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As of June 21, 2011...
The fight against the We Energies/Domtar biomass incinerator is far from over!!!
"Read our June 21, 2011 Press Release for an update."
We are fighting a back against Domtar’s lies and false claims that this is a “green energy” project. We’ve filed a lawsuit in Marathon County and demanding that the Sierra Club withdraw its support for this toxic incinerator. We’ve challenged the state’s air pollution permit because it allows toxic emissions of some of the most deadly chemicals known to science.
While Domtar markets itself as the “sustainable paper company” the Rothschild incinerator is a black mark on the company’s reputation. Domtar President and CEO Williams’ made public statements June 20, 2011 that are lies about the “green” benefits of the project opens the company to charges of lying and fraud. Leading scientists who have reviewed the state air permit for the project call Domtar’s incinerator a “major polluter.”
We are not fooled by Domtar’s lies and attempts to hide the devastating air, water, and forest impacts of its incinerator. Domtar doesn’t care about our community, and the jobs promise is a myth. This is just about selling renewable energy credits and racking up profits for Domtar and We Energy shareholders.
The project is going ahead without the air monitoring and filters on our schools which were recommended by national expert, Dr. McIntosh and sought by Dr. Gilmore of the D.C. Everett School District. Our children will be made sicker and our community will be poisoned by Domtar. Dr. McIntosh’s testimony includes this statement...
Question: What is the significance, if any, of an increase in particulate matter emissions and a decrease of emissions for other air pollutants in terms of potential air quality impacts?
Answer: When considered on equal footing, such as amount of pollutant per volume of air, and at the concentrations typical of outdoor air, both particulate matter less than 10 micrometers (PM10) and particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5) are more potent human health hazards than the other air pollutants evaluated in the emissions analysis that was conducted by Wisconsin Electric. So, while the total amount of emissions is expected to decline, the toxicological potency of total emissions may be the same or higher for the proposed facility because of the expected increase in emissions of particulate matter.”
Contact the Board of Directors of Domtar and tell them you aren’t buying the lies!
Head Office
395 de Maisonneuve Blvd West
Montreal (Québec) Canada
H3A 1L6
PHONE : 514-848-5555
EMAIL :information@domtar.com
This project is being built under a settlement agreement between Wisconsin Power (WEPCO) and others and Sierra Club and Clean Wisconsin. The company has to build a renewable energy project that cleans up greenhouse gases. This project harms climate change and doesn’t help it, and therefore Sierra Club should not support this project. On May 31, 2011, two national groups demanded that Sierra Club “relieve WEPCO of its obligations to build a biomass combustion power facility under the settlement agreement.” Sierra Club can redirect money the companies paid under the settlement agreement to reimburse D.C. Everest School District for the cost of fighting the facility.
Scientist and other environmental groups oppose subsidies for biomass incinerators that emit toxic pollution like Domtar, but Sierra Club refuses to oppose them.
Contact Sierra Club’s president, Michael Brune, and tell him to reopen the settlement agreement and stop We Energies from building this incinerator. mbrune@sierra.org, Sierra Club President, 85 Second Street, 2d Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, 415-977-5500.
Even other paper company’s oppose Domtar’s wood and solid waste burning incinerator. Packaging Corporation of America told the PSC they might have to burn more coal at their Tomahawk Mill because there isn’t enough wood to go around.
Please look through our website for more information about what biomass is, what this incinerator is really all about and the dangerous effects of the pollution that will be created from it.
SOAR's Concerns
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Biomass Power Plant Poses an Unacceptable Risk to Everest Residents
Do You Know?
- The electricity created at this proposed plant would be used in Milwaukee not our community.
- There would only be a net increase of 8 jobs created in our community as a result of this project.
- You will pay for the increased maintenance costs on Bus. Hwy. 51.
- It can be stopped by the Rothschild Village Board
Once it is built it will be too late!!!
IMPORTANT! Click on the link below and post a comment to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission voicing your opposition to We Energies proposed biomass incinerator! Be sure to also request an environmental impact statement (EIS) for this project.
Tell the Wisconsin PSC you don't want a biomass incinerator in Rothschild!
If you are not sure what to write, consider this...Marathon County is already being heavily polluted. We are currently getting hammered by the four coal plants in Weston, and the pollution will increase dramatically if the new biomass incinerator goes in across the street from a school in our community. Remember, the pen is mightier than the sword, so take a minute and comment on the PSC site. Your comments to the WI PSC will make a difference!
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