The right answer to energy needs is investment in conservation and efficiency programs, and truly renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. Conectiv is not only one of Delaware's biggest polluters, but one of the leading opponents of environmental protection. The EPA concluded that such standards are necessary because of mercury's harm to people and wildlife, and has begun to develop new mercury rules. This mercury ends up deposited back onto the land and into the water, where it concentrates as it moves up the food chain. Conectiv admitted discharging 705 pounds of mercury in 1998.
Mercury causes cancer, birth defects, and neurological damage.
Conectiv is selling its old, dirty, power plants to businesses specializing in old, dirty power plants. Contact Howard Cosgrove, CEO of Conectiv. Ask that Conectiv disassociate itself from these lawsuits and install mercury controls on all its coal plants-including those it's selling. Every ten years, after the national census, boundaries of legislative districts have to be readjusted to equalize the number of people represented by officeholders. Common Cause is promoting a statewide coalition to support two bills, House Bill 105 and Senate Bill 36.