Representative Terry Goodin:  http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/goodin_index.html

Click on "contact information" then "by internet" and type a SHORT email voicing why you are opposed to the plant.


Here are the links to the town meeting we had in November 2009.  It was videotaped and uploaded online.  The speakers were me, a local nurse, and nationally known biomass expert Dr. Bill Sammons.  It has been divided into 3 links due to its large size.
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/6706173/17418290
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/6706244/17418427
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/6706272/17418469

 
This is a link to a website of a community in a similar situation in Russell, MA
http://www.concernedcitizensofrussell.org/trip.php


This is a link to a website describing the large, cancer-causing brown cloud in south Asia http://www.eurekalert.org/features/kids/2009-01/aaft-tmo011609.php


Why burning wood chips for electricity near a school is a bad idea
http://burningissues.org/VermontwoodChips.html

This is a link to a news story WHAS CH
11 did on the city countil meeting.  Many citizens showed up to show their disapproval of the biomass incinerator. 
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Scottsburg-citizens-voice-their-opinions-of-proposed-biomass-plant-79867317.html

The is a homemade video about a biomass incinerator that was attemped to be built in Tallahassee, FL.  They interviewed actual people who live next to the McNiel Biomass Plant in Vermont. 
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iREYS12Gy_o&feature=related
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-X_2YVJiu8&NR=1


This is a link to a biomass plant in Sweden. Although it is in French, it is only 7 minutes long and gives a good visual of what is proposed for Scottsburg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKsXSZ7Cpk0&feature=related


This is a link to a BBC video about a proposed bioamss plant in Glenavy, England.  Dioxins are their worry just like ours.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4UiLtb3w00


Print these 2 letters and mail them to the addresses on the letters in the next week!  We need as many of these letters to reach Lugar and Bayh as possible! Click here

Learn the dangerous health effects of particulates on people. 
http://www.stateoftheair.org/2008/health-risks/health-risks-pm.html

Learn why biomass incineration is dangerous to everyone's health  Click here


The Massacusetts Medical Society condemns Biomass Incinerators for their damage to the health of humans. 
http://www.massmed.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home6&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=32796


8/19/10  Report on upcoming meeting with Area Planning Commission about Liberty Green's original application
http://www.gbpnews.com/index.php?id=977:county-apc-slates-august-26-vote-on-proposed-biomass-energy-plant-in-scottsburg&option=com_content&catid=35:giveaway&Itemid=45


Use of Biomass Fuels is Associated with Infant Mortality:  http://www.ajtmh.org/cgi/content/abstract/76/3/585


11/10/09   WHAS Ch11 news story about proposed biomass incinerator:
http://www.whas11.com/video/featured-videos/Scott-County-Residents-Express-Concerns-About-Bio-Mass-Plant-69724852.html


11/09/09  Courier-Journal news story about citizen uprising
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091109/GREEN/911090369/1025/rss02


11/10/09  Dr. Sammons delivers his presentation to 150 citizens of Scottsburg at a town meeting
http://www.clarionnews.net/Articles-i-2009-11-18-212722.114125_Citizens_hear_from_biomass_authority.html


This is a simple and documented form showing how biomass combustion is not carbon neutral Click here


This is a letter from Ecolaw to the senate showing the flaw in letting biomass incinerators consider themselves to be carbon neutral.  This is known as the biomass loophole Click here


This shows the law HR 4520 that gives govenment tax credits for biomass incinerators.  Notice all the things they are allowed to burn. To see it, Click here


This is a letter from Dr. Sammons to every US Senator disclosing the issue with biomass incineration and its hazards.  To see it,  Click here


This is a letter written to the local newspapers, and was then forwarded on to every local TV station and radio station Click Here


To see Dr. Sammon's powerpoint on the biomass issue and why it is not carbon neutral, how it is not renewable, and is a hazard to Scott County and the world Click here
 

This form shows the percents biomass incineration is over the national targets for pollution.  To see it  Click here


This is a proposed act to close the biomass loophole written by Dr. Sammons 
Click here


This is a letter to Senator John Kerry from  the American Lung Association telling him that they are against biomass combustion, and that he should vote against its consideration as a renewable resource.  To see it  Click here




CLICK HERE FOR THE INFORMATION ABOUT BIOMASS INCINERATION THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!

















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This is a short and simple fact sheet that is documented and cited. Click here

Learn why biomass incineration is dangerous to everyone's health  Click here