Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 31, 1990 - FIFTEEN
M easure 4 would
force the perm anent
shutdown of Trojan*««
The environmental costs of 4’s
shutdown would be damaging...
The economic costs of 4’s
shutdown would be enormous...
“I’m voting NO on 4, and I know environmen
talists throughout Oregon who are voting NO on 4
—because of the drastic environmental consequences
of replacing Trojan’s electricity with more fossil fuel
burning and more dams. Please join us in voting
NO on 4.”
—Louisa Bateman
Oregon Environmental Council
Neuberger Award Winner;
Former Member, Oregon Fish and
Wildlife Commission
“We already face a possible recession, higher energy
costs because of the Mideast Crisis, federal tax
increases, and regional electricity shortages. It makes
np sense to shut down a reliable, low-cost, domestic
source of electricity like Trojan.”
—Dr. James E. Reinmuth
Dean of the College of
Business Administration
University of Oregon
Measure 4 would immediately force the complete shut
down of Trojan on December 6, 1990—forcing consumers
to pay billions of dollars in higher electric rates.
If 4 passes, we’d have to pay for higher-priced power sources to replace
Trojan’s electricity, forcing higher electric rates.
According to the Northwest Power Planning Council, Measure 4’s shutdown
would ultimately cost consumers as much as $3 billion.
Measure 4Ts shutdown of Trojan would mean shutting
down a plant that produces as much as 20% of Oregon’s
electricity—at a time when we already face tightening
electricity supplies.
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An analysis released by the Bonneville Power Administration on
October 22, 1990 concluded that the shutdown of Trojan would seriously
increase the possibility of regional electricity shortages — including “a
complete area blackout” — during the cold winter months.
Measure 4’s shutdown of Trojan would force increased
burning of coal, gas, and oil to produce electricity —
causing more air pollution and adding to the Greenhouse
Effect.
It would take two coal plants, burning 3 million tons of coal each year to
equal Trojan’s yearly electricity output.
This would pump an additional 6 billion pounds of carbon dioxide into the
air every year — adding to the global-warming Greenhouse Effect.
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Shutting down Trojan would increase pressure to dam up
our free-flowing rivers and streams — destroying impor
tant fish populations and wildlife habitats.
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Closing Trojan would also greatly increase the pressure to build new dams
on our region’s last remaining free-flowing rivers and streams.
This would destroy important fish populations and crucial wildlife habitats
we’ve worked hard to protect.
The NO on 4 Committee: A partial list of over 40,000 members—
Vem Rifer
Leading Oregon Environmentalist
Recipient of the Oregon Environmental
Council’s Distinguished Environmental
Service Award, 1989
Dr. Cyrus W. Field
Chairman, Department of Geosciences
Oregon State University
Dr. Ansel G. Johnson
Chair and Professor, Geology Department
Portland State University
Dr. Kenneth S. Krane
Chairman, Department of Physics
Oregon State University
Jean K. Young
Senior Advocate
Former Mayor of King City
Don Godard
Manager, Canby Utility Board, Former
Member, Northwest Power Planning Council
William Q. Wick
Professor of Wildlife Ecology
Oregon State University
Dr. Alan H. Robinson
Head, Nuclear Engineering
Department
Oregon State University
Richard M. Butrick
President
Associated Oregon Industries
Dr. Anna S. Gail, M.D.
Radiologist
Dr. William L Toffler, M.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Family Medicine
Oregon Health Sciences University
Dr. Dorin S. Daniels, M.D.
Family Practice
Previous Chairman,
Oregon Health Council
John D. Foster
Board Member, Rogue Valley
Audubon Society
Dr. Jane Gray
Professor of Biology
University of Oregon
Jim Williams
President
Oregon Trout
Al Bateman
Board Member
Oregon Trout
Neuberger Environmental
Award Winner
William Funk
Professor, Environmental
Law Faculty
Northwestern School of Law
Lewis Sc Clark College
Gerald W. Herrmann
Executive Director
Association for Environmental
Education Centers
Janet McLennan
Assistant to Governor for
Natural Resources, 1975-79
Roy Bowden
Executive Director
Association of Northwest
Steelheaders
Dr. Dwight A. Sangrey
Professor, Environmental Science
and Engineering
President, Oregon Graduate Institute
of Science and Technology
Roger Hamilton
Member, Oregon Parks Sc
Recreation Commission
Will H. Brown
President, Save The Minam
Board Member, Grande Ronde
Natural Resource Council
Phil Schneider
Member, Oregon Fish Sc Wildlife
Commission
Former Member, Oregon
Energy Facility Siting Council
Dr. Mary L Tavlor
Associate Professor
Biology/Environmental Sciences
Portland State University
( T itks a n d affiliations fin klcnnfiutnon
p u ipescs only.)
Slop the Shutdown off Trojan's electricity
Vote NO on 4
Authorized by the NO on 4 Committee. 621 SW Alder, fortland, OR 972Ö5