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I promise one can only imagine what it’s like —Susan Leavens

Received today on
Because of my mother. -jsq



I promise one can only imagine what it’s like to have a loved one
die in your arms from a chronic lung disease like COPD, when every
breath is a struggle and each day that passes a long and horrible death
is the inevitable, my mother moved here with me from south Florida,
her quality of life changed until her death from COPD in 2003. Biomass
affects everyone, not just in the county it’s built in.

I personally
have children which I would love to see grow with strong healthy lung
functions. Some children and adults already have asthma and other lung
disorders. I’m not quite sure of the long term effects biomass consist
of but I am quite sure were going to be the ones that suffer in the end
each and every one of us! It does raise my concern when Dr. Noll speaks
about biomass and we all might need to rethink the potential danger it
will bring with it. Previously I thought it was a good energy source,
I now think otherwise. Speak now or forever hold your peace because I
get this feeling… there sneaking in!

-Susan Leavens

Pastor Angela Manning: “totally against the building of the bio mass plant”

Pastor Angela Manning sent this message to Brad Lofton Monday 4 October
and asked that it be posted here.

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Mr. Lofton,

I just want you and every one at the Industrial Authority to know that my
congregation and I are totally against the building of the bio mass plant.
There are people in my church who suffer from asthma and COPD. This plant
would only make those who already have existing breathing problems worse. We
have a number of children and babies too. According to the American Lung
Association this plant would be harmful to the health of healty human beings
let alone those who have problems. I stand with the NAACP, the SCLC, the
American Lung Association, and any other group fighting against the bio mass
plant.


Taking a Stand in the Community,

Dr. Angela Manning

Leigh Touchton wonders what Brad Lofton is hiding

This message was sent to me by the author, who requested I blog it.

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Subject: My response to Brad Lofton, why doesn’t he want his correpondence in
the Valdosta Daily Times? What is he hiding?

From: Leigh Touchton

To: blofton@industrialauthority.com

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:53:56 EDT

(Please see
correspondence below mine which I am responding to:

Mr. Brad Lofton’s email to his “stakeholders”
which he doesn’t want to put in the newspaper )

Mr. Lofton:

My title is President of the Valdosta-Lowndes branch of the NAACP, I am not
the Chairperson. I have a Master’s in Science in Biology from the
University of Virginia, I have taught Environmental Science classes at the
college level. It is incorrect and furthermore rude for you to refer to the
President of the NAACP as part of the “misinformation on the street.”

I would be happy to deconstruct your arguments on the trip to Cadillac,
Michigan, and how “green” Biomass Incineration can be. I invite readers to
research all the Biomass incinerators around the country that have been shut
down. They are banned in Massachusetts. They have been blocked in
Florida. They show up in areas of the country where wealthy industrialists
control the government and environmental regulations are lax. All the major
environmental organizations in this country oppose them because they burn
more wood that can be sustainably harvested. In the decade that is the
hottest on record, in a crucial period in human history when life literally
hangs in the balance over Global Climate Change, the Lowndes County
Industrial Authority has decided to implement a Biomass Incinerator which
spews more carbon dioxide than a coal plant.

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LTE: Biomass is Environmental Racism

This is a letter to the editor that appeared in the VDT on about 17 August 2010.

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When Wiregrass Power chose the site for their Biomass plant, they put
it near one of Valdosta’s most affluent black communities. There are
at least six black churches:  New Life Ministries, Morning Star,
Evangel Temple, Southside Church of Christ, Church of Prophecy, Church
at Pine Hill. Two predominantly black elementary schools are in the
area: Southeast and Moulton Branch. A large senior citizen assisted
living community, Sands Horizon, is located in the affected area and
serves over 60 families. Scott Park, where the Sands Horizon residents
enjoy outings and the local children enjoy baseball games, is located
nearby. Huge apartment complexes with several buildings, Park Chase
and Brittany Woods, whose residents are primarily people of color, are
located near the proposed site.

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