PLEASE come out to Allentown Residents for Clean Air (ARCA) "headquarters" meeting this Thursday evening.
On Monday, we received a disappointing court decision stopping our citizen's initiative to get a clean air ordinance on the November ballot even after our team collected the required signatures to put the clean air ordinance to the people for vote.
We need to regroup and focus on registering voters, raising funds for legal fees, getting people out to vote for those candidates who support clean air in our community, and figuring out our next steps to grow our movement and respond to these latest legal developments.
For those new to the issue, the experimental Delta-Thermo incinerator has been planned for an Allentown neighborhood on the Lehigh River in an area where many of our school children are already suffering from respiratory issues. Clean air for miles surrounding Allentown is at risk.
The Lehigh County Board of Elections
refused to put it on the ballot. Citizens are suing the Board of Election to put the Ordinance on the
November ballot.
Burrito Works is located next door to Allentown Brew Works at:
On Monday, we received a disappointing court decision stopping our citizen's initiative to get a clean air ordinance on the November ballot even after our team collected the required signatures to put the clean air ordinance to the people for vote.
We need to regroup and focus on registering voters, raising funds for legal fees, getting people out to vote for those candidates who support clean air in our community, and figuring out our next steps to grow our movement and respond to these latest legal developments.
For those new to the issue, the experimental Delta-Thermo incinerator has been planned for an Allentown neighborhood on the Lehigh River in an area where many of our school children are already suffering from respiratory issues. Clean air for miles surrounding Allentown is at risk.
The Lehigh County Board of Elections
refused to put it on the ballot. Citizens are suing the Board of Election to put the Ordinance on the
November ballot.
Burrito Works is located next door to Allentown Brew Works at:
818 W Hamilton Street Allentown, PA 18101
PLEASE:
1. THURSDAY 10/3: Meeting at Burrito Works
HERE is the link to the Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/600813193295145/
2. BY FRIDAY 10/4: Call or write a note to DEP asking for a public
hearing on Delta Thermo Energy's air pollution permit ***
3. Donate money - donations are tax-deductible; donation info at:
http://www.stoptheburn.org/donate
TOKEN $5-$10-$20 amounts help!!! and larger gifts are extremely welcome-- we WILL be breathing poison if we lose!
4. Volunteer to send a letter to the editor (we can provide talking
points and sample letters)
***Sample DEP letter:
I am writing to you regarding DEP Permit no. 39-00099A, which
concerns the air emissions from Delta Thermo Energy's (DTE's)
proposed trash and sewage sludge incinerator in Allentown, PA.
This proposal has sparked considerable local controversy about air
quality impacts. I want to bring my concerns about this proposed
facility to the DