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VICTORY: Hazardous Waste Incinerator Defeated in Bucks County, PA
A politically-connected new company hoped to sneak an application through during the holidays for a 60 ton/day hazardous waste incinerator in Bristol Township, near Philadelphia, PA. Once word got out late last year, political opposition grew fast and furious. People packed local government meetings to overflowing. Energy Justice director, Mike Ewall, who grew up in the adjacent township,…
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Race, Class and the proposed Cove Point, Maryland – LNG Terminal
While being a very bad idea, the proposed LNG terminal at Cove Point Maryland does not appear to be a blantant case of race or class based discrimination in its location. I use JusticeMap.org (beta) to analyze the proposed location. You can see that the income for the immediate census tract is actually higher than the more distant ones,…
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Methane’s Global Warming Potential makes Gas worse than Coal for Climate
We just updated our page on natural gas with links to the latest studies showing that methane is far more potent for global warming than EPA considers it. Next time you’re hearing how much natural gas is a transition fuel or that it’s better than coal — or that landfill gas should be burned for energy (which releases more methane than…
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