The LWV gets it.
Bravo!
Excerpt from the Press-Register editorial March 27, 2011:
"....Alabama’s use of coal is draining $1.39 billion per year from the state in net purchases from Colombia and states like Wyoming. That money could be spent in Alabama on developing a newer economic engine for the state, based on clean energy jobs which would allow us to leave water, soil and air usable by future generations."
"We are being persuaded that we must choose between economic health and environmental health. This is a false choice."
"The BP oil contamination of the Gulf is a clear example for Alabama that both are involved — environment and economy. The Gulf area economy has been severely impacted by the damaged environment."
"Alabama once had a history of selling ourselves based on cheap, unskilled labor. We learned from that mistake, but now we’re selling ourselves based on cheap, dirty energy, which is unsustainable."
"We believe that it is morally and economically important to look out for the prospects of the generations who come after us, rather than selling out the future for a seemingly expedient, short-sighted, short-term gain."
Joyce Lanning
Charlotte Ward
Ms. Kathryn Byrd, Co-President
Ms. Charlotte Ward, Co-President
LWV Of Alabama
134 Norwood Avenue
Auburn, AL 36830
205-871-8194
March 15, 2011 letter to the US Senate urging them to oppose legislation to undermine and dismantle the EPA.
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Do you think Martha Roby is a fan of these ladies?
ReplyDeleteShe has turned out to be one big disappointment.
I'm shocked any state paper actually ran this as much in the tank as they are for Alabama Power whose coal appetite is insatiable.
ReplyDeleteOne guess who mines the Colombian coal. Drummond.
Awesome letter ladies!
ReplyDeleteI hope you sent a copy to Janet Parshall.
We would be in much better shape in Alabama if the EPA just took power away from the ineffective and over-bloated ADEM and the EMC.
ReplyDeleteEverybody is crying "we're broke, we don't have the money." Fine. Start with ADEM governor and whittle that agency down from it's current 500-600 employees who don't do anything effective anyway, unless you count permit rubber stamping, and save a bucket-load of the state funds.
Let the EPA handle what ADEM has never been able to do, insure we are protected from the big polluters.
How about governor?
Or are you too afraid to lose those big mule contributions?
You call yourself a Dr. Well, act like one damnit!