<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><head><title>Albert Baldeo for City Council</title> <meta content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- img { border: none; } .tah10 { font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; } .tah11 { font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; } .ver10 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; } .ver11 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; } .tah9 { font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9px; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; } .ver9 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; } td { vertical-align: top; } --> </style> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .bgdown { background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: bottom; } span.xcmaintext {} h2 {margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-autospace:none; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-weight:normal; margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-top:0in} --> </style> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18904"></head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"><!-- ImageReady Slices (0005_red.psd - Slices: 03, 04, 05) --> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" background=images/bg.gif bgColor=#ffffff align=center height="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#000000" background="images/bg.gif" rowspan="3" width="50%">&nbsp;</td> <td> <object codeBase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" classid=clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000 width=780 height=278><param name="_cx" value="20637"><param name="_cy" value="7355"><param name="FlashVars" value=""><param name="Movie" value="flash/0488.swf"><param name="Src" value="flash/0488.swf"><param name="WMode" value="Window"><param name="Play" value="-1"><param name="Loop" value="-1"><param name="Quality" value="High"><param name="SAlign" value=""><param name="Menu" value="-1"><param name="Base" value=""><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value=""><param name="Scale" value="ShowAll"><param name="DeviceFont" value="0"><param name="EmbedMovie" value="0"><param name="BGColor" value=""><param name="SWRemote" value=""><param name="MovieData" value=""><param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="1"><param name="Profile" value="0"><param name="ProfileAddress" value=""><param name="ProfilePort" value="0"><param name="AllowNetworking" value="all"><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="false"> <embed src="flash/0488.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="278" width="780"></object></td> <td bgcolor="#000000" background="images/bg.gif" rowspan="3" width="50%">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="96%" align="center" height=996> <tbody> <tr> <td height="990" width="2">&nbsp; </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="990"> <blockquote> <div align="left"> <div style="WIDTH: 687px; HEIGHT: 5139px"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p></o:p></span> <div class="story_item_info"> <div class="story_item_date"><strong></strong></div></div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> <h2 id="print-link-container"><font size="2" face=Arial></font>&nbsp;</h2><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> <h2 class="story_item" align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><img style="WIDTH: 164px; HEIGHT: 167px" border=0 hspace=0 src="images/Baldeo_pic_1_15.jpg" width=400 height=320><span class=date><font id="ecxrole_document" color="#000000" size=2><strong><u></u></strong></font></span></font></h2><font size=2 face=Arial><font id="ecxrole_document" color="#000000" size="2"> <div><strong><u></u></strong>&nbsp;</div></font></font> <div> <div id="bg-post"> <h1 class="newstitle"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><u>The State Legislature must regulate the quality of home heating oil as a matter of grave health concern.</u></font></h1> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">As citizens concerned about our environment, we urge the State Senate and the State Assembly to pass their respective bills S. 1145-A and A8642, which will protect public health and greatly reduce air pollution by requiring No. 2 heating oil, the most widely used, to meet the same refining standards the federal government currently mandates for diesel oil used in vehicles. If the oil we use in our vehicles must satisfy safety standards, then the oil that we use in our heating systems in our homes must, at a minimum, follow suit. </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The federal government will not address this pollution menace, due to the regional nature of home heating oil use. It therefore behooves the State Senate to pass this vitally important piece of legislation, which curbs greenhouse gas emissions.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Most home heating oil is extremely high in sulfur and releases dangerous pollution into the air, including ozone and fine particles called PM 2.5. Much of downstate New York, including New York City, exceeds federal standards for PM 2.5 and for ozone. These particles are linked to serious health and respiratory conditions, such as irritation of the airways, coughing, difficulty in breathing, decreased lung function, aggravated asthma, development of chronic bronchitis and irregular heartbeat. They also shorten life expectancy.