Help Stop the AMP-OH Coal Plant
Target:
Cleveland City Council,
Sponsored by:
EarthWatch Ohio, Ohio Environemntal Council, Buckeye Forest Council
Cleveland City Council has until February 29 to decide whether to move forward with the Cleveland Public Power's (CPP) 50 year contract with American Municipal Power of Ohio (AMP-OH) concerning its proposed 960-megawatt pulverized coal-fired power plant that would be built in Meigs County near the Ohio River.
Please join us and sign our petition in support of our efforts to encourage Cleveland City Council, CPP and the Mayor's office to reconsider their position on the AMP-OH contract.
We believe that 50 years is too long to commit to coal power considering the technological advances that have occurred during the last 50 years and because there is a rapidly expanding global trend towards using energy sources that are more renewable and less polluting.
Most analysts agree that federal CO2 regulation is a certainty and will have a disproportionately negative effect on the price of electricity generated with coal. Coal produces more CO2 per unit of electricity generated than any other fossil fuel source.
Three of Wall Street's biggest investment banks, Citigroup Inc., J.p. Morgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley, just announced (Wall Street Journal, 2/4/08) that they are imposing new environmental standards that will make it virtually impossible for companies to get financing to build traditional, pulverized coal-fired power plants in the U.S. They are worried that these plants will not be economically viable with respect to the potential federal caps on carbon dioxide.
Nationwide, construction costs for coal-fired power plants have risen 25-30% in the past 18 months, and 60% in the past three years. Expected costs for the AMP-OH plant have more than doubled over the past two years and will continue to rise 10% for every six months of delay.
The AMP-OH plant would require the mining of at least 2,800,000 tons of coal annually. The negative impacts of coal mining include safety risks to miners, water and air pollution, habitat destruction and the direct release of greenhouse gasses.
Meigs County ranks number one in the state for lung cancer incidence in adult males and number two in associated moralities. A study recently released by the Clean Air Task Force shows Meigs County to be in the center of a tri-state hot zone for premature death rates directly attributable to PM 2.5 exposures. PM 2.5 is the particulate matter released by power plants responsible for a multiplicity of life-shortening illnesses including cancer and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. If the proposed AMP-OH plant is built, it will become one of five coal plants within close proximity to the southern tip of Meigs County.
We believe that the risks associated with the AMP-OH plant make the commitment to this proposed generating station a step in the wrong direction for Cleveland.
We believe that CPP should slow down and invest in an Integrated Resource Plan and wait to make any final decisions on long-term commitments until Ohio has passed its Renewable Energy Portfolio and there is a better estimate on possible upcoming federal CO2 legislation.
These signatures will be hand delivered to the Cleveland City Council's Public Utilities Committee hearing on February 22 at 9:30 a.m. at Cleveland City Hall. The hearing is open to the public and everyone is welcome to attend.
Cleveland City Council has until February 29 to decide whether to move forward with the Cleveland Public Power's (CPP) 50 year contract with American Municipal Power of Ohio (AMP-OH) concerning its proposed 960-megawatt pulverized coal-fired power plant that would be built in Meigs County near the Ohio River.
Please join us and sign our petition in support of our efforts to encourage Cleveland City Council, CPP and the Mayor's office to reconsider their position on the AMP-OH contract.
We believe that 50 years is too long to commit to coal power considering the technological advances that have occurred during the last 50 years and because there is a rapidly expanding global trend towards using energy sources that are more renewable and less polluting.
Most analysts agree that federal CO2 regulation is a certainty and will have a disproportionately negative effect on the price of electricity generated with coal. Coal produces more CO2 per unit of electricity generated than any other fossil fuel source.
Three of Wall Street's biggest investment banks, Citigroup Inc., J.p. Morgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley, just announced (Wall Street Journal, 2/4/08) that they are imposing new environmental standards that will make it virtually impossible for companies to get financing to build traditional, pulverized coal-fired power plants in the U.S. They are worried that these plants will not be economically viable with respect to the potential federal caps on carbon dioxide.
Nationwide, construction costs for coal-fired power plants have risen 25-30% in the past 18 months, and 60% in the past three years. Expected costs for the AMP-OH plant have more than doubled over the past two years and will continue to rise 10% for every six months of delay.
The AMP-OH plant would require the mining of at least 2,800,000 tons of coal annually. The negative impacts of coal mining include safety risks to miners, water and air pollution, habitat destruction and the direct release of greenhouse gasses.
