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I know you’re on the east coast but wondered if you had any insight in this:

Bizarrely, the company and the environmental groups that were parties to the bargain kept the rest of its terms confidential. It is not unheard of for environmentalists to sell out the public interest
for political or financial reasons, and no elected official should ever approve a secret deal that affects public resources.

I view energy, in this case, through the ‘addiction’ model. Affluence seems to be able to
delay the inevitable pain, but the pain will occur
eventually.

The quote highlights some unusual dynamics in negotiations.

Great photo Doc. I blogged on that wonderful McPhee book on my late “blog city” Paulytron, as I am a “freight rail geek” and the PRB has been a prime contributor to the freight rail renaissance over recent decades.

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Gotta love it Doc. Coal is nature’s original carbon sequestration strategy. Took a million years or so to suck it out of the atmosphere and tuck it into vegetation that eventually resulted in coal. So, like a good sentient species, we dig it up with equipment more monstrous than any dinosaur (”terrible, powerful, wondrous + lizard” – so many harmonics there alone) – and blast it right back up where it came from. Given that dynamic, whether drills or smokestacks, I suspect both are pointed at places far more vital than simply our insatiable need for MORE.

Here’s some coal links with photos of black thunder and north antelope mines.

http://www.prosefights.org/coal/coal.htm

Here’s some photos of field trip to San Juan coal mine in New Mexico.

http://www.prosefights.org/pnmelectric/pnmelectric.htm#sanjuanfieldtrip

“[O]ur conclusion, based on is statements in this letter to you is that EPA in the case of Desert Rock EPA has violated its charter by failing to render “enforcement activities related to pollution abatement and control to provide for the treatment of the environment as a single interrelated system” by not considering possible damage caused to the environment as result of possible new construction in Arizona which may be unserviceable for electric energy and water shortages reasons in the future.

Appearance has been created by this violation of charter that EPA has, in fact, improperly favored Arizona new construction industry by initially permitting Desert Rock and then by issuing a Prevention of Significant Deterioration permit (AZP 04-01) authorizing construction of the Desert Rock Energy Facility (Desert Rock) without explanation of why the new electricity is needed or the damage done to the environment, both in New Mexico and Arizona, by possible new construction.

EPA’s failure, in the case of Desert Rock, to follow its own rules, we feel, have voided the permitting process.

Therefore, we ask that EPA deny Desert Rock permit for failure of EPA to follow its own rules and possible EPA collusion with Arizona new construction industry for an attempt to improperly obtain that permit.

If EPA does not grant this request, then please inform us of any appeals processes as well as procedures for filing complaints against those at EPA may have been improperly involved with Arizona new construction interests in the permitting process.

Please respond by March 2, 2009….”

http://www.prosefights.org/coal/desertrockcomment/desertrockcomment#lapka

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