[SustainableTompkins] Ethanol plant in Romulus- no Environmental Impact Statement

[Bethany Schroeder]

Thank you, Kate, for forwarding this alert from our local doyen of the 
blue gold. This is an important issue to local environmentally aware and 
sustainability concerned citizens. I encourage others to brush up on the 
science, then consider supporting this petition.

Bethany



Katie Quinn-Jacobs wrote:
> Hi Friends,
>  
> A large ethanol plant is slated to be built on the old Seneca Army Depot 
> in Romulus. It will pull 2 million gallons of water from Seneca Lake per 
> day. But the Seneca County IDA has determined that the plant would have 
> no negative impact on the environment, and an Environmental Impact 
> Statement will not be necessary for the project to go forward.
>  
> Please consider signing the petition for an EIS before the project begins.
>  
> Also, below is a brief article on some of the effects of ethanol 
> production on water in particular.
>  
> Many thanks,
> Risa
> 
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>       Posted by: "Lee Hersh" lshersh at starband.net
>       <mailto:lshersh at starband.net?Subject=%20Re%3AProposed%20Ethanol%20Plant%20at%20Seneca%20Depot%20Needs%20an%20EIS> 
>       lee_hersh <http://profiles.yahoo.com/lee_hersh>
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> 
>         Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:45 am (PST)
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> I have just read and signed the petition: "Proposed Ethanol Plant at 
> Seneca Depot Needs an EIS"
> 
> Please take a moment to read about this important issue, and join me in 
> signing the petition. It takes just 30 seconds, but can truly make a 
> difference. We are trying to reach 1,000 signatures - please sign here: 
> http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/957678599 
> <http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/957678599>
> 
> Once you have signed, you can help even more by asking your friends and 
> family to sign as well.
> 
> Thank you!
>  
> 
> *Water Threatened By Ethanol * 
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flprogressives/message/3179;_ylc=X3oDMTJydmFyaG8xBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzEwMTU2NzExBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NDQwNgRtc2dJZAMzMTc5BHNlYwNkbXNnBHNsawN2bXNnBHN0aW1lAzExOTIyNjY3Mzk->**
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> Pushing Ethanol Further Threatens Water Supplies. By Randolph E. 
> Schmid,                  The Associated Press, October 10, 2007.**
> 
>  "As attention turns more and more toward using corn and other products 
> to produce ethanol for fuel, experts warn that increased production of 
> these crops could pose a threat to the nation's water supplies. Both 
> water quality and the availability of water could be threatened by 
> sharply increasing crops such as corn, said Jerald Schnoor... 
> co-director of the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research 
> at the University of Iowa. Mr. Schnoor is chairman of a National 
> Research Council panel [that just released a report on the topic]. A 
> stated goal is to increase biofuel production about six times, 132 
> billion litres by 2017, Mr. Schnoor said [which] 'would mean a lot more 
> fertilizers and pesticides' running into rivers and flowing into the 
> oceans. [If the crops are grown in] an area needing irrigation, it takes 
> 7,570 litres of water for every bushel of corn... and that is in 
> addition to the... water needed by the factories that produce the 
> ethanol. What is needed is a breakthrough in technology, Schnoor said... 
> The report notes that water... supplies are already stressedâ?¦ [and 
> suggests] the possibility of irrigating crops for biofuel with 
> wastewater that would not be suitable for food crops. Other suggestions 
> include developing more water-efficient crops and adopting agriculture 
> practices that reduce the amount of chemical runoff."
> 
> http://www.grist.org/news/2007/10/10/bottle/index.html?source=rss**
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