Say NO to the Russell Power Plant
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Bay Area Air Quality Management District
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Join Chabot students, faculty and staff in our fight to keeping our community free of toxic chemicals. The Russell City Energy Center has proposed to build a 600 megawatt power plant which would be located near the corner of Depot Road and Cabot Blvd. The power plant would be constructed by Russell City Energy Company, LLC, and an affiliate of Calpine Corporation. The following are some of the many toxic contaminants that will be released by the power plant: Ammonia, Benzene, Formaldehyde, Diesel Particle matter, Sulfur Dioxide and among other chemicals. Pollution is not the solution especially for our community, local institutions and families.
WE HAVE A SOLUTION DO NOT CREATE MORE POLLUTION!!
Join Chabot students, faculty and staff in our fight to keeping our community free of toxic chemicals. The Russell City Energy Center has proposed to build a 600 megawatt power plant which would be located near the corner of Depot Road and Cabot Blvd. The power plant would be constructed by Russell City Energy Company, LLC, and an affiliate of Calpine Corporation. The following are some of the many toxic contaminants that will be released by the power plant: Ammonia, Benzene, Formaldehyde, Diesel Particle matter, Sulfur Dioxide and among other chemicals. Pollution is not the solution especially for our community, local institutions and families.
WE HAVE A SOLUTION DO NOT CREATE MORE POLLUTION!!
We signed the "Say NO to the Russell Power Plant" petition!
# 94:
3:52 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Yvonne Craig, California
As a Chabot College employee, I strongly oppose the building of a power plant that will increase pollution directly over Chabot but will also not even provide power for the residents of our area. If the cities across the bay need more power, they should build their own power plant!
As a Chabot College employee, I strongly oppose the building of a power plant that will increase pollution directly over Chabot but will also not even provide power for the residents of our area. If the cities across the bay need more power, they should build their own power plant!
# 93:
3:36 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Name not displayed, Georgia
# 92:
2:38 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Matthew Smetana, California
I attend school at Chabot College, and I would not want to breathe in all those dangerous materials and have them in the Bay Area environment. It's also counter productive to helping our community in Hayward and the area, since the power plant wont give any of it's power to Hayward.
I attend school at Chabot College, and I would not want to breathe in all those dangerous materials and have them in the Bay Area environment. It's also counter productive to helping our community in Hayward and the area, since the power plant wont give any of it's power to Hayward.
# 91:
2:30 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Blake Lewis, California
# 90:
2:29 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Linda Grace, California
# 89:
2:24 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Jane Wolford, California
This issue is very personal to many of us at Chabot. My mother was diagnosed with lung cancer in the early 1980, after working ten years at Lawrence Livermore Lab. She spent two of those years in the plutonium building. As part of her job she also witnessed underground atomic testing in Nevada. She is not a smoker. She has recently been diagnosed with a new form metastatic lung cancer. To watch her suffer is unbearable. Prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals kills people. No one should have to go through what my family is now experiencing. This plant should not be built in our community.
This issue is very personal to many of us at Chabot. My mother was diagnosed with lung cancer in the early 1980, after working ten years at Lawrence Livermore Lab. She spent two of those years in the plutonium building. As part of her job she also witnessed underground atomic testing in Nevada. She is not a smoker. She has recently been diagnosed with a new form metastatic lung cancer. To watch her suffer is unbearable. Prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals kills people. No one should have to go through what my family is now experiencing. This plant should not be built in our community.
