When will the City and County Commissioners understand that a Coal Plant means the production of TOXIC POLLUTANTS, GREEN HOUSE GASES, MELT DOWN of the POLAR ICE CAPS and power!!!  There is no such thing as clean coal; there is no method today or in future development that will mitigate the pollutants created by a coal- fired plant.  Don’t we have a moral obligation to use clean renewable energy?  Is using coal really the cheapest source of energy when you consider the environmental impact?

How about these for questions of the day, Tribune, “Will the stench from the coal-fired plant compete with that of the oil refinery?” (Which has been sited numerous times by the EPA for air quality infractions?), “Are the 65 jobs the coal plant will create worth the environmental destruction it will produce? “ (The Citizens will never get power from this plant.), “Would you have chosen to live in Great Falls if you knew it was considering building a coal-fired plant?”, “Will the City Commissioners ever answer questions from concerned citizens about the coal plant asked at commission meetings over the last couple of years?”, or “Does a possible $70,000 a year saving to the city in electricity costs warrant a $3.5 million expenditure in tax payers money?” (Had the Commissioners  done the math – That’s over 30 years to recoup the tax payers’ $3.5 million expenditure.)? Check facts at Citizens for Clean Energy (CCE) www.cce-mt.org.

Sandra Di Mauro