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Environmental Justice in Virginia
Lorton, Virginia is one of the state’s most stark cases of environmental injustice. Lorton hosts three landfills, a sewage sludge incinerator and one of the largest and dirtiest trash incinerators in the nation. Covanta Fairfax is the third largest trash incinerator in the nation and is the biggest air polluter in Fairfax County. According to…
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DC United Soccer Stadium site – Toxic Contamination Documents
Zoning Case 16-02 A Resolution from ANC Regarding the DC United Consolidated PUD – 10-17-16 Community Health and Safety Study (CHASS) (70 pp; Aug 2016) – conducted by the District Department of Health to look at the overall health and economic vulnerabilities of the community New Jersey Institute of Technology Review of the Voluntary Clean-up…
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DC Council: Reject the Covanta Waste Contract
Learn more about DC’s connection to Lorton in this article on DC’s Waste and Environmental Racism July 6, 2015: Letter from 20 environmental, business, health and civil rights organizations opposing the Covanta waste incineration contract July 7, 2015: Letter from American Lung Association to City Council July 8-9, 2015: Covanta’s letter to council and our…
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Environmental Injustice in Prince George’s County, Maryland
Prince George’s County, MD is the wealthiest black county in the nation. Fitting the national trends, certain polluting industries not desired in white communities are overrepresented in the county. VICTORY! In August, 2016, the county pulled the plug on the “waste-to-energy” contract we’ve been fighting (described below). See our article on the victory. We’re now…
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RWE Drops Biomass Power, Adds Biomass Thermal, Wind
– by Anna Simet, March 12, 2015, Biomass Magazine While RWE Group reported it achieved its earnings targets for 2014 and EBITDA was significantly better than planned, low electricity prices and unusually mild weather negatively affected business performance, which dropped 25 percent from 2013 to 2014. Peter Terium, CEO of RWE, said that currently, 35 to 45…
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New York Republicans Trying to Slip Pricey Biofuels Mandate into Budget
– by Fredric U. Dicker, March 2, 2015, New York Post With a bitter-cold winter and skyrocketing heating oil use, the GOP’s timing couldn’t be worse. Senate Republicans, under pressure from maverick supermarket billionaire John Catsimatidis, are trying to slip a “green biofuels” mandate into Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s new budget that could add $150 million a…
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2014 Maryland State Policies
Environmental Community Statement on Maryland’s “Renewable Energy” Bills Out of our unifying concern for public health, social justice and environmental integrity, we urge the Maryland legislature to reconsider aspects of several energy and waste bills that would continue to move our state toward increased use of biomass and waste incineration (so-called “waste-to-energy”). Public opinion strongly…
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Canadian Incineration Presentation
Report on incinerator presentation before conference of Canadian municipal officialsby Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network & Zero Waste Canada On Feb 12th, 2015, I presented at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Sustainable Communities Conference in London, Ontario. It was the first time they held a panel to present both sides of a polarized issue. The…
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WASTE TO WEALTH
RSVP here WASTE TO WEALTH: BRINGING RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING JOBS TO BALTIMORE Wed, March 11th, 2015 7pm – 9pm Baltimore City Community College 2901 Liberty Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD 21215 (map) The Waste to Wealth = Green Jobs event is being held to present the potential for developing small minority-owned companies in the reuse,…
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Send Caroline to Annapolis!
With the passage of Senate Bill 690 during Maryland’s 2011 Legislative Session, Maryland started on the path of becoming the Trash Capital of the U.S. This needs to stop, and we need your help. Legislators need to hear from voices that represent the interests of Maryland residents, not from paid lobbyists and state agencies who…