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">New York State is the largest consumer of home heating oil, and this initiative will make our state the national leader in eliminating one of the causes of global warming and improving the health of those suffering from respiratory and other conditions. The sulfur reduction that will result from the passage of this law is equivalent to shutting down two and a half coal plants in New York State.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">We simply cannot fail to act on our community's health, and studies assure us that the cost of this strategy is minimal. The costs of No. 2 heating oil and on-road, ultra-low sulfur diesel oil, are often within 3-5 percent of each other.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The State Legislature must pass this important law expeditiously, as a matter of urgent health necessity.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">UNITED COMMUNITIES ALLIANCE<br>106-11 LIBERTY AVENUE, Suite 202, OZONE PARK, NY 11417<br>Telephone (718) 323-0791<br>Fax (718) 848-6203<br>Email: <a href="mailto:AlBaldeo@aol.com">AlBaldeo@aol.com</a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><u><strong>Links:</strong></u></font></p> <blockquote style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir="ltr"> <p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="pdf/BaldeoonHomeOil2.pdf">Leader Observer Newspaper</a></font></font></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="pdf/BaldeoonHeatingoil.pdf"><font size="2" face="Arial">Forum South Newspaper</font></a></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><font id="ecxrole_document" color="#000000" size=2 face=Arial> <div><a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/printerFriendly.cfm?brd=2731&amp;dept_id=574908&amp;newsid=20417136">Queens Chronicle Newspaper</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="pdf/CaribbeanLife_homeHeating.pdf">Caribbean Life Newspaper</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="pdf/JamaicaTimes_heatingOil.pdf">The Jamaica Times Newspaper</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="pdf/QueensChronicle_HomeHeating.pdf">The Queens Chronicle Opinion Column</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="http://www.carboncapturereport.org/cgi-bin/biodb?PROJID=9&amp;mode=viewpersonname&amp;name=albert_baldeo#MSMTOC">http://www.carboncapturereport.org/cgi-bin/biodb?PROJID=9&amp;mode=viewpersonname&amp;name=albert_baldeo#MSMTOC</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a title=http://www.caribbeananalysis.com/the-state-legislature-must-regulate-the-quality-of-home-heating-oil-as-a-matter-of-grave-health-concern/ href="http://www.caribbeananalysis.com/the-state-legislature-must-regulate-the-quality-of-home-heating-oil-as-a-matter-of-grave-health-concern/" target=_blank>http://www.caribbeananalysis.com/the-state-legislature-must-regulate-the-quality-of-home-heating-oil-as-a-matter-of-grave-health-concern/</a> <div><br></div> <div><a title=http://www.caribbeananalysis.com/the-state-legislature-must-regulate-the-quality-of-home-heating-oil-as-a-matter-of-grave-health-concern/ href="http://www.caribbeananalysis.com/the-state-legislature-must-regulate-the-quality-of-home-heating-oil-as-a-matter-of-grave-health-concern/" target=_blank></a><a title=http://www.camanabaytimes.com/the-state-legislature-must-regulate-the-quality-of-home-heating-oil-as-a-matter-of-grave-health-concern/ href="http://www.camanabaytimes.com/the-state-legislature-must-regulate-the-quality-of-home-heating-oil-as-a-matter-of-grave-health-concern/" target=_blank>http://www.camanabaytimes.com/the-state-legislature-must-regulate-the-quality-of-home-heating-oil-as-a-matter-of-grave-health-concern/</a></div> <div><br></div> <div><a title=http://www.thewestindiannews.com/the-state-legislature-must-regulate-the-quality-of-home-heating-oil-as-a-matter-of-grave-health-concern/ href="http://www.thewestindiannews.com/the-state-legislature-must-regulate-the-quality-of-home-heating-oil-as-a-matter-of-grave-health-concern/" target=_blank>http://www.thewestindiannews.com/the-state-legislature-must-regulate-the-quality-of-home-heating-oil-as-a-matter-of-grave-health-concern/</a></div></div></font></font></blockquote> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font>&nbsp;</p></div></div></span></span></span></div></div></blockquote></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="990" width="100%"> <div align="left"></div></td> <td height="990" width="238">&nbsp; </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td height="100%"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="780" height="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="63" background="images/bg_down.gif" width="780"> <div style="WIDTH: 780px; HEIGHT: 40px; PADDING-TOP: 13px" class=tah11 align=center><strong>&nbsp; <font style="COLOR: rgb(188,130,130)">AlbertBaldeo.Com © 2005</font> </strong></div></td></tr> <tr> <td height="100%" width=780>&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></body></html>