On Friday, the Press Gazette ran an article about the Pulliam power plant lawsuit.
I couldn't BELIEVE some of Ed Newman's (WPS Pulliam environmental services director) comments!
He used his grandchildren as pawns in the discussion about the lawsuit filed against the Pulliam power plant. Newman said, “I haven’t seen their lawsuit yet, but I know we’re not putting any children at risk. I have five grandchildren who live right in this area. Would I defend something that put my grandchildren at risk?”
His grandchildren could not live anywhere without being at risk. Mercury (from coal plants) and other toxins circulate the globe. Living in Green Bay may put them at more risk than usual. We are put under DNR Air Quality Index alerts many days of the year. Every waterway in Wisconsin is under a mercury contamination advisory.
His grandchildren’s cognitive and physical development may already have been hampered by their unwitting exposure to mercury, soot, and thousands of other chemical pollutants in our environment. I think Newman should send in samples of his grandchildren’s hair to be tested for mercury. He may be alarmed at what he discovers. Instead of defending one of the dirtiest power plants around, he may be inspired to use his position to move Green Bay into a future based upon clean, renewable, and sustainable energy sources. Exposure to toxins is not something his grandchildren should have to put up with.
The technology to burn coal very cleanly exists. The Pulliam plant should no longer be allowed to break the law.
Newman also said that "we don't emit smog or soot". I will post the data on THIS in the near future. By the way, why do I have to look up that information. Isn't that reporter Terry Anderson's job?
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“We emit hardly any carbon-based particulates, and we don’t emit soot or smog.” said Newman.
Someone needs to educate this man!!!
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