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FONT-FAMILY: Arial, helvetica,clean, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: small --Apple-Mail=_757CDE5B-E381-4A85-993B-BA7D3A50C78D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Thanks for this, Dave. Below is point no. 3 that you criticized (from = Helga Guderley=92s petition) =97 could you elaborate a bit on why that = point is not sound? Thanks and Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. 3. The Nova Scotia Power biomass boiler relies overwhelmingly on primary = harvesting =96 trees clear-cut and chipped solely for power generation. = Its =93must run=94 status is due to the need for steam at the Port = Hawkesbury Paper mill, not because it is sustainable. Biomass energy = derived from primary harvesting increases carbon emissions for many = decades, unthinkable at a time when humans need to reduce their carbon = footprint. Begin forwarded message: > From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Biomass Petition - please circulate through = your groups > Date: February 25, 2016 at 8:42:35 AM AST > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > Thanks Heather & Bob. Point #3 is not sound but 5 out of 6 was a good = grade when I went to school so I signed it and forwarded the petition to = Facebook. > =20 > Yt, DW, Kentville > ----- Original Message ----- > From: n1gtuq15@aliant > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 3:58 AM > Subject: [NatureNS] Biomass Petition - please circulate through your = groups >=20 >> Fellow naturalists, if you love our forests and hate the practise of = biomass for power, please look at this petition and sign it. =20 >> =20 >> "Premier Stephen McNeil: Stop destroying Nova Scotia's forest for = biomass power generation". You can read and sign the petition here: >>=20 >> = https://www.change.org/p/premier-stephen-mcneil-stop-destroying-nova-scoti= a-s-forest-for-biomass-power-generation?recruiter=3D110029095&utm_source=3D= share_petition&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_campaign=3Dshare_email_responsive >>=20 >> Please circulate by any other means you think appropriate! >> Thanks! > Heather Drope, Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society and representative to = the board of Nature Nova Scotia >=20 >> __._,_.___ >> Posted by: Robert P Bancroft <wild1@eastlink.ca> >> Reply via web post =95 Reply to sender =95 Reply to group = =95 Start a New Topic =95 Messages in this topic (1) >> VISIT YOUR GROUP >> =95 Privacy =95 Unsubscribe =95 Terms of Use >>=20 >> . >> =20 >>=20 >> __,_._,___ >=20 > =20 > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2016.0.7442 / Virus Database: 4537/11692 - Release Date: = 02/25/16 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_757CDE5B-E381-4A85-993B-BA7D3A50C78D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Thanks = for this, Dave. Below is point no. 3 that you criticized (from = Helga Guderley=92s petition) =97 could you elaborate a bit on why that = point is not sound? Thanks and Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.<div><br></div><div><span style=3D"color: rgb(54, 49, 53); = font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; = font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">3. The Nova = Scotia Power biomass boiler relies overwhelmingly on primary harvesting = =96 trees clear-cut and chipped solely for power generation. Its =93must = run=94 status is due to the need for steam at the Port Hawkesbury = Paper mill, not because it is sustainable. Biomass energy derived = from primary harvesting increases carbon emissions for many decades, = unthinkable at a time when humans need to reduce their carbon = footprint.</span><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">David & Alison Webster <<a = href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</a>><br></span></= div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; = color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Biomass Petition - = please circulate through your groups</b><br></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">February 25, 2016 at 8:42:35 AM = AST<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, = 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a= = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div><div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div>Thanks Heather & Bob. Point #3 = is not sound but 5 out of 6 was a good grade when I went to school so I = signed it and forwarded the petition to = Facebook.</div><div> </div><div>Yt, DW, = Kentville</div><blockquote dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; = border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; = bord