Meigs County ranks number one in the state for lung cancer incidence in adult males and number two in associated moralities. A study recently released by the Clean Air Task Force shows Meigs County to be in the center of a tri-state hot zone for premature death rates directly attributable to PM 2.5 exposures. PM 2.5 is the particulate matter released by power plants responsible for a multiplicity of life-shortening illnesses including cancer and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. If the proposed AMP-OH plant is built, it will become one of five coal plants within close proximity to the southern tip of Meigs County.
We believe that the risks associated with the AMP-OH plant make the commitment to this proposed generating station a step in the wrong direction for Cleveland.
We believe that CPP should slow down and invest in an Integrated Resource Plan and wait to make any final decisions on long-term commitments until Ohio has passed its Renewable Energy Portfolio and there is a better estimate on possible upcoming federal CO2 legislation.
These signatures will be hand delivered to the Cleveland City Council's Public Utilities Committee hearing on February 22 at 9:30 a.m. at Cleveland City Hall. The hearing is open to the public and everyone is welcome to attend.
EarthWatch Ohio, Ohio Environemntal Council, Buckeye Forest Council
Cleveland City Council has until February 29 to decide whether to move forward with the Cleveland Public Power's (CPP) 50 year contract with American Municipal Power of Ohio (AMP-OH) concerning its proposed 960-megawatt pulverized coal-fired power plant that would be built in Meigs County near the Ohio River.
Please join us and sign our petition in support of our efforts to encourage Cleveland City Council, CPP and the Mayor's office to reconsider their position on the AMP-OH contract.
We believe that 50 years is too long to commit to coal power considering the technological advances that have occurred during the last 50 years and because there is a rapidly expanding global trend towards using energy sources that are more renewable and less polluting.
Most analysts agree that federal CO2 regulation is a certainty and will have a disproportionately negative effect on the price of electricity generated with coal. Coal produces more CO2 per unit of electricity generated than any other fossil fuel source.
Three of Wall Street's biggest investment banks, Citigroup Inc., J.p. Morgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley, just announced (Wall Street Journal, 2/4/08) that they are imposing new environmental standards that will make it virtually impossible for companies to get financing to build traditional, pulverized coal-fired power plants in the U.S. They are worried that these plants will not be economically viable with respect to the potential federal caps on carbon dioxide.
Nationwide, construction costs for coal-fired power plants have risen 25-30% in the past 18 months, and 60% in the past three years. Expected costs for the AMP-OH plant have more than doubled over the past two years and will continue to rise 10% for every six months of delay.
The AMP-OH plant would require the mining of at least 2,800,000 tons of coal annually. The negative impacts of coal mining include safety risks to miners, water and air pollution, habitat destruction and the direct release of greenhouse gasses.
Meigs County ranks number one in the state for lung cancer incidence in adult males and number two in associated moralities. A study recently released by the Clean Air Task Force shows Meigs County to be in the center of a tri-state hot zone for premature death rates directly attributable to PM 2.5 exposures. PM 2.5 is the particulate matter released by power plants responsible for a multiplicity of life-shortening illnesses including cancer and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. If the proposed AMP-OH plant is built, it will become one of five coal plants within close proximity to the southern tip of Meigs County.
We believe that the risks associated with the AMP-OH plant make the commitment to this proposed generating station a step in the wrong direction for Cleveland.
We believe that CPP should slow down and invest in an Integrated Resource Plan and wait to make any final decisions on long-term commitments until Ohio has passed its Renewable Energy Portfolio and there is a better estimate on possible upcoming federal CO2 legislation.
These signatures will be hand delivered to the Cleveland City Council's Public Utilities Committee hearing on February 22 at 9:30 a.m. at Cleveland City Hall. The hearing is open to the public and everyone is welcome to attend.
Cleveland City Council has until February 29 to decide whether to move forward with the Cleveland Public Power's (CPP) 50 year contract with American Municipal Power of Ohio (AMP-OH) concerning its proposed 960-megawatt pulverized coal-fired power plant that would be built in Meigs County near the Ohio River.
Please join us and sign our petition in support of our efforts to encourage Cleveland City Council, CPP and the Mayor's office to reconsider their position on the AMP-OH contract.
We believe that 50 years is too long to commit to coal power considering the technological advances that have occurred during the last 50 years and because there is a rapidly expanding global trend towards using energy sources that are more renewable and less polluting.
Most analysts agree that federal CO2 regulation is a certainty and will have a disproportionately negative effect on the price of electricity generated with coal. Coal produces more CO2 per unit of electricity generated than any other fossil fuel source.
