Walter w.w.public comentary on EISIA report on coal fired plant
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Transcript of Walter w.w.public comentary on EISIA report on coal fired plant
NEMA/EIA/5/2/1278: COMMENTS ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ASSESSMENT STUDY REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED COAL FIRED POWER
PLANT IN LAMU COUNTY.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
VISION 2030 ON SOCIAL:
‘’A just and a cohesive society enjoying equitable and social development in a clean and secure
environment’’.
The coal project is not part of the vision 2030.The coal project will pull the Lamu county people
back by destroying their clean environment .their livelihood:
Honey: the Boni people and the Sanye who derive there livelihood from the forest bees will
perish if this project is implemented. Bees are sensitive to pollution and are very important in
pollination. The many farmers who plant cotton and watermelon next to the project will lose
their livelihood.
tourism .Rare plants and animals will die due to pollution if this project will be implemented.
Looking at how they die all revolves to pollution of their ecosystem. Tourism is a major income
earner to this country and a major employer of the locals. The sea beach will be no more a relish
to the tourism industry..the sea delicacy will dwindle and all this as a result of the pollutants
from the coal.
THE NEW KENYAN CONSTITITUTION ENTITLES EVERY KENYAN TO A CLEAN
ENVIRONMENT:
According to chapter IV,chapter V,chapter X,the Fourth Schedule and the Fifth Schedule .The
constitution imposes obligations in respect of the environment and outlaws processes and
activities likely to endanger the environment. Secondly, it seeks to protect and promote
substantive environmental rights. Thirdly, it provides an avenue for redress of environmental
rights breaches. Fourthly, it encourages greater public participation in the enforcement of
environmental rights. T he state shall ensure sustainable exploitation, utilisation,
management and conservation of the environment and natural resources’, Article 42 of the
Constitution, for example, recognizes the right to a clean and healthy environment. This,
according to the Constitution, is a two-fold right.
Looking closely and certifying that the environment will be degraded I wish to counter the
mitigation cited as plastic and a justification that can’t be justified:
Supercritical Unit Is Just A Marketing Gimmick Which has failed to minimize pollution in
china. China is a developed country. It has one of the best technologies that would help its
people against pollution. But what happened on 24th December 2015 would happen in Kenya
soon we have the coal mine. Our children will die , our elderly will suffer and the economically
strong population will dwindle .Chinese people will afford an air conditioner that can filter air
but can a Kenyan can’t afford leave alone to stay indoor when there is a smog?
WIND DIRECTION FORECASTING IS A HOODWINK: It is not right to mitigate the
effect of pollution by sighting wind direction which is affected by so many factors among them
temperature. Once the coal plant will be in place the normal wind direction will be affected.
Then this means that where we predicted that the bad air emitted will not go to then it will go and
this is where the human masses are dwelling.
‘’The wind in geostrophic balance blows parallel to the isobars, which means that these winds
are parallel to the other mass fields (density, temperature). This geostrophic approximation holds
for large-scale motion away from the equator. Moving downwards to the surface, frictional
forces increase and the surface winds are no longer parallel to the pressure field but angled
toward lower pressure’’
A COAL CONVEYER OF 15 KM…A SOURCE OF POLLUTION: This will enable
emissions of particulate matter and gases including methane (CH4), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and
nitrogen oxides (NOx), as well as carbon monoxide (CO).The dust will be dangerous to the birds
and marine life. Through water ways by washing where all water bodies find their way through
the water sea coal contain hazardous chemical that will be harmful to the our livelihood. The
threat of black lung among the workers working ithe coal plant will be prevalent
ASH YARD STORAGE OF 15 YEARS IS IMPOSSIBLE AND GROUND SEEPAGE IS
POSSIBLE
After 15 years where will we dumb this dangerous ash compost of ash? It contains ferromagnetic
minerals dangerous and toxic chemicals that cannot be exported to the moon. They will
definitely find their way to the marine life through seepage and other means. Fly ash produced
through high-temperature combustion of fossil. They contain heavy metals
THERMAL EFFLUENCE
Temperature change in the sea will adversely alter the way marine life procreates. This will
dwindle the catch of the local and international fishermen.
NO MATTER HOW TALL THE CHIMNEY WILL BE 210M THE BAD GAS WILL
COME BACK EVEN MAKING IT EASY FOR ACID RAIN FORMATION.
Co2 is a major cause of global warming, Developing nations cannot afford to cut down the green
gas if they are the one now increasing it.
SALINIZATION OF WATER TABLE…The thermal coal plant is a major user of water. The
source of water is definitely the sea. Desalinization processes of making the water usable will
trigger increase salinity of the brackish and fresh water. This is how it happens: once
desalinization processes has been done the most saline water will be allowed to flow back. This
super ‘’salanised’’ water will seep through the ground to the water table where the locals will
have dug their bore holes .… Quality of ground water will be in danger.
.Now our people will not enjoy the fresh water we enjoy.
975ACRE QUALITY ARABLE LAND TO THE PROJECT: This land could thwart hunger
of many Kenyans and deny them a living.if this land is reverted back to the local then the
economic activity derived from it would be more sustainable.
EMISSION
Pyrite whicjh is one of the emmitants reacts with air and water to form weak sulphuric acid and
dissolves iron. Most houses are made of iron sheets. This means that the coal plants shall make
the local invest heavily on iron sheets and those who cannot afford it will live without adequate
shelter. Shelter is a basic need and denying the local mwananchi his basic need is absurd
SO, NO, NO2 have not been mitigated. We cant account for the eminent rist health that our
people will be exposed to.
NO MITIGATION MEASURES HAVE BEEN PUT ON :Heavy metals like lead, mercury,
nickel, tin, cadmium, antimony, and arsenic, as well as radio isotopes of thorium and strontium
NOISE POLLUTION: The silent lamu ecotourism façade will be gone…this will scare away
wildlife.
THE COAL PLANT IS UNSUSTAINABLE: coal as a raw material is mined and extracted
from the source unsustainably. This means that the employment created will not be sustainable
as coal resources will dwindle. My advice to the country is to venture into sustainable energy
production that will not only provide long terms jobs but long term generation of the power to
the country.
CULTURAL HERITAGE
1. The sulphur will degrade old building
2. Bees keeping will e a thing of history
REFERENCES
1. The new Kenyan constitutionRevised Edition 2010 Published by the National Council
for Law Reporting with the Authority of the Attorney General
2. The vision 20130 popular version
3. The ESIA For 1,050MW Coal Fired Plant, Lamu County Kenya published by Current Technologies