For those Minneapolis residents who may be new to area or to the list, or lerkers,
The Xcel Riverside plant sits less than 5 miles from downtown Minneapolis is over one hundred years old and is 52 times more polluting than any other industry in Hennepin County.(Mpls Env.Mgmt Bill Anderson) Xcel Riversides unit 8 has the worst rate of soot of all the State's coal plants and it's particle emissions have nearly tripled in the past six years. Currently, in the Minneapolis School system, the number one reason for absenteeism is asthma. With the help of over 65 neighborhood groups and organizations, three years of grassroots efforts, city resolutions by St.Paul, Minneapolis, Burnsville,Brooklyn Park,Crystal, OakPark Heights, and energy legislation, the MN Public Utilities Commission finally passed the Metro Emissions Reduction Project that will convert two Xcel energy plants from coal to gas, and upgrade the Stillwater King Plant. The City of Minneapolis, Mayor Rybak, Xcel and residents should be proud of this historic coal to gas conversion decision! *It will be the first voluntary conversion in the nation! *It will be the single largest air reduction in the state! *It will reduce emissions at Xcel Riverside by over 90%! *It will save the City of Minneapolis residents an estimated $57.4 million in health related impacts a year with the conversion.(Study for CIty of Minneapolis by Carl Nelson, 2002) all for under twenty-five cents a day! Amy Luesebrink Lind-Bohanon and Shingle Creek Neighborhood Associations LBNA/SCNA staff REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
