforce the Clean Air Act provisions for control of green house gases for a period of 3 years for biomass incineration. This decision is clearly insane and not in the best interests of the planet and everything living on it.
It is true that biomass incineration is green, but that green is the color of the dollars being stuffed in the pocket$ of politician$ by lobbyist$ from the timber industry and other sociopathic endeavors.
Join us
for
a
Citizens' Street Benefit
for
the
Environment
Monday, August 8th
at
5:00 PM
at
the
Corner of Third St. & Railroad Ave
Shelton
for
a
Citizens' Street Benefit
for
the
Environment
Monday, August 8th
at
5:00 PM
at
the
Corner of Third St. & Railroad Ave
Shelton
We are calling for an assembly of Sen. Cantwell's constituents, and anyone else who may or may not be attending the $100+ per person fundraising benefit at Xinh's Clam and Oyster House, 221 W. Railroad Ave, Shelton.
We will assemble on the corner of Third and Railroad, across the street from Xinh's, and demand that Sen. Cantwell act for the benefit of all her constituents, not just those with PR budgets and lobbyists.
Come and let Sen. Maria Cantwell know how you feel about her support for biomass incineration and insist that she do whatever she can to reverse the EPA's decision.
The EPA needs to do its job!
All provisions of the Clean Air Act need to be enforced!
NO BIOMASS INCINERATION!
All provisions of the Clean Air Act need to be enforced!
NO BIOMASS INCINERATION!
Got my save our air t-shirt and sign ready to go! Thank you, John and Christine, for putting this together. I think many of us feel the need to howl at the moon over recent political shenanigans and this will afford us that opportunity.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing all of my air-breathing family Monday evening.
Keep it light until then.
SUBMITTED BY Jake Rufer
ReplyDeleteOPEN LETTER TO SENATOR CANTWELL
Senator Cantwell:
I've supported many democrats and few, but some, republicans. I've always voted for you. BUT---
I am one of the first four organizers of CONCERNED CITIZENS OF MASON COUNTY. We organized to fight the proposed ADAGE incinerator and we won. Mason County has not seen such an effort in its history.
We with others will rise to fight anyone who attempts to bring to the State of Washington such unhealthful and destructive practices as burning wood for the electrical power grid.
We will fight you unless you change your course on the issue I've raised. Yes, this go-around, I'm a single issue voter.
Jake Rufer
SUBMITTED BY Jack Miles
ReplyDeleteI want you to know, I will be there to continue representing you the citizens on Monday. No "censure" will keep me from standing with you shoulder to shoulder against biomass incineration. By the way, I WILL NOT be asking Commissioners Hupp and Wallitner for their permission to do this! See you all there on Monday!
I echo Mr. Rufus’ opposition to the industrial use of biomass incineration for any purpose, and urge citizens to withhold any and all financial and/or volunteer support from any candidate seeking to expose their constituents to such an unhealthy practice. The use of biomass fuel to generate electricity is especially egregious, failing by all measure the criteria by which it can be claimed economically feasible, safe, sustainable, environmentally neutral or “green.” Promotion of the biomass incineration process by candidates of either party should be viewed as a direct assault on the citizens of Washington.
ReplyDeleteSUBMITTED BY Pj
ReplyDeleteHopefully, many of us will show up for the Maria Cantwell Demonstration on Monday (tomorrow) at 5:00 PM...the MORE the better it will be for visibility.
Bring your friends and family! Bring your signs! See you there!
I hope our fellow air-breathers in Pt Townsend and Olympia will come stand with us to help remind the Senator that it is not just a Mason County Problem: Jefferson County and Thurston County have air-breathers who oppose biomass incineration with as much passion and enthusiasm as Mason County VOTERS.
ReplyDeleteOur energy future should not begin with caveman technology.