Post by doctorwho on Aug 28, 2009 17:24:04 GMT -6
AS far as I am concerned there is one simple statement here --"I am very concerned about the negative health effects that these aging plants have on the people who live in the communities where the Midwest Gen facilities are located," Madigan said.
So who know betters - our Attorney General or our School Board.
Remembering that one of our SB members is now being backed by Lisa's Dad for office -- maybe she is he one to direct the questions to now. Someone has to get answers
Targeted repeatedly by neighborhood activists and environmental groups, the Midwest Generation plants have avoided anti-pollution regulations for years, in part because federal regulators assumed decades ago that the aging generators would have been scuttled by now. In 2001, a Harvard School of Public Health study estimated the Fisk and Crawford plants alone are responsible for 2,800 asthma attacks, 550 emergency room visits and 41 early deaths every year.
Four years later, Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan documented thousands of pollution violations at the power plants. She joined the lawsuit filed Thursday by the U.S. Justice Department on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
"I am very concerned about the negative health effects that these aging plants have on the people who live in the communities where the Midwest Gen facilities are located," Madigan said.
Company officials contend the problems outlined in the complaint are being addressed. Under a 2006 deal with the Illinois EPA, Midwest Generation agreed to clean up or close its coal plants by 2018. The federal lawsuit could force the company to upgrade or close its plants faster.
Critics have said the Illinois EPA, which declined to join the federal lawsuit, gave Midwest Generation too long to clean up the plants.
This is who 'certified' we are fine --
So who know betters - our Attorney General or our School Board.
Remembering that one of our SB members is now being backed by Lisa's Dad for office -- maybe she is he one to direct the questions to now. Someone has to get answers
Targeted repeatedly by neighborhood activists and environmental groups, the Midwest Generation plants have avoided anti-pollution regulations for years, in part because federal regulators assumed decades ago that the aging generators would have been scuttled by now. In 2001, a Harvard School of Public Health study estimated the Fisk and Crawford plants alone are responsible for 2,800 asthma attacks, 550 emergency room visits and 41 early deaths every year.
Four years later, Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan documented thousands of pollution violations at the power plants. She joined the lawsuit filed Thursday by the U.S. Justice Department on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
"I am very concerned about the negative health effects that these aging plants have on the people who live in the communities where the Midwest Gen facilities are located," Madigan said.
Company officials contend the problems outlined in the complaint are being addressed. Under a 2006 deal with the Illinois EPA, Midwest Generation agreed to clean up or close its coal plants by 2018. The federal lawsuit could force the company to upgrade or close its plants faster.
Critics have said the Illinois EPA, which declined to join the federal lawsuit, gave Midwest Generation too long to clean up the plants.
This is who 'certified' we are fine --