Comments on: What You Can Do

By: Lloyd Smith

Lloyd Smith — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:23:44 +0000

More ideas for this page:

1) Get a StopTitan yard sign and put it in the most visible location you can. Do not place yard signs in public land or on property you do not own without permission.
2) Put a StopTitan bumper sticker on your car.

By: Brian Berger

Brian Berger — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:37:53 +0000

It’s becoming clearer what people can do to stop not only Titan but future Titans:

1. Participate in the effort being spearheaded by Doug Springer of Cape Fear River Watch (http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20080824/ARTICLES/808240322/1015/news0101&title=Local_officials_need_tool_to_review_projects_like_Titan__some_say)

2. Join with County Commissioner candidate Brian Berger who has pledged to rescind the $4.2 million incentives deal for Titan, and to reform the outdated and flawed “economic development” process that neglects environmental impacts. ( https://www.electberger.com/PR2.html )

3. Keep writing those letters to the media. They do make a difference.

4. Put up signs exhibiting what you think about the Titan project, and if you want to support the only New Hanover County candidate publicly fighting the Titan deal, consider displaying a Brian Berger for County Commissioner sign.

5. Talk to your friends and neighbors. Attend community and political events and make your voice heard. Make phone calls or walk neighborhoods. You can get involved with Stop Titan I’m sure and/or volunteer to help elect Brian Berger. Or do both!

Together, we can reverse this short-sighted mistake by New Hanover County elected officials and reform the processes that brought us to this point…let’s go to work.

By: JJ at the beach

JJ at the beach — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:59:30 +0000

Allan, We will take your submission into account. If you would like to be more involved in the process, just send us an e-mail to contactus@stoptitan.org or call 800-852-5593 and leave a message.

We will typically respond within 24 hours. Good luck.

By: Allan Antes

Allan Antes — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:56:35 +0000

I own land adjacent to the site that Titan is proposing to setup a new plant and am concerned that the Corp of Engineers never notified me unitl after the initial meeting had passed. I feel that there is a sort of deception occurring concerning this plant and process. I have canoed on the creek (Island Creek) many times and do not see how they can expand the quarry with affecting endangered species that are native to that area. When the original plant was shut down the Endangered Species Act was not in place. Therefore they should not be allowed to expand the quarry. I think that the real thing that is occurring here is that Martin-Marietta mining is out of room on their orginal site and this proposed plant is a ruse. Titan will take the process to the point of gaining approval to expand the quarry and then citing economic reasons drop building the actual plant and hand the quarry rights to Martin. The actual risks of building a new kiln on that site are great considering that the site is bordered by the Cape Fear river and Island Creek. The blasting that currently occurs on the site, and what would be required to expand the quarry could open a fissure to the surface water and fill the quarry. Their geologists know this and therefore they probably will discontinue the process after they have succeeded in obtaining rights to expand the quarry. Martin already has their operation in place and will readily buy the mining rights. Martin probably did not want to try to expand the quarry due the opposition from environmentalists that they have experienced in the past. Martin does not have a good environmental track record either. Everyone will think that they have won when Titan backs off and yet nobody will have noticed that Martin can continue mining. Another thing that I think supports my theory is that the existing plant and kiln will have to be largely demolished due to the fact that it was built prior to Clean Air Act, and CO2 awarness of today. Add to the cost of demolition cleanup of toxic materials such as Asbestos that is on the site and Titan would be better off to go across the road and buy the area recently burned in the forest fire. Should Titan proceed with the process I would hope that the NC DENR will be notified about the site and cleanup required during and prior to the demolition. Without this cleanup contamination could find it’s way into the River and affect all of Wilmington’s water.
Thank you for your help which I hope is forthcoming.

By: Tree Planter

Tree Planter — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:12:38 +0000

Great article… and don’t forget the benefits that planting a tree will have on the environment. Each one will soak up 20kgs of CO2 every year and put enough Oxygen back in the atmosphere to support 2 people.

By: Richard Chantland

Richard Chantland — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:47:33 +0000

IF the Titan business MEETS ALL ENVIROMENTAL permits, isn’t it a GOOD business?? OR, if everyone believes that it is still bad if it meets the standards, THEN the problem is with the STATE and FED REGS, NOT TITAN, right??

By: JoAnne

JoAnne — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:20:50 +0000

At Katy’s I saw wonderful photos of the wetlands Titan wants to build on. Seeing how beautiful this area is made whole thing more real. The more people who can see this place, the better. Can you give directions in addition to the map?
It might be helpful to show these on the website, or even a billboard with a projected comparison of what it looks like now and what it would look like after Titan.

By: Mew

Mew — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:38:57 +0000

There is one thing I would like to bring to your attention about the Roanoke Cement plant on the river in Castle Hayne. When the plant was built decades ago, there was a cemetery located on that land that had Hansleys and Casteens buried there. When the cement plant was built, they took up the headstones, and moved them over to Martin Marietta property on Blossom Ferry Road. The bodies were left behind, and the cement plant was built on their graves. Such disgraceful treatment of a burial ground would not be tolerated today. It’s too bad we can’t use that against Titan!

By: JB

JB — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:31:26 +0000

Henry,
Thanks for your alternate view. There is no dearth of cement or concrete in the world. Demand in the U.S. has been on the decline for the last few years, thanks in large part to the downturn in the economy and housing boom. Moreover, cement companies have been gobbling each other up for years, thanks in part to plentiful supply, both here and overseas. Also, I see nothing wrong with a NIMBY attitude. In fact, it’s the only way we’re going to be able to clean up the existing cement plants and force them to adhere to increasingly strict regulations on their toxic emissions. I’ve got nothing against attracting good jobs, but clean, green jobs are the ones to go for and they needn’t require a PhD. or everybody working at Starbucks. It’s the new economy we should be courting–not the old.

And yes, there is a tiny amount of mercury in a CFC–that can be recovered and recycled–but swapping out one traditional bulb with a CFC will save us from burning 500 pounds of coal over its lifetime along with the mercury that coal will emit in the environment. Besides, CFC’s are just a transition to LED bulbs, which use even less energy and have no mercury. So it’s all good.

By: henry

henry — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:11:48 +0000

You people are so full of yourselvs and not in my backyard attitude. Were do you think things are made that we all use in day to day life? We can not get all our needs form China. We need jobs and things. Go get a life !!! Not all jobs are service related to people that have moved to the area. But all people may need a house,driveway and roads to go to the store . these things are not possible without CONCRETE and people working …. PS your save the EARTH lightbulbs have mercy in them also.