Comments on: ADAGE / DUKE / AREVA

By: barbara mcdowell

barbara mcdowell — Mon, 31 May 2010 19:48:13 +0000

From the little I’ve been able to read about Adage and its shifty partners, I’d vigorously oppose letting Adage do ANYTHING in Mason county. The long-term detrimental economic and environmental effects of having their INCINERATOR in or near our community are frightening. It surely seems that the Commissioners aren’t listening to the folks whom they are supposed to be representing. Do they have some secret agenda?

By: skoksvalley

skoksvalley — Sun, 30 May 2010 06:55:37 +0000

Tim Sheldon forgets that he is suppose to represent his constituents. It is a fight against corporate welfare. They would destroy our environment and have us pay for it. I think many communities will be embroiled in this same fight. I am so worried that the plant in Mason County will go through even though everyone I know is against it. I can’t believe that our local representatives have sold us out! Good luck Florida…

By: Dominic Deacon

Dominic Deacon — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:30:04 +0000

There are many downsides to biomass burners under the control of companies such as Areva, Duke, and Adage; yet I have not been able to find any ups. Medical studies have suggested that the presence of biomass burners have greatly increased the risks of:
-asthma development/attacks
-heart/lung diseases
-pollution related sicknesses
-and much more
The proposed Adage incinerator in Shelton, WA has not been put on the table for a public vote. Adage will be removing all trees within a 50-75 mile radius of the plant. They will rake the forest floor of all “excess” wood that they leave behind, making the land baren and extremely hard to grow anything in.
The incinerator will release Dioxin, Arsenic, Mercury, Lead, Carbon Monoxide, Chloroform, Formaldehyde, and Sulfuric acid, just to name a few.
Adage will not participate in reforestation, as the pre-existing companies, such as Simpson and Green Diamond, are. Mass erosion will occur due to this, ruining the shellfish and fishing industries in the immediate areas.
The building and running of the plant will be payed for in taxpayers’ dollars and federal grants for the first few years. As the past has shown, businesses like Adage abandonthe are once they are done making a free profit. Adage brings few minimum wage jobs for the local area as well. Approximately 39 minimum wage jobs will be ctreated in Washington. The product, energy, will not even be used in the local area, since Adage chooses to build in very poor areas.

By: Laura Earles

Laura Earles — Wed, 05 May 2010 21:57:58 +0000

We received a call from asthma sufferers in Mason County. They are concerned about their safety and health. They stated that a Canadian Company is going to build this in Mason County, WA, Will these be high paying union jobs…is this an American Company…will this affect the health of the residents? Will this harm the habitat, especially the waterways where there is sensitive salmon and oyster habitat? My answer would be no to the plant. Tim Sheldon calls concerned mothers, children with asthma, and environmentalists “kooks”….nice way to talk about your fellow Americans Tim. Have you ever seen a child with asthma being rushed to the hospital because they cannot breathe?

By: burnham Family

burnham Family — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:56:04 +0000

To those who desire to know who the receipients of the electrical power generated by the proposed “biomass” generating plant I would reference Adage’s rep.’s eneumeration of “close, accessible high-voltage transmission line” as being among the “favorable” conditions of siting plant at proposed location. This should make it abundantly obvious that the power will be sent ELSEwhere…those ll5k.v. (soon to be 230k.v.!!) powerlines don’t exactly hook up directly to Gretna City Hall!

By: Admin

Admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:21:38 +0000

Our understanding is that in Gretna, Florida the local rural electric co-op owned by Talquin Electric is unable to purchase the power directly because they are a co-op within a co-op. The power would have to be purchased by Seminole Electric and the power is simply sold back to the grid. Local residents do not get the power, but they get the pollution!

By: Don Andersen

Don Andersen — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:45:40 +0000

who is going to get the electricity generated by these biomass plants?