# 88:
2:23 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Julian Prentice, California
# 87:
2:22 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Name not displayed, Illinois
# 86:
2:21 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Andrew Pierson, California
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0812910106. “We found that it was children exposed to the combination of air pollution and life in a stressful environment who were at highest risk of developing asthma,” says principal investigator Rob McConnell, M.D., professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Deputy Director of the Children’s Environmental Health Center at USC. Current and recent research strongly supports a claim that the effects of air pollution are, in fact, measurably cumulative, meaningful and significant, and long lasting. ALL scientific trends point toward the very serious current and past problems with looking at pollutants, and other environmental risks, one at a time, while overlooking or ignoring the cumulative and synergistic effects of those pollutants and risks. Examining the risks of the proposed Russell City Energy Plant by examining only each pollutant in isolation while ignoring other pollutants and risks to which individuals in the affected communities are exposed is a very serious problem. Would we examine the risk of three martinis, and then separately examine the risk of driving 30 miles, and then because each alone might be an “acceptable risk” we conclude that having three martinis AND driving 30 miles is also an acceptable risk? We know that policy makers and big business interests can be very slow to accept and respond to very real, if new, scientific findings. I urge you to consider the CURRENT scientific findings and scientific trends that clearly point to cumulative and synergistic environmental risk and to DENY THE PERMIT for Russell City Energy. Thoughtfully and Sincerely, Andrew Pierson, Ph.D.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0812910106. “We found that it was children exposed to the combination of air pollution and life in a stressful environment who were at highest risk of developing asthma,” says principal investigator Rob McConnell, M.D., professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Deputy Director of the Children’s Environmental Health Center at USC. Current and recent research strongly supports a claim that the effects of air pollution are, in fact, measurably cumulative, meaningful and significant, and long lasting. ALL scientific trends point toward the very serious current and past problems with looking at pollutants, and other environmental risks, one at a time, while overlooking or ignoring the cumulative and synergistic effects of those pollutants and risks. Examining the risks of the proposed Russell City Energy Plant by examining only each pollutant in isolation while ignoring other pollutants and risks to which individuals in the affected communities are exposed is a very serious problem. Would we examine the risk of three martinis, and then separately examine the risk of driving 30 miles, and then because each alone might be an “acceptable risk” we conclude that having three martinis AND driving 30 miles is also an acceptable risk? We know that policy makers and big business interests can be very slow to accept and respond to very real, if new, scientific findings. I urge you to consider the CURRENT scientific findings and scientific trends that clearly point to cumulative and synergistic environmental risk and to DENY THE PERMIT for Russell City Energy. Thoughtfully and Sincerely, Andrew Pierson, Ph.D.
# 85:
2:11 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Juliet Polizzi, California
# 84:
2:04 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Rosa Landeros, California
# 83:
1:59 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Cynthia Hicks, California
A location away from a populated area needs to be found.
A location away from a populated area needs to be found.
# 82:
1:57 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Kevin Muller, California
If this plant is built, it will send a clear message that environmental racism is alive and well in the United States, even here in the so called-progressive Bay Area. The minority populations of the surrounding community will share a disproportionate burden of the health risk involved because they generally have less access to healthcare and poorer health care. Yet, they will not benefit from the plant, as the power it will generate will, according to documents, be sent to the peninsula. Moreover, the profits from the plant will not trickle down to the minority citizens of the community, but will be primarily passed directly into the pocket books of Calpine's shareholders (who no doubt are mostly white). Thus, the citizens of Hayward who live and work near the plant stand only to receive a future with greater health complications, perhaps even shorter lives. As for the child who will play downwind of the plant...
If this plant is built, it will send a clear message that environmental racism is alive and well in the United States, even here in the so called-progressive Bay Area. The minority populations of the surrounding community will share a disproportionate burden of the health risk involved because they generally have less access to healthcare and poorer health care. Yet, they will not benefit from the plant, as the power it will generate will, according to documents, be sent to the peninsula. Moreover, the profits from the plant will not trickle down to the minority citizens of the community, but will be primarily passed directly into the pocket books of Calpine's shareholders (who no doubt are mostly white). Thus, the citizens of Hayward who live and work near the plant stand only to receive a future with greater health complications, perhaps even shorter lives. As for the child who will play downwind of the plant...
# 81:
1:53 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Linnea Wahamaki, California
Stay clean! Go green!
Stay clean! Go green!
# 80:
1:49 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Michelle Sherry, California
# 79:
1:49 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Randi Ray, California
# 78:
1:43 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Shoshanna Tenn, California
No power plant that dumps thousands of pounds of particulate waste into our air is "Green." This is not healthy for our kids (Children's Center right on campus!), our students, or our community. The energy is not intended for us, but the waste is. Please protect us. Russell City, the historic home of West Coast Blues, deserves a better landmark to recall its legacy. Name a library after Russell City. Stop the plant!
No power plant that dumps thousands of pounds of particulate waste into our air is "Green." This is not healthy for our kids (Children's Center right on campus!), our students, or our community. The energy is not intended for us, but the waste is. Please protect us. Russell City, the historic home of West Coast Blues, deserves a better landmark to recall its legacy. Name a library after Russell City. Stop the plant!
