Receiving no response from Brad Lofton to
his previous message,
Dr. Noll summarizes.
Interestingly, attached to Dr. Noll’s message was
a copy of Dr. Teaf’s slides
which I didn’t notice until just now.
See also
Col. Ricketts’ re-presentation
of those slides to the VLCIA board on 21 Dec 2010.
Both are linked
here.
-jsq
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:19:00 +0000
Good morning everyone.
As a scientist and President of WACE it is my duty to point out that,
more than three weeks after their latest panel, Mr. Lofton and the
Industrial Authority have, yet again, not been able to share conclusive
evidence with the community that biomass is safe. At the same time,
WACE has time and again provided scientific studies and statements made
by medical organizations that prove that biomass incineration bears
significant health risks for our community.
Evidence provided by the pro-biomass panelists on December 6 (none of
whom were medical professionals or represented a medical organization)
was at best circumstantial, as can be expected from such a one-sided
panel. Moreover, neither Dr. Teaf nor any of the other panelists have
given us any evidence since then that biomass is safe, as their
presentations lacked any sources or links to check the validity of
their statements (see attached presentation from Dr. Teaf as an
example). In other words, their “assurances” too that biomass is
“safe”, like those repeatedly made by the Industrial Authority, remain
empty words. The time for playing semantics and simply “assuring” our
community that biomass is safe, without providing scientific studies to
back up such claims, is over.
(The same pattern of mis-information can be observed in regard to
claims that the biomass project is supported by groups like the Sierra
Club, that biomass incineration is carbon neutral, or that biomass is
economically speaking a safe investment. WACE will address these too on
January 13.)
With best regards and wishes for a Healthy New Year,
Michael G. Noll, President
Wiregrass Activists for Clean Energy
The first word is the key word in David Rodock’s VDT article today,
Opponents to proposed biomass plant speak out at meeting:
The Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA) has
repeatedly claimed to have a long list of experts on its side;
Brad Lofton wants everyone to see him
read his laundry list of authorities and experts.
“I will proudly share it with everyone,”
he says.
The VDT points out that there are experts who are against the plant.
Experts whom the VLCIA can’t even bring itself to name,
only allude to as
“folks come into the community”.
