We need people to step up to speak at Tuesday evening's special city council meeting. It's all about our ordinance and whether city council should vote to support it. It doesn't stop us if they don't (it'll go to the voters in November if they don't pass it), but this is a good opportunity to educate people.
PLEASE come to the meeting on Tuesday (6pm, City Hall, 435 Hamilton St) and email me back if you're willing to speak. You can take any of the myths and use it as your talking point.
You can also decide to take on any of the topics about incinerators in general. See below for some of the main topics, and if you want to take one on, let me know and I'll get you the specific stuff you should know to say.
You can also find lots of great info here: http://www.energyjustice.net/incineration (after the text, the best reports to check out are the "Health Effects of Waste Incinerators" report and the top five links under the "GAIA" section). The info on pyrolysis is most pertinent, since I think that's the type of incinerator Delta Thermo plans to use.
Incineration topics:
-language: incinerators vs. "waste-to-energy"
-most expensive way to make energy
-most expensive way to manage waste (more expensive than landfills)
-most polluting way to make energy (dirtier than coal power plants)
-most polluting way to manage waste
-it's not landfills vs. incinerators, but landfills vs. incinerator PLUS a smaller, more toxic ash landfill
-trash incineration = trash to toxic ash and toxic air emissions
-pollutants released & health impacts
-global warming impacts
-waste-OF-energy
-incineration vs. zero waste on jobs
-zero waste solutions
-incineration competes with recycling
-lack of adequate pollution monitoring
-property values
-environmental justice
Go get 'em!
Mike Ewall, Esq.
Founder & Director
Energy Justice Network
215-436-9511
mike@energyjustice.net
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