Press Release, March 13, 2010
Contact Brack Barker, Conservation Chair, phone # 352-215-4396
The Suwannee/St Johns Sierra Group, which represents 14 counties in North Central Florida including Alachua county, has voted to oppose the GRU/GREC Biomass plant * A new power plant is not needed; GRU currently has 62% overcapacity * Competition for increasingly scarce biomass fuel will be too expensive and a burden on the ratepayers * We reject more massive air pollution and major water withdrawals * The City of Gainesville needs to expand their energy efficiency programs and aggressively help customers reduce energy consumption. This will create many new jobs that will benefity the community and region. For these reasons the Suwannee/St.John’s group opposes a new power plant.
Brack Barker Suwannee/St Johns Sierra Group Conservation Chair
gainesvilleflorida
This is good news from the Suwannee/St. Johns Group. I hope that it will have a positive impact on the decision makers in Gainesville as well as the national Sierra Club biomass policy.
Thank you for this vote!
Loraine McCosker
Co-chair Ohio Sierra Club Forests and Public Lands Committee
Appalachian Ohio Sierra Club Chair