Posted on 02/10/2007 8:59:23 PM PST by NormsRevenge
***Paynter said Texas Baptists' involvement stems from concern over how dirty air is affecting the health of church members. ***
Dirty Air? Come on lady. With Electrostatic precipitators and scrubbers to be built along with No2 controls there is some of the cleanest coal fired plants here in the US.
Thirty two years ago when the power plant was built in NW Arkansas the cry was the ash would cover every one and everything up! It has not. The plant area is very clean and there are even EAGLES that winter at the cooling lake near here.
In NE Oklahoma th GRDA plant was built next to a hunting area and fishing river. No problems from them either. The only problem was when PCBs were found in the river there about 25 years ago traced to a leaking capacitor on an AC unit in Pryor. It was cleaned up years ago.
BTW, this type of crap is why I have some disdain for organized religion. Pro-life? Pro-war? Anti-taxes? You can pretty much count on being relegated to starting your own congregation. OTOH, Socialist? Anti-death-penalty? Pacifist? In that case, we, organized religion, will aid and abet the DinoMedia in promoting leftist propaganda in guise of religion until the end of time.
Good grief -- lefties taking over Baptist organizations.
They are either liars or fools. The facts are that TXU's plan will increase their power generated by 50% while the TOTAL of harmful emissions will GO DOWN BY 20%. How can TXU possibly accomplish that? By building new, far cleaner coal plants that will replace and shut down some of the older, sootier plants, and upgrading other existing plants with cleaner technology and/or using more cleaner-burning WY coal instead of TX lignite.
All that is ALWAYS pointed out to these groups and the media, so if it is missing from the story then the writer either failed to get both sides or is a dishonest advocate of the leftist side.
"unbelievable that the Baptist Church in Texas of all places could be taken over by leftists."
The Methodists are even worse.
Praise the Lord and pass the candles!
Sounds like the Gramscian Long March through our cultural insitutions continues on...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
If she wants to see dirty, go look at China. I doubt they are installing basic controls, even today.
Oh yes they do. The trick is that these emission control devices are installed, but they aren't switched on behind the backs of Western consultants or reps going there to investigate things.
Texas' largest Baptist group is taking a rare step into environmental advocacy"
Rare until now.
Watch for the Texas Christian Life Commission to start sticking it's nose into other political pies.
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