Tag: pollution

  • How To Reduce Premature Deaths Linked to Environmental Risks

    [Phasing out combustion-based energy such as fossil fuels and biomass energy can save lives] – by Nancy C. Loeb and Juliet S. Sorensen, April 8, 2016, Truthout [[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_large”,”fid”:”542″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”style”:”width: 333px; height: 221px; margin: 3px 10px; float: left;”,”title”:”Photo: Gianluca Di Natale”}}]]Millions of deaths around the world are preventable every year without any additional spending on research for treatment.…

  • Chinese Incinerator Plan Cancelled After Thousands Join Protests

    – by Mimi Lau, April 9, 2015, South China Morning Post A western Guangdong city has cancelled a plan to build an incinerator that prompted a protest – of up to 10,000 people on some accounts – during which three police cars were flipped and a duty office vandalised. Luoding city government posted two letters on…

  • One Bin for All?

    – by Melanie Scruggs, Texas Campaign for the Environment Right now, the City of Houston is expanding its two-bin or “single-stream” recycling program to finally cover all the nearly 350,000 homes that it services. As an avid zero waster, you may be thinking two things: 1. It is fantastic that Houstonians finally have access to a…

  • December issue of Energy Justice Now | Celebrating 16 Victories for Clean Air in 2014!

    Never fear, the December issue of Energy Justice Now — the national forum for the Dirty Energy Resistance — is here! www.energyjustice.net Inside this issue: Celebrating 16 Victories for Clean Air in 2014! – 16 Victories for Clean Air –  From Shock to Victory: The Planet’s “Immune System” at Work –  Incinerator in Frederick, MD Canceled After Decade-Long Fight …and more! Please…

  • Tanker Truck Collapses, Spills Ethanol in Kenilworth, NJ

    – by Katie Lannan, November 19, 2014,  NJ.com Firefighters called to the scene of what was originally described to them as a “small spill” Wednesday afternoon instead found 500 gallons of ethanol that had leaked out of a collapsed tanker truck. The truck, carrying 7,000 gallons of ethanol, split as it was offloading its contents…

  • Biomass Incinerator a Threat to Children

    – by Norma Kreilein, MD, Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics [The biomass facility proposed for Jasper, Indiana referred to in this letter was canceled this year thanks to the hard work of Dr. Kreilein and Healthy Dubois County –Ed.] I am writing as a concerned pediatrician in Southern Indiana. We live in the heart of…

  • Hawaii’s Only Coal-fired Power Plant May Switch to Biomass

    – by Duane Shimgawa, August  28, 2014,  Pacific Business News The only coal-fired power plant in Hawaii, which is the single largest generating plant on Oahu, is under financial stress because there is no financial reserve, according to the Hawaiian Electric Co.’s new energy plan released this week. Hawaiian Electric is also asking AES Hawaiito convert some of…

  • Marcellus Shale Drillers Under-Reported Waste

    – by Anya Litvak and Maxwell Radwin, August 31, 2014, The Post-Gazette EQT Corp. told the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection that it sent 21 tons of drill cuttings from its Marcellus Shale wells to area landfills in 2013. But landfills in southwestern Pennsylvania told a different story. Six facilities in this part of the state reported receiving nearly 95,000…

  • Beetle-Kill Fuels Bioenergy

    – by Kelly Hatton, July 17, 2014, Western Confluence On a morning in early March, I ride with Cody Neff, owner of West Range Reclamation (WRR), in his truck from Frisco, Colorado, to the company’s nearby worksite in the White River National Forest. Light is just starting to reach over the high snow-covered slopes surrounding Frisco, but Neff…

  • Chester, PA Residents Air Concerns over Covanta Trash Incineration Plan

    UPDATE: despite strong organizing efforts, an outpouring of community opposition and strong research we’ve compiled to show how awful this plan is, city council voted unanimously on Aug 13th to approve Covanta’s plan that allows 30 years of New York City waste to be brought by train to Chester for incineration.  In fact, it’ll go…