Posted on 04/28/2005 9:30:16 AM PDT by areafiftyone
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is backing a plan to burn old tires to supply energy to an upstate New York paper mill that will produce clouds of acrid black smoke - a proposal that has nearby residents in a panic over potential health risks.
In an April 13 letter to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Clinton urged that the agency approve a two-week test burn at International Paper's Ticonderoga, N.Y., mill – adjacent to environmentally pristine Lake Champlain.
"I know that some are concerned about the potential air quality impact of burning tires at the mill," she wrote, before explaining that she agreed with IP's claims that pollution from the tire smoke won't be too harmful.
The top Democrat said the health risks were worth taking for the good of the local economy.
"I am strongly committed to working to ensure that IP's Ticonderoga mill continues to thrive and provide hundreds of good-paying jobs in Ticonderoga and the surrounding communities for generations," she explained.
Clinton's support for the tire burn has prompted heated protest from Vermont Gov. James Douglas, whose constituents live downwind of the Ticonderoga plant.
"Governor Douglas believes we need people in the United States Senate who understand how important it is to protect and improve our environment," his press secretary blasted, in quotes picked up by the Barre Montpelier Times Argus.
Ironically, Sen. Clinton made air quality a cause celebre two years ago when she accused the Bush adminsitration of covering up dangerous levels of toxic air at Ground Zero in the days after the 9/11 attack.
"[The EPA] knew and they didn't tell us the truth and the White House told them not to tell us the truth," the top Democrat fumed at the time.
"This is a very big issue," she continued. "It not only has to do with the health and safety of the people I represent, it has to do with the credibility and trust of this entire government."
Like her fellow Democrats, the tire-burn-backing Clinton opposes drilling in ANWR.
I hope New Yorkers are tired of this {ahem} woman!
Yea right Hillary, poison the people not the caribou.
Obviously she has never seen a fire in a place that keeps old smushed cars, or SMELLED IT!!!
I guess they don't have those next to Governors mansions or the White House, huh?
Obviously she has never seen a fire in a place that keeps old smushed cars, or SMELLED IT!!!
I guess they don't have those next to Governors mansions or the White House, huh?
Tire burning sounds good to me. In a controlled burner with the proper exhaust controls you'll be getting only CO2 and H2O out the final stack. Too bad that they have the maniac goose lady of the Senate fronting for them.
Actually there is a lot of energy in old tires. The problem as you know is that it produces huge quantities of nasty black smoke, but then, so does coal. It is a matter of putting in the proper scrubbers.
Didn't she blow a gasket about AIR QUALITY in NYC after 9-11?
This is part of her carefully-crafted move to the right.
She's simply GOT to realize, not EVERYthing is about her! </sarcasm>
Hmmm. But when EPA regulations are relaxed for the good of the NATIONAL economy.....
What's the problem with a few people dieing for the sake of the great collective and Hillary's political career? I agree with Hillary. Let the worthless peasants die for the good of the whole!!! Hail Hillary! (/s)
I hope New Yorkers are tired of this {ahem} woman!
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...and the Dems would aspire to put THIS in our White House. A radical Marxist, with zero qualifications for the job, who cannot tell the difference between men and women...just what we need.
Burn, baby, burn.
Hillary needs to be careful of what she wishes. She bears a strong resemblance to old retreads. As does her ideology.
Yes she did.
She could burn all of her old brooms and achieve the same result.
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