Three of Wall Street's biggest investment banks, Citigroup Inc., J.p. Morgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley, just announced (Wall Street Journal, 2/4/08) that they are imposing new environmental standards that will make it virtually impossible for companies to get financing to build traditional, pulverized coal-fired power plants in the U.S. They are worried that these plants will not be economically viable with respect to the potential federal caps on carbon dioxide.
Nationwide, construction costs for coal-fired power plants have risen 25-30% in the past 18 months, and 60% in the past three years. Expected costs for the AMP-OH plant have more than doubled over the past two years and will continue to rise 10% for every six months of delay.
The AMP-OH plant would require the mining of at least 2,800,000 tons of coal annually. The negative impacts of coal mining include safety risks to miners, water and air pollution, habitat destruction and the direct release of greenhouse gasses.
Meigs County ranks number one in the state for lung cancer incidence in adult males and number two in associated moralities. A study recently released by the Clean Air Task Force shows Meigs County to be in the center of a tri-state hot zone for premature death rates directly attributable to PM 2.5 exposures. PM 2.5 is the particulate matter released by power plants responsible for a multiplicity of life-shortening illnesses including cancer and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. If the proposed AMP-OH plant is built, it will become one of five coal plants within close proximity to the southern tip of Meigs County.
We believe that the risks associated with the AMP-OH plant make the commitment to this proposed generating station a step in the wrong direction for Cleveland.
We believe that CPP should slow down and invest in an Integrated Resource Plan and wait to make any final decisions on long-term commitments until Ohio has passed its Renewable Energy Portfolio and there is a better estimate on possible upcoming federal CO2 legislation.
These signatures will be hand delivered to the Cleveland City Council's Public Utilities Committee hearing on February 22 at 9:30 a.m. at Cleveland City Hall. The hearing is open to the public and everyone is welcome to attend.
EarthWatch Ohio, Ohio Environemntal Council, Buckeye Forest Council
We the undersigned are asking you to please reconsider your vote regarding the 50-year AMP-OH contract.
We believe that 50 years is too long to commit to coal power in the face of potentially stringent federal caps on carbon dioxide and the exponentially expanding global market for renewable and less polluting energy technologies.
Most analysts agree that federal CO2 regulation is a certainty and will have a disproportionately negative effect on the price of electricity generated with coal. Coal produces more CO2 per unit of electricity generated than any other fossil fuel source.
Three of Wall Street's biggest investment banks, Citigroup Inc., J.p. Morgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley, just announced (Wall Street Journal, 2/4/08) that they are imposing new environmental standards that will make it virtually impossible for companies to get financing to build traditional, pulverized coal-fired power plants in the U.S. They are worried that these plants will not be economically viable with respect to the potential federal caps on carbon dioxide.
Nationwide, construction costs for coal-fired power plants have risen 25-30% in the past 18 months, and 60% in the past three years. Expected costs for the AMP-OH plant have more than doubled over the past two years and will continue to rise 10% for every six months of delay.
The AMP-OH plant would require the mining of at least 2,800,000 tons of coal annually. The negative impacts of coal mining include safety risks to miners, water and air pollution, habitat destruction and the direct release of greenhouse gasses.
Meigs County ranks number one in the state for lung cancer incidence in adult males and number two in associated moralities. A study recently released by the Clean Air Task Force shows Meigs County to be in the center of a tri-state hot zone for premature death rates directly attributable to PM 2.5 exposures. PM 2.5 is the particulate matter released by power plants responsible for a multiplicity of life-shortening illnesses including cancer and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. If the proposed AMP-OH plant is built, it will become one of five coal plants within close proximity to the southern tip of Meigs County.
We believe that the financial and environmental risks associated with the AMP-OH plant make the commitment to this proposed generating station a step in the wrong direction for Cleveland.
We encourage you to reconsider your position on the AMP-OH contract. We believe that CPP should slow down, invest in an Integrated Resource Plan and wait to make any final decisions on long-term commitments until Ohio has passed its Renewable Energy Portfolio and there is a better estimate on possible upcoming federal CO2 legislation.
We appreciate your time and consideration on this important issue. The long-term viability of Cleveland Public Power, as well as the economic and environmental sustainability of our region is at stake.
We the undersigned are asking you to please reconsider your vote regarding the 50-year AMP-OH contract.
We believe that 50 years is too long to commit to coal power in the face of potentially stringent federal caps on carbon dioxide and the exponentially expanding global market for renewable and less polluting energy technologies.
Most analysts agree that federal CO2 regulation is a certainty and will have a disproportionately negative effect on the price of electricity generated with coal. Coal produces more CO2 per unit of electricity generated than any other fossil fuel source.
