Coal Gasification - Massachusetts
Jan. 2nd, 2008 06:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helwenYes, yet another post today....
The Massachusetts Senate is currently discussing something called the Green Communities Act, which is supposed to support greener energies, etc. Some members of the senate are trying to get coal gasification added in as a project that the state would promote/support -- without any mention of carbon capture or sequestration. One 80-year-old plant in Somerset has apparently been brought up as part of the discussion. I don't have information on whether this plant, like the one near Mt. Tom, has worked on installing scrubbers and other cleaning equipment or not, but from what I can tell, that doesn't seem to be the case (not that the local one is perfect, but they've worked very hard at reducing their carbon emissions over the years).
Don't know if it'll do any good, but I've written to the governor and to my Senator (Stan Rosenberg) to express my opinion.
One of the reasons we moved up into the hills is because the air quality is better here. But if we keep upping the pollution levels, there won't be a place on Earth where people with breathing issues will be safe. Many plants die from the toxic air that already exists in some places around here (just ask![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lady_jade_01 about their vegetable garden from this past summer).
I've just about had it with government in general, but Stan Rosenberg has generally been a stand-up guy over the years, so I'm not ready to write him off yet. Maybe some other Massachusetts folks who read my LJ feel the same way about their senators and/or the governor.
If you'd like to write to your state senator, you can get contact information here:
http://www.mass.gov/legis/memmenus.htm
If you'd like to write the governor, you can do that here:
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=gov3utilities&sid=Agov3&U=Agov3_contact_us
(page down to where there's a blank email form you can fill in)
The Massachusetts Senate is currently discussing something called the Green Communities Act, which is supposed to support greener energies, etc. Some members of the senate are trying to get coal gasification added in as a project that the state would promote/support -- without any mention of carbon capture or sequestration. One 80-year-old plant in Somerset has apparently been brought up as part of the discussion. I don't have information on whether this plant, like the one near Mt. Tom, has worked on installing scrubbers and other cleaning equipment or not, but from what I can tell, that doesn't seem to be the case (not that the local one is perfect, but they've worked very hard at reducing their carbon emissions over the years).
Don't know if it'll do any good, but I've written to the governor and to my Senator (Stan Rosenberg) to express my opinion.
One of the reasons we moved up into the hills is because the air quality is better here. But if we keep upping the pollution levels, there won't be a place on Earth where people with breathing issues will be safe. Many plants die from the toxic air that already exists in some places around here (just ask
lady_jade_01 about their vegetable garden from this past summer). I've just about had it with government in general, but Stan Rosenberg has generally been a stand-up guy over the years, so I'm not ready to write him off yet. Maybe some other Massachusetts folks who read my LJ feel the same way about their senators and/or the governor.
If you'd like to write to your state senator, you can get contact information here:
http://www.mass.gov/legis/memmenus.htm
If you'd like to write the governor, you can do that here:
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=gov3utilities&sid=Agov3&U=Agov3_contact_us
(page down to where there's a blank email form you can fill in)
