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WE WON!! Environmental Justice Victory in DC, as Mayor Pulls Incinerator Contract
– by Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network We just stopped Washington, DC from approving a $36-78 million contract that was awarded to Covanta to burn the District’s waste for the next 5-11 years. In a…
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EJ Victory! Taking Responsibility for Where Your Trash Goes…
– by Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network I’m excited to open this issue by sharing our first victory of its kind: stopping a major city (Washington, DC) from signing a long-term incineration contract that was…
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Transform Don’t Trash NYC
– by Gavin Kearney (Environmental Justice Director, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest) & Eddie Bautista (Executive Director, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance) New York City’s homes and businesses generate anywhere from 6 to 8…
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New York City Outsourcing Incineration
– by Dara Hunt Congratulations to Energy Justice Network and other organizations on stopping a Covanta contract to incinerate DC waste in an Environmental Justice community. Unfortunately, we have not succeeded in stopping New York…
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EXCLUSIVE: Biomass Energy and the Carbon Neutral Shell Game
– by Brett Leuenberger, July 6, 2015 (Graphics by Brett Leuenberger) Who would have ever thought that clean renewable energy could come from a smokestack? And yet, according to our U.S. government and the biomass…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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$355,375 Grant to Install Biomass Heating in Massachusetts Elementary Schools
– Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, May 5, 2015, Biomass Magazine The administration of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito has announced grant funding for Heath Elementary School in Heath…
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Solar Generation May Sideline Biomass Heating
[Note: this article is written by long-time wood stove cheerleader, John Ackerly. It’s nice to see him admitting that his wood-burning dreams are about to be dashed by solar power. Energy Justice does not support…
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