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The Original Shelton Blog
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Slide Show of the Destruction of Saint Edwards Catholic Church
I heard that the destruction of Saint Edwads was all down to one county commissioner in the end. I don't know what commissioner it was. I bet that Brenda would have supported the arts and let the church be turned into an art center instead of a parking lot! Here is a slide show of the destruction of Saint Edwards: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44848887@N02/sets/72157622718925507/show/ . It happened last year at about this time.
I bought my current camera just for the project of documenting the destruction of the church. I think it's easy to tell exactly when in the project that I got the new camera.
I bought my current camera just for the project of documenting the destruction of the church. I think it's easy to tell exactly when in the project that I got the new camera.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
EVERGREEN INCINERATOR DECISION MADE!!
EVERGREEN INCINERATOR DECISION MADE!!
Submitted by Duff Badgley
Evergreen's incinerator is #1 on WA Commerce Dept grants for energy efficiency.
We said it in July. We'll say it again. Evergreen and the highest levels of WA government have long since decided to build the highly-polluting biomass incinerator next to the Evergreen campus daycare center. The fix has been on for a long time. College administrators denying this obvious truth are either colluding or dupes.
So glad to see the rising tide of students aggressively opposing the burner. These young students know what their elders have forgotten--burning our forests in the name of "sustainability" is a lethal lie. And the $3,700,000 WA grant to build the incinerator mouths the same old deception:
"Install a biomass gasification plant that will allow the college to significantly reduce its dependence on fossil fuels..."
Studies accepted by the EPA and reputable scientists around the world show replacing fossil fuels with biomass fuels INCREASES carbon emissions. The Evergreen biomass incinerator would DOUBLE carbon emissions compared to the current natural gas boiler heating campus buildings.
Here is the link to the list of awards for the Governor's $31M grant for energy savings.
www.governor.wa.gov/news/Commerce_Grants_Oct_2010.pdf
The press release can be found at:
http://www.governor.wa.gov/news/news-view.asp?pressRelease=1588&newsType=1
Evergreen will get $3.7M to build their burner. If they tell you they are still in the "thinking about it stage" tell them to let you hold the money until they are done.
Duff Badgley
No Biomass Burn
Submitted by Duff Badgley
We said it in July. We'll say it again. Evergreen and the highest levels of WA government have long since decided to build the highly-polluting biomass incinerator next to the Evergreen campus daycare center. The fix has been on for a long time. College administrators denying this obvious truth are either colluding or dupes.
So glad to see the rising tide of students aggressively opposing the burner. These young students know what their elders have forgotten--burning our forests in the name of "sustainability" is a lethal lie. And the $3,700,000 WA grant to build the incinerator mouths the same old deception:
"Install a biomass gasification plant that will allow the college to significantly reduce its dependence on fossil fuels..."
Studies accepted by the EPA and reputable scientists around the world show replacing fossil fuels with biomass fuels INCREASES carbon emissions. The Evergreen biomass incinerator would DOUBLE carbon emissions compared to the current natural gas boiler heating campus buildings.
Here is the link to the list of awards for the Governor's $31M grant for energy savings.
www.governor.wa.gov/news/Commerce_Grants_Oct_2010.pdf
The press release can be found at:
http://www.governor.wa.gov/news/news-view.asp?pressRelease=1588&newsType=1
Evergreen will get $3.7M to build their burner. If they tell you they are still in the "thinking about it stage" tell them to let you hold the money until they are done.
Duff Badgley
No Biomass Burn
Thursday, October 28, 2010
It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it
"One final paragraph of advice: Do not burn yourself out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast... a part time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it is still there. So get out there and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains. Run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to your body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those deskbound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this: you will outlive the bastards."
- Edward Abbey
- Edward Abbey
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Protest at ADAGE today
A happy and lively crowd showed up to wave signs outside of the ADAGE office on Old Olympic Highway today. Local schools are on half days this week so many parents and children were able to attend. Passing motorists were especially appreciative of our efforts today.
Activists from Olympia Rising Tide hung two anti biomass banners at The Evergreen State College
Photo Credit to: Olympia Rising Tide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 25, 2010
Contact: olympia@risingtidenorthamerica.org
Olympia, WA – On October 25, activists from Olympia Rising Tide hung two
banners at the Evergreen State College in opposition to a proposed biomass
gasification facility. Olympia Rising Tide opposes biomass because it is a
false solution to climate change and would lead to a massive resurgence of
clear-cut logging in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere.
The Evergreen State College is considering a biomass gasification facility
as a replacement for the current natural gas facility that heats the
school. The Washington Department of Natural Resources claims that biomass
is carbon-neutral because emissions from the gasification process
contribute to the already cycling stock of carbon that is being exchanged
between the biosphere and the atmosphere as part of the earth's carbon
cycle. Using this logic, even burning coal is carbon-neutral because the
emissions contribute to the already cycling stock of carbon.
