PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID (PFOA) IN DRINKING …
www.sej.org/.../scientists-still-tracking-source-of-teflon-chemical
www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/gama/docs/pfoa.
And right here and now, I am going to extend my apology to Mr. Brooks for the rudeness I noted from both Mr. Rapp and Mr. Azinger. They basically inferred he was not truthful on where C8 comes from? As I have noted read the above and check for yourself. The Truth on this stuff is not pretty. Monday more on the Thursday City Council meeting as I said earlier.
Again, I ask on what is the connection between them and DuPont (Chemours), that they are so defensive of it? Seems there is in Truth so little difference between these two; both are long time West Virginian Politician who will do whatever to protect their voting base? Yet, the jobs for some of those folks may well be in jeopardy as the upcoming "down sizing" for DuPont shows up in the months ahead? Maybe these two should try thinking about ALL of Vienna?
And I made an amendment to my post yesterday at about 9:50 AM that some of you may have missed. So here it is again: " As you folks will see in tomorrows post, there are NO natural forms; it is an industrial chemical. So for a little "Truth in Advertising, I erred on the above part about its "Natural Forms". And yes, it is found in numerous products, BUT it is a manufactured product and solely the blame/ responsibility of who makes it".
And now for more good news; I have posted parts of the below article:
World
'War on coal' is long over, and guess who lost?
Tim Mullaney, special to CNBC.com, CNBC Wed, Feb 24 6:02 AM
(posted 4:50 AM 02/ 26/2016)
Why some of the paragraphs below are a hodge podge of colors, I don't know? But one can always go to the whole article for same color/ size font.
With Washington locked in a fight over whether to wait until next year to fill the seat of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and the likelihood high that the next Justice will ultimately decide the fate of President Obama's climate-change plan, available evidence suggests that the economic cost of the transition
away from coal-fired electricity is fairly modest.
As Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy prepares to defend the plan in a speech at the IHS CERAWeek energy conference on Wednesday, politicians in the 27 states challenging the plan in court are focused on two main impacts: How the rules hurt the coal industry , since limits on carbon emissions would push utilities to rely on lower-carbon natural gas or carbon-free renewable energy and nuclear power, and the effect on utility rates as utilities pay for new plants.
........It will definitely hurt further," said John Deskins, director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at West Virginia University. But the state's coal industry has already been getting hit by the mechanization of work, China's slowing coal demand and lower natural-gas prices. "I just know all three of those factors are important," Deskins said.
In places like these, the challenge is to help people find other work to do — often by leaving their hometowns, Deskins said. It has been easier for Kentucky, which has seen strong growth in services employment around Louisville and Lexington. It's a challenge he faced himself, coming from a Virginia county that borders coal-producing country in southern West Virginia, he said.
McDowell County West Virginia, in the heart of coal country, has dwindled to 20,000 people, losing 7.5 percent of its population since 2010 and more than 80 percent since 1950, according to census data. The less-trained workforce in West Virginia also kept it from benefiting as much from fracking for natural gas, as many workers had to be imported from states like Oklahoma, Deskins said.
(The above paragraph would appear to give to the lie on all the jobs we will get here for fracking. It also fit in with the fight in Eastern Ohio with the local unions complaining about "imported workers").
About 73,800 people work in the coal business nationwide, out of 143.3 million overall workers, at an average wage of $55,740, according to the Labor Department. That includes not only the 16,000 miners classified as working in "extraction" but also people who work transporting the coal, finance and administrative people at coal companies, and about 2,200 executives. The EPA estimates the plan will force elimination of about 15,000 coal-industry jobs, as the percentage of electricity coming from coal slips to 27 percent. (Don't know why the above changed color? Tried to re-enter a couple of times- Sorry). But those "average wages at the $55,740. level will be very, very hard to replace in our State.
The main source of other coal-related employment is in more than 600 utility plants around the U.S., down from 1,522 in 2005, according to SourceWatch. An estimated 60,000 people hold utility jobs tied to coal. The EPA estimates that coal-fired power plants will cut about 13,000 jobs by 2030.
Above are as noted some of the highlights on the article. It is a sad commentary on how the World has, is and will change so much for so many in the past, now and the future. 'nuff said.
(Paid for by the Candidate- Lawrence J. Wilson for Mayor of Vienna).