# 77:
1:42 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Maryann Tamayo, Washington
# 76:
1:40 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Name not displayed, California
# 75:
1:38 pm PDT, Sep 16,
John Wilkins, California
# 74:
1:28 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Ming-Lun Ho, California
The BAAQMD's own report shows the immense amount of toxins released into the air, and they will fall mostly on Chabot College. The power company may be able to offset the pollution somewhere else, but the impact on our community cannot be mitigated and has serious consequences. What's worse, no health risk study has examine the cummulative and synergitic effects of the pollutants coming from the power plant with the already exisiting exhaust from the busy 92 and 880 freeways. What's more, we have a Children's Center on campus, and these youngsters are even more susceptible to pollution! The BAAQMD needs to do its job to protect the citizens!
The BAAQMD's own report shows the immense amount of toxins released into the air, and they will fall mostly on Chabot College. The power company may be able to offset the pollution somewhere else, but the impact on our community cannot be mitigated and has serious consequences. What's worse, no health risk study has examine the cummulative and synergitic effects of the pollutants coming from the power plant with the already exisiting exhaust from the busy 92 and 880 freeways. What's more, we have a Children's Center on campus, and these youngsters are even more susceptible to pollution! The BAAQMD needs to do its job to protect the citizens!
# 73:
1:22 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Mervi Rantala, Finland
# 72:
1:21 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Minta Winsor, California
# 70:
12:59 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Christine Warda, California
Chabot College is more than a school or collection of buildings. We are a community and we serve many people from all over the Bay Area. Many of our students suffer from debilitating illness and respiratory problems ( I have asthma ). We do NOT want increased pollution! Follow our lead and go solar or find other means to generate energy without harming our community.
Chabot College is more than a school or collection of buildings. We are a community and we serve many people from all over the Bay Area. Many of our students suffer from debilitating illness and respiratory problems ( I have asthma ). We do NOT want increased pollution! Follow our lead and go solar or find other means to generate energy without harming our community.
# 69:
12:43 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Shirley Pejman, California
# 68:
12:42 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Lin Zuidema, California
As we as a society become more knowledgeable about the effects of chemical polution on our environment,we have a responsibility to develop clean, renewable,alternative energy. To allow anything less from our corporations is criminal. No intelligent, ethical human being can knowingly and deliberately use their position of power to help facilitate the certain destruction of human life that will come as a direct result of this power plant. Would it make a difference if the entire management of RCEC/Calpine and their families were required to live within 3-4 miles of this plant? No benefit to San Mateo is worth the known risks to their neighbors in Hayward.
As we as a society become more knowledgeable about the effects of chemical polution on our environment,we have a responsibility to develop clean, renewable,alternative energy. To allow anything less from our corporations is criminal. No intelligent, ethical human being can knowingly and deliberately use their position of power to help facilitate the certain destruction of human life that will come as a direct result of this power plant. Would it make a difference if the entire management of RCEC/Calpine and their families were required to live within 3-4 miles of this plant? No benefit to San Mateo is worth the known risks to their neighbors in Hayward.
# 67:
12:28 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Name not displayed, California
# 66:
12:16 pm PDT, Sep 16,
William Johnson, California
A decision to build a natural gas-fired power plant seems like something out of the last century.
A decision to build a natural gas-fired power plant seems like something out of the last century.
# 65:
12:13 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Marcia Kolb, California
# 64:
12:13 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Lisa Ulibarri, California
# 63:
12:05 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Cindy Silva, California
As an employee of Chabot College, I feel that the Russell City Power Plant would be unhealthy for the college community, which not only includes the college staff, but also the students attending the college, any visitors to the college and the children in our childcare center.
As an employee of Chabot College, I feel that the Russell City Power Plant would be unhealthy for the college community, which not only includes the college staff, but also the students attending the college, any visitors to the college and the children in our childcare center.
# 62:
11:58 am PDT, Sep 16,
Name not displayed, California
# 61:
11:56 am PDT, Sep 16,
Name not displayed, California
As an employee of Chabot College, I say NO to the Russell City Power Plant! We don't need or want any more air pollution!
