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What Planet of the Humans got Right, Wrong, and Missed
by Mike Ewall, Executive Director, Energy Justice Network [See related interview here.] If I were to write a documentary exposing the dismal state of recycling in the U.S., I’d be right to point out how much is not being recycled, how polluting recycling can be, and how inadequate it is to try to solve the…
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No waste burning in Albany County, NY!
Albany County, NY is home to many waste burning threats. Years ago, Albany City hosted the notorious ANSWERS trash incinerator, a controversial case of environmental racism. That incinerator has been closed since 1995. However, the county also hosts four sewage sludge incinerators (two still operating, and being phased out and replaced with anaerobic digesters), and…
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Ending Waste Incineration in Montgomery County, PA
TAKE ACTION! to contact your local officials before they vote soon on where your trash goes! The Covanta Plymouth trash incinerator is Montgomery County’s #1 Air Polluter Montgomery County recently received an “F” grade from the American Lung Association for smog in their 2019 State of the Air report. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation…
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