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The Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plant in Rogers City, Michigan, Part 5By jenkuz, Section News
Wolverine Clean Energy Venture to this point had created a good rapport with the town by giving to local charity, opening an office in town to answer questions, organized a Citizens Advisory Board, acquiring zoning approval, asked for and got resolutions of support from the city of Rogers City, the Commissioners of Presque Isle County and Rogers Township. They announced that they were, in the beginning of 2008, attempting to obtain an air quality permit from the state.
In a January 3, 2008 article in the Advance titled, County continues to support Wolverine's plans, Wolverine's Director of Community and Government Affairs, Ken Bradstreet, outlines the realities of the need for more power in Michigan. The proposed baseload plant satisfies the Department of Energy as clean coal technology. Bradstreet offered, "Those that oppose projects like this across the country aren't really helping the environment, because they are forcing us to continue using plants that should be retired."
The Citizens for Environmental Inquiry (CEI) continued it's opposition in the opinion page of the Advance. IMG_2241 In a bid for support of their efforts, Bill Lewis offered an opinion piece citing information he picked from the websites of the DEQ and the EPA. He suggested that the proposed 600 megawatt plant would "require about 14 million gallons of water and 300 tons of coal per hour." Then suggested that since Wolverine supplies energy to Canada that the "sudden" need for more energy may be to sell to Canada.
A couple of weeks later, a response to the CEI's attempts to sway public opinion against the plant came from another resident. He described members of the CEI as "doom and gloom....people who are so immersed in water and air pollution numbers that their vision of the future is one of disaster." The following week, at the end of January, a new group came into town to actively oppose the plant. Read more....Jennerationx
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