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To: Senator Thomas R Carper
Against Wolf Summit Energy Power Plant
Wolf Summit Energy is planning a gas fired power plant for a residential area of Harrison County in WV. The proposed site is part of an abandoned mine. These plants pose grave environmental and health risks when they are built on solid ground. Building on an unstable site so close to communities will constitute a disaster for our citizens and the environment.
Why is this important?
Gas fired power plants pose dire consequences for the health of the environment and the health of citizens living in their shadows. There is a higher incidence of cancers, respiratory diseases, kidney problems, and low birth weights and failure to thrive in infants and children. There is a grave danger of explosions and harmful gas leaks which would affect the land, water and air all around us. We are respectfully asking that this project be moved to a remote location at the very least, and ultimately stopped altogether due to their blatant disregard for the health and safety of our community and its environment.