Three of Wall Street's biggest investment banks, Citigroup Inc., J.p. Morgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley, just announced (Wall Street Journal, 2/4/08) that they are imposing new environmental standards that will make it virtually impossible for companies to get financing to build traditional, pulverized coal-fired power plants in the U.S. They are worried that these plants will not be economically viable with respect to the potential federal caps on carbon dioxide.
Nationwide, construction costs for coal-fired power plants have risen 25-30% in the past 18 months, and 60% in the past three years. Expected costs for the AMP-OH plant have more than doubled over the past two years and will continue to rise 10% for every six months of delay.
The AMP-OH plant would require the mining of at least 2,800,000 tons of coal annually. The negative impacts of coal mining include safety risks to miners, water and air pollution, habitat destruction and the direct release of greenhouse gasses.
Meigs County ranks number one in the state for lung cancer incidence in adult males and number two in associated moralities. A study recently released by the Clean Air Task Force shows Meigs County to be in the center of a tri-state hot zone for premature death rates directly attributable to PM 2.5 exposures. PM 2.5 is the particulate matter released by power plants responsible for a multiplicity of life-shortening illnesses including cancer and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. If the proposed AMP-OH plant is built, it will become one of five coal plants within close proximity to the southern tip of Meigs County.
We believe that the financial and environmental risks associated with the AMP-OH plant make the commitment to this proposed generating station a step in the wrong direction for Cleveland.
We encourage you to reconsider your position on the AMP-OH contract. We believe that CPP should slow down, invest in an Integrated Resource Plan and wait to make any final decisions on long-term commitments until Ohio has passed its Renewable Energy Portfolio and there is a better estimate on possible upcoming federal CO2 legislation.
We appreciate your time and consideration on this important issue. The long-term viability of Cleveland Public Power, as well as the economic and environmental sustainability of our region is at stake.
We signed the "Help Stop the AMP-OH Coal Plant" petition!
# 435:
6:49 pm PST, Feb 28,
Stacy Cantlin, Ohio
# 434:
2:46 am PST, Feb 28,
Sandra Stubbs, Delaware
# 433:
3:36 pm PST, Feb 27,
Lindsay Pepper, Minnesota
# 432:
1:33 pm PST, Feb 26,
Angela S, California
# 430:
5:07 pm PST, Feb 25,
Kevin Hines, Ohio
With all of the data pointing that this is just a BAD IDEA, I'm surprised that this much effort isn't poured into an energy source that will show some promise for the future of our children. Has anyone thought of the lives that we will ruin in southern Ohio by trying to scrape energy resources for NORTHERN Ohio ?? Seems silly
With all of the data pointing that this is just a BAD IDEA, I'm surprised that this much effort isn't poured into an energy source that will show some promise for the future of our children. Has anyone thought of the lives that we will ruin in southern Ohio by trying to scrape energy resources for NORTHERN Ohio ?? Seems silly
# 429:
4:19 pm PST, Feb 25,
Adam Miller, Ohio
# 428:
2:16 pm PST, Feb 25,
Justin Schott, Michigan
A clean and healthy environment is a fundamental human right. Coal-fired powerplants are ancient technologies which pollute the air, soil, and groundwater, leading to lung cancer, asthma, and other critical health concerns no one should have to face. For too long coal corporations have located power plants in communities they thought could not defend themselves. This injustice cannot stand, we must protect the people who live there. Building any a new coal-fired power plant is a huge mistake that will harm our quality of life for at least 50 years to come. We have many viable renewable that will undoubtedly be cheaper than coal in the long run, especially once a price for carbon is established. Stopping this plant is a no-brainer.
A clean and healthy environment is a fundamental human right. Coal-fired powerplants are ancient technologies which pollute the air, soil, and groundwater, leading to lung cancer, asthma, and other critical health concerns no one should have to face. For too long coal corporations have located power plants in communities they thought could not defend themselves. This injustice cannot stand, we must protect the people who live there. Building any a new coal-fired power plant is a huge mistake that will harm our quality of life for at least 50 years to come. We have many viable renewable that will undoubtedly be cheaper than coal in the long run, especially once a price for carbon is established. Stopping this plant is a no-brainer.
# 427:
1:26 pm PST, Feb 25,
Daniel Amon, South Carolina
# 426:
10:12 am PST, Feb 25,
Beth Fennell, Ohio
# 425:
10:03 am PST, Feb 25,
Sopheap Khun, Ohio
# 424:
8:06 am PST, Feb 25,
Cheryl Plute, Michigan
Let's take care of our environment.
