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  • I Can’t Breathe: Air Pollution Worse for Communities of Color

    - by Brentin Mock, Grist In North Car­oli­na, sci­en­tists from the Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency have found a “sta­ble and neg­a­tive asso­ci­a­tion” between poor birth out­comes among women and their expo­sure to air pol­lu­tion. That’s pret­ty much com­mon knowl­edge, if not com­mon sense, no mat­ter what state or coun­try you look at. But the EPA sci­en­tists also…

  • Chester, PA Residents Air Concerns over Covanta Trash Incineration Plan

    UPDATE: despite strong orga­niz­ing efforts, an out­pour­ing of com­mu­ni­ty oppo­si­tion and strong research we’ve com­piled to show how awful this plan is, city coun­cil vot­ed unan­i­mous­ly on Aug 13th to approve Cov­an­ta’s plan that allows 30 years of New York City waste to be brought by train to Chester for incin­er­a­tion.  In fact, it’ll go…

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