Say no to posion coal plants

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Stop Charlie Wilson from poisoning the Sixth District !
   

     September 5, 2008


    Incumbent Congressman Charlie Wilson wants to build a poisonous coal to liquid
    Fuel power plant in our backyard here in the sixth district of Ohio. He considers this   
    his "Green Energy" plan for the future of Ohio.   
Even though Ohio needs to move away from dirty fossil fuels, Baard Energy wants to build a new plant in Wellsville that would turn coal into diesel fuel. This expensive process generates significant air pollution and can produce twice the global warming emissions of conventional fossil fuels.
The draft permit that the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is considering for the Baard facility lacks strong protections against air and global warming pollution. Burning at least seven million tons of coal per year, the plant would be a major new source of air and water pollution in an area that is already overburdened with pollution. The facility would be located less than 10 miles from the largest coal-fired power plant in Ohio and one of the largest hazardous waste incinerators in the world.
The Ohio EPA is accepting public comments on its draft permit for the Baard plant through September 15th.
What to do
Send a message, before the September 15th comment deadline, telling the Ohio EPA that you don't want a new liquid coal plant that would increase local air pollution, worsen global warming and deepen Ohio's addiction to coal.

If you live in the Wellsville area...
and would like to speak out in person about the proposed plant, the Ohio EPA will be holding a public hearing on September 10th at 6:30pm at Wellsville High School, 1 Bengal Way. For more information about the hearing, you can contact the Ohio EPA's Northeast District Office at 330-425-9171.


Baard Energy has proposed a $6 billion liquid coal plant on 650 acres near Wellsville, OH, about 50 miles south of Youngstown. The idea is to take 20,000 tons of coal every day and turn it into 50,000 barrels of liquid fuel, like diesel. The plant is so large that if they used only Ohio coal, then coal mining in Ohio would have to increase by 39%.

Unfortunately, every gallon of diesel fuel that Baard makes from coal will emit about twice as much carbon dioxide as a gallon of normal diesel fuel made from oil. At the very time we need to scale back our carbon emissions to prevent the worst of global warming, Baard is proposing a $6 billion way to double the problem.

As the Green Party Write-In Candidate to Congress for the sixth District, I oppose this plan and Charlie Wilson's attempt to poison the sixth district.

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DENNIS SPISAK FOR CONGRESS
Green Party Candidate for Ohio's 6th District
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