An experimental trash and sewage sludge incinerator, planned in the heart of the Hispanic community in the City of Allentown, Pennsylvania is being challenged by Allentown Residents for Clean Air (ARCA). The group just submitted over 2,000 signatures to put a Clean Air Ordinance we wrote on the November ballot as an initiative. If this ballot initiative passes, Delta Thermo Energy will have to comply with strict requirements to do real-time monitoring of many toxic pollutants, and will have to disclose the data on a website real-time. They’ll also have to control their emissions so that they are as clean as a gas-burning power plant of the same size. Considering that the company is appealing the most minimal requirements set by the state, it’s unlikely that they’ll proceed to build the incinerator if they have to comply with real standards for accountability. Read on for the group’s press release or check out a flyer summarizing the issue and the Clean Air Ordinance.