Let's take care of our environment.
# 423:
7:28 am PST, Feb 25,
CHARLES KANE, Ohio
RIDICULOUS, TRY WORKING ON A VIABLE SHORT TERM SOLUTION AND GO FROM THERE.
RIDICULOUS, TRY WORKING ON A VIABLE SHORT TERM SOLUTION AND GO FROM THERE.
# 422:
3:25 am PST, Feb 25,
Hazel Chase, Arizona
# 421:
12:14 am PST, Feb 25,
Victoria Vogelgesang, Ohio
# 420:
1:02 pm PST, Feb 24,
Chuck Ackerman, Ohio
# 419:
8:45 am PST, Feb 24,
Amy Gomberg, Ohio
# 418:
6:46 am PST, Feb 24,
Heather McFarland, Ohio
I think our decisions now impact Ohio's future generations. Please reconsider renewing a contract that relies heavily on coal-fired power. There are better options available now.
I think our decisions now impact Ohio's future generations. Please reconsider renewing a contract that relies heavily on coal-fired power. There are better options available now.
# 417:
3:52 am PST, Feb 24,
Heather Risher, Ohio
# 416:
2:28 am PST, Feb 24,
Jennifer McMillin, Ohio
Lets be a green city on a blue lake - clean energy NOW!
Lets be a green city on a blue lake - clean energy NOW!
# 415:
7:27 pm PST, Feb 23,
Thomas (Tom) Pretlow, Ohio
I am embarassed to live in a state that is one of the largest contributors to the killing of lakes in upstate NY. The same willingness to ignore pollution has contributed to asthma among our children and lung disease. I believe that we have a much higher calling to serve the people of Ohio and the people of our country by developing alternative sources of power and by developing and promoting more realistic approaches to energy conservation.
I am embarassed to live in a state that is one of the largest contributors to the killing of lakes in upstate NY. The same willingness to ignore pollution has contributed to asthma among our children and lung disease. I believe that we have a much higher calling to serve the people of Ohio and the people of our country by developing alternative sources of power and by developing and promoting more realistic approaches to energy conservation.
# 414:
7:18 pm PST, Feb 23,
Suey Sivula, New Zealand
# 413:
9:15 am PST, Feb 23,
Catherine Donnelly, Ohio
# 412:
6:43 am PST, Feb 23,
Deborah Hart, Colorado
At last we citizens of the earth (yes, I am a tree hugger) are gathering enough political will to take the health of our planet in our hands.
At last we citizens of the earth (yes, I am a tree hugger) are gathering enough political will to take the health of our planet in our hands.
# 411:
11:25 pm PST, Feb 22,
JOCELYNE ANNIE STROKOWSKI, Canada
# 410:
5:55 pm PST, Feb 22,
John Doyle, Ohio
Ohio's current economic struggles and difficulties will not be aided by the addition of this power plant. Instead, the economic costs (pollution, healthcare, environmental degradation and an overall decrease in the liveability of the state) will extend well into the future. We do not create any sort of long-term economic benefit when all the negatives are tallied up.
Ohio's current economic struggles and difficulties will not be aided by the addition of this power plant. Instead, the economic costs (pollution, healthcare, environmental degradation and an overall decrease in the liveability of the state) will extend well into the future. We do not create any sort of long-term economic benefit when all the negatives are tallied up.
# 409:
4:48 pm PST, Feb 22,
John Sayre, Ohio
# 408:
2:00 pm PST, Feb 22,
Anna Hornowska, Poland
# 407:
12:43 pm PST, Feb 22,
Name not displayed, Ohio
# 406:
12:20 pm PST, Feb 22,
Lucy McKernan, Ohio
I urge Cleveland City Council, CPP and the Mayor's office to reconsider their positions on the AMP-OH contract. This is the kind of mistake that cannot be reversed.
I urge Cleveland City Council, CPP and the Mayor's office to reconsider their positions on the AMP-OH contract. This is the kind of mistake that cannot be reversed.
# 405:
11:27 am PST, Feb 22,
Keith m Ludwig, Ohio
We need to stop this from going on any ware else, have a super green day.
We need to stop this from going on any ware else, have a super green day.
# 404:
10:56 am PST, Feb 22,
Ari Schabo, Ohio
# 403:
10:07 am PST, Feb 22,
Sarah Bloom, Ohio
# 402:
9:49 am PST, Feb 22,
Debbie Christensen, Ohio
# 401:
7:19 am PST, Feb 22,
Ginny Messina, Ohio
