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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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Remembering Marvin Wheeler
– by Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network When we formed Allentown Residents for Clean Air (ARCA) in 2012, we couldn’t have kicked it off without Marvin Wheeler, who found us as an active member of the West Park Civic Association. As a retired school nurse, Marvin understood the health threat posed by the plan to burn 150…
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Are Media Outlets Megaphones for Polluters?
Are Media Outlets Megaphones for Polluters? Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 5pm PST / 8 ET Guest Speaker: Steve Horn, Investigative Journalist Are media outlets doing an adequate job covering the health and environmental impacts of dirty energy corporations and other polluters? Not according to Steve Horn, a Madison, Wisconsin-based freelance investigative journalist and writer for DeSmogBlog. Steve…
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