As an employee of Chabot College, I say NO to the Russell City Power Plant! We don't need or want any more air pollution!
# 60:
11:52 am PDT, Sep 16,
Sandra Raeber, California
# 59:
11:46 am PDT, Sep 16,
Wayne Pitcher, California
As a Chemistry Professor I offer my professional opinion: the Russell Power Plant is NOT worth building. The environmental effects on the nearby population of Hayward are too great to justify its construction. All of the contaminants listed are indeed toxic in significant amounts. Here are some highlights: Benzene is carcinogenic. Sulfur dioxide is a contributor to acid rain--it forms sulfurous acid when combined with water in the air--or in your lungs. I could go on, but I hope I have made my point. The Russell Power Plant is simply a bad idea.
As a Chemistry Professor I offer my professional opinion: the Russell Power Plant is NOT worth building. The environmental effects on the nearby population of Hayward are too great to justify its construction. All of the contaminants listed are indeed toxic in significant amounts. Here are some highlights: Benzene is carcinogenic. Sulfur dioxide is a contributor to acid rain--it forms sulfurous acid when combined with water in the air--or in your lungs. I could go on, but I hope I have made my point. The Russell Power Plant is simply a bad idea.
# 58:
11:24 am PDT, Sep 16,
Name not displayed, California
Residents, colleges, preschools do not have the luxury or the option of uprooting themselves and relocating somewhere new to prevent exposure. Plenty of research indicates the short and long term health impact of the pollutants from Russell Power Plant. I strongly oppose the building of this plant.
Residents, colleges, preschools do not have the luxury or the option of uprooting themselves and relocating somewhere new to prevent exposure. Plenty of research indicates the short and long term health impact of the pollutants from Russell Power Plant. I strongly oppose the building of this plant.
# 57:
11:22 am PDT, Sep 16,
Panagiotis Rigopoulos, Greece
# 56:
11:19 am PDT, Sep 16,
Name not displayed, California
We are an educational institute and a child care center and certainly don't want to be next to power plant for the good of our citizens.
We are an educational institute and a child care center and certainly don't want to be next to power plant for the good of our citizens.
# 55:
11:14 am PDT, Sep 16,
Jana Noskova, Czech Republic
# 54:
11:03 am PDT, Sep 16,
Yvette Powell, California
I would like to keep our community healthy and happy. We have too many people this could harm. I care about our Friends, family, and business. I say no.
I would like to keep our community healthy and happy. We have too many people this could harm. I care about our Friends, family, and business. I say no.
# 53:
11:02 am PDT, Sep 16,
Pedro Reynoso, California
# 52:
11:01 am PDT, Sep 16,
Angie Magallon, California
As a resident of Hayward, I soundly oppose the building of the Russel City Power plant. I am also a Chabot college instructor so my workplace, my home, my family and my community will all be negatively impacted by this outdated power plant. Please do not add another burden onto the residents of this community. We are already facing a crisis in our schools, with violence, gangs and poverty. The least you can do is guarantee that the air we breathe will not be contaminated further by an uneeded, unwanted power plant. Do the right thing stop Calpine from exposing us to any more pollution.
As a resident of Hayward, I soundly oppose the building of the Russel City Power plant. I am also a Chabot college instructor so my workplace, my home, my family and my community will all be negatively impacted by this outdated power plant. Please do not add another burden onto the residents of this community. We are already facing a crisis in our schools, with violence, gangs and poverty. The least you can do is guarantee that the air we breathe will not be contaminated further by an uneeded, unwanted power plant. Do the right thing stop Calpine from exposing us to any more pollution.
# 51:
11:00 am PDT, Sep 16,
Gloria Meads, California
We have a preschool program here. Children's lungs are more sensitive to pollution than even adults. We don't want to give them asthma as a result of coming on campus. Our students have a hard enough time struggling with school, work, family obligations and poverty. We don't want to reward them for coming to school with illness so the rich people can have electricity. Gloria Meads, Nursing and Health instructor.
We have a preschool program here. Children's lungs are more sensitive to pollution than even adults. We don't want to give them asthma as a result of coming on campus. Our students have a hard enough time struggling with school, work, family obligations and poverty. We don't want to reward them for coming to school with illness so the rich people can have electricity. Gloria Meads, Nursing and Health instructor.
