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Interview – Brad Campbell :: Purgen One_Part 2
Right Click for Mr. Campbell’s Power Point Presentation delivered to the Linden Town Council
***UPDATE*** On Tuesday Oct 20th, the town council of Linden voted 4-7 against granting the land use request to SCS Energy. Round 1 goes to the environmentalists.
We continue our interview with Bradley Campbell Lead Council to the proposed Purgen One CCS Coal Plant in Union, NJ
C: HIGH PROFILE ENDORSEMENT CLAIMS
I was actually in attendance for your presentation to the Linden Planning Board in Sept, and I have a couple questions about some things you said.
AL GORE
In closing you said: Al Gore someone who normally opposes coal “… has spoken publicly and favorably about this project (Purgen One).”
We contacted Mr. Gore’s office and received this statement from his Press Secretary:
“To date, Vice President Gore has not endorsed any particular CCS project. That said, he does not oppose the research and development of CCS technology.”
They also refered us to his recent Repower America speech where he said publicly “The answer (to the climate crisis) is to end our reliance on carbon-based fuels.” Coal is a carbon-based fuel.
- Mr. Gore supporting R&D is not the same as his supporting deployment. Mr. Gore’s office is refuting your claim that he supports this specific project. Your statements could mislead people to think leaders of the environmental movement expressly support this project when in fact they do not. How do you respond to that?
- The Reuters article referenced by Mr. Campbell as support for his claim of Mr. Gore’s public support. At no point in that article is Mr. Gore quoted a stating his support for this plant. To date we have been unable to find any published report of his support for this plant, and as we reported Mr. Gore’s office has stated he has not taken a position on this project.
