As a public health professional I know the harmful effects of air pollution from coal plants. Particulate matter aggravates a number of health conditions and can be a contributor in asthma attacks and other respiratory issues, heart attacks, and premature deaths. Don't externalize the costs of energy to the residents of Fayette County. Take responsibility and move our city to clean energy to help improve the health of all Texans.
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Al Braden
12 years ago
These health and environmental risks are on us. Our elected Austin City Council needs to act on our efforts to replace this pollution with clean energy.
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Tommy LaPoint
12 years ago
Shut it down! Use more solar!
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Al Braden
12 years ago
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I usually come at Fayette from a climate change point of view. But real public health risks have come out of the stacks of Fayette since the 70's and continue today. These health impacts are on us as Austin Energy customers - and shareholders - as long as we continue to run this plant. Morally - it's on our watch.
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Jenny Hill
12 years ago
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The cost of electric power generation must include the expenses of long-term adverse health effects on the affected population. Coal-fired plant owners must NOT be allowed to make a profit without paying the cost of health care for those who become ill from exposure to pollutants generated by those plants. There is no excuse for generating "dirty power" in the 21st century.
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Jeffrey Crunk
12 years ago
Austin can find the path to affordable power without coal, at a timetable of our choosing, and with a minimum of natural gas. This is possible if Austin's leaders are willing to make the political effort to find it. The technology is ready. Regulations are not real impediments. It's the business model at the citizen owned utility that has to be changed. Strike the balance. Find the path. Let's keep the faith we've made with ourselves and our children to lead responsibly in Austin.
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jan marsden
12 years ago
too many people sick from all the polition of this kind of plant
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suzanne rittenberry
12 years ago
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The number of patients I see suffering the effects of environmental toxicity is growing -- and they're starting younger, too. Austin needs to lead the way in choosing public health by seeking smarter energy choices.
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Sandra Woodall
12 years ago
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"Cheap" energy isn't cheap if it causes spikes in ER admissions and expenses for neurological and respiratory problems.
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chris searles
12 years ago
Austin's City Manager, Marc Ott, must lead the City's transition to a cleaner business model. Steer us through the economic and political risks of this transition, Marc. If not you, who? And when?
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Beki Halpin
12 years ago
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There are also health costs associated with the Fayette plant's contribution to global warming. Increased weather disasters cost lives, severe heat events costs lives, and weather related drought imperils our food production and access to water for drinking. The problem is complicated, but that does not mean we should not work for answers. Our children and grandchildren are depending on us.
This is so concerning for the citizens of Austin!
As a public health professional I know the harmful effects of air pollution from coal plants. Particulate matter aggravates a number of health conditions and can be a contributor in asthma attacks and other respiratory issues, heart attacks, and premature deaths. Don't externalize the costs of energy to the residents of Fayette County. Take responsibility and move our city to clean energy to help improve the health of all Texans.
These health and environmental risks are on us. Our elected Austin City Council needs to act on our efforts to replace this pollution with clean energy.
Shut it down! Use more solar!
I usually come at Fayette from a climate change point of view. But real public health risks have come out of the stacks of Fayette since the 70's and continue today. These health impacts are on us as Austin Energy customers - and shareholders - as long as we continue to run this plant. Morally - it's on our watch.
The cost of electric power generation must include the expenses of long-term adverse health effects on the affected population. Coal-fired plant owners must NOT be allowed to make a profit without paying the cost of health care for those who become ill from exposure to pollutants generated by those plants. There is no excuse for generating "dirty power" in the 21st century.
Austin can find the path to affordable power without coal, at a timetable of our choosing, and with a minimum of natural gas. This is possible if Austin's leaders are willing to make the political effort to find it. The technology is ready. Regulations are not real impediments. It's the business model at the citizen owned utility that has to be changed. Strike the balance. Find the path. Let's keep the faith we've made with ourselves and our children to lead responsibly in Austin.
too many people sick from all the polition of this kind of plant
The number of patients I see suffering the effects of environmental toxicity is growing -- and they're starting younger, too. Austin needs to lead the way in choosing public health by seeking smarter energy choices.
"Cheap" energy isn't cheap if it causes spikes in ER admissions and expenses for neurological and respiratory problems.
Austin's City Manager, Marc Ott, must lead the City's transition to a cleaner business model. Steer us through the economic and political risks of this transition, Marc. If not you, who? And when?
There are also health costs associated with the Fayette plant's contribution to global warming. Increased weather disasters cost lives, severe heat events costs lives, and weather related drought imperils our food production and access to water for drinking. The problem is complicated, but that does not mean we should not work for answers. Our children and grandchildren are depending on us.