The biomass facility at Evergreen would supposedly only source slash
(leftover scrap wood) from Forest Stewardship Council-certified small-scale
woodlots. But Washington House Bill 2481 allows the Department of Natural
Resources to create provisions in a biomass supply contract that are
periodically adjusted for market conditions if the supplier invests over
$50 million in the project. In other words, DNR can change the agreement
to allow clearcuts if they are more economically feasible. This provides
Evergreen with a back-door strategy to get the cheapest wood possible, no
matter the environmental cost.
The timber industry loves biomass because it could breathe new life into a
failing market. With the housing slump limiting the options for selling
wood, Big Timber sees biomass as the innovation that's going to save their
bank accounts.
Olympia Rising Tide opposes biomass in solidarity with residents of
Shelton, Port Townsend, Port Angelos, Forks, Aberdeen, Hoquiam, and Tacoma,
who are also facing potential biomass facilities. We say no to biomass in
Washington and no to biomass anywhere!
“Cutting down and burning our forests is not a solution to climate
change,” says Jo Lillian of Olympia Rising Tide. “Biomass is a greenwashed
false solution that distracts from the real work that needs to occur to
stop climate change and curb energy consumption, namely ending war and
dismantling capitalism. Natural gas isn't a viable heating fuel either, but
replacing one form of pollution and eco-destruction with another isn't
progress.”
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Olympia Rising Tide
site: olympia.risingtidenorthamerica.org
email: olympia@risingtidenorthamerica.org
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| A student eating lunch notices the sign on the clock tower in Red Square |
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| Another sign on the walkway to the Rec. building |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 25, 2010
Contact: olympia@risingtidenorthamerica.org
Olympia, WA – On October 25, activists from Olympia Rising Tide hung two
banners at the Evergreen State College in opposition to a proposed biomass
gasification facility. Olympia Rising Tide opposes biomass because it is a
false solution to climate change and would lead to a massive resurgence of
clear-cut logging in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere.
The Evergreen State College is considering a biomass gasification facility
as a replacement for the current natural gas facility that heats the
school. The Washington Department of Natural Resources claims that biomass
is carbon-neutral because emissions from the gasification process
contribute to the already cycling stock of carbon that is being exchanged
between the biosphere and the atmosphere as part of the earth's carbon
cycle. Using this logic, even burning coal is carbon-neutral because the
emissions contribute to the already cycling stock of carbon.
The biomass facility at Evergreen would supposedly only source slash
(leftover scrap wood) from Forest Stewardship Council-certified small-scale
woodlots. But Washington House Bill 2481 allows the Department of Natural
Resources to create provisions in a biomass supply contract that are
periodically adjusted for market conditions if the supplier invests over
$50 million in the project. In other words, DNR can change the agreement
to allow clearcuts if they are more economically feasible. This provides
Evergreen with a back-door strategy to get the cheapest wood possible, no
matter the environmental cost.
The timber industry loves biomass because it could breathe new life into a
failing market. With the housing slump limiting the options for selling
wood, Big Timber sees biomass as the innovation that's going to save their
bank accounts.
Olympia Rising Tide opposes biomass in solidarity with residents of
Shelton, Port Townsend, Port Angelos, Forks, Aberdeen, Hoquiam, and Tacoma,
who are also facing potential biomass facilities. We say no to biomass in
Washington and no to biomass anywhere!
“Cutting down and burning our forests is not a solution to climate
change,” says Jo Lillian of Olympia Rising Tide. “Biomass is a greenwashed
false solution that distracts from the real work that needs to occur to
stop climate change and curb energy consumption, namely ending war and
dismantling capitalism. Natural gas isn't a viable heating fuel either, but
replacing one form of pollution and eco-destruction with another isn't
progress.”
--
Olympia Rising Tide
site: olympia.risingtidenorthamerica.org
email: olympia@risingtidenorthamerica.org
Saturday, October 23, 2010
A few more quick pictures from Incinerator Free Event
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| Al Brotche on dish duty |
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| Mason County Commissioner Candidate Brenda Hirschi |
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| Dr. Greg Helms fires up the grill |
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| Linda Helms taking bids |
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| Volunteer feeds another volunteer who worked through dinner |
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| PUD #3 Commissioner Candidate Theresa Jacobson |
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| Guest view a special music video |
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| Laura Lewis made the cakes |
Photos by Shawnie Whelan, some rights reserved
Just a few quick pictures from the incinerator free event tonight
It was an amazing event! The kitchen and other volunteers worked so hard all night long. There was an amazing turn out, the band was amazing and the food was amazing. Kudos to everyone involved.
Photos by Shawnie Whelan, some rights reserved
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Photos by Shawnie Whelan, some rights reserved
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