Coal Activities

Lone Tree has partnered with Citizen’s Exploring Clean Energy, Midland Care’s and the Sierra Club to oppose the new Consumers Energy coal plant planned for Hampton Township in Bay County, MI.

PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND the MDEQ Consumers Energy Public Hearings!

April (Tues.) 14th @ 7pm preceded by an informational session in Open House  format 6-7pm again @Bay Valley Resort & Conference Center, Royal Troon Rm, 2470 Old Bridge Rd, Bay City, MI 48706

April (Wed.) 15th @12-2pm & again @7pm w/info session in Open House format from 6-7pm again @Bay Valley Resort & Conference Center

You can review Consumers Energy’s permit to install application at http://www.deq.state.mi.us/aps/downloads/rop/pub_ntce/roppn.shtml

Visit www.CleanEnergyNowMi.org to find out more about concerns with this permit application.

SOME IMPORTANT BAY COUNTY COAL PLANT FACTS.

· If approved this expansion of the Bay County Karn-Weadock coal plant will emit an additional 8.1 million tons of (Carbon dioxide) CO2 in the atmosphere every year for the next 50 years.

· Beside CO2 the expansion would also deposit 64lbs of Mercury, 1,820 tons of Nitrogen Oxides, 2,154 tons of sulfur oxides and 911 tons of particulate matter into our atmosphere every year.

· According to MDPH, Bay County has higher rate heart disease & respiratory disease than Saginaw & the state average.

· We need to stop the expansion of yesterday’s technology of coal-fired power and instead create a Clean Energy future for Michigan, by getting any additional energy needs from clean sources, promoting energy efficiency, creating clean energy jobs here in Mid-Michigan and reducing global warming pollution.

· Now is the time to Repower, Refuel and Rebuild America right here in Mid-Michigan.

Please forward to your friends, neighbors and other interested parties to help stop the Coal Rush to Michigan!

COMMENTS CAN ALSO BE SUBMITTED ONLINE IF YOU AREN’T ABLE TO ATTEND:
Go to www.CleanEnergyNowMi.org and click on the TAKE ACTION option on the top of the homepage….where there are 3 optional letters regarding Mercury, Global Warming & Health concerns that you can chose from.  NOTE- If you can, it’s important to individualize the letter you choose, by adding in your own additional comment(s) in the box provided. The website also contains information on the Coal Rush to our state along with information regarding the 7 other proposed coal plants for Michigan.