Tag: allentown
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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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City of Allentown, PA Terminates Contract for Waste Incinerator
– by Allentown Residents for Clean Air, September 30, 2014, Stop the Burn The City of Allentown is pulling out of the contract with Delta Thermo Energy. This news surely spells the death of the experimental trash and sewage sludge incinerator that threatens Allentown. HOWEVER, the company’s air and waste permits are still out there. The air permit could be…
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Allentown, PA Kills Controversial Waste Incinerator Proposal
– by Emily Opilo, October 1, 2014, McClatchy-Tribune Regional News More than two years after the deal’s controversial approval, Allentown has terminated its contract with Delta Thermo Energy, ending speculation about whether the company would ever build a proposed waste-to-energy facility in the city. In a letter dated Sept. 26, Allentown solicitor Jerry Snyder wrote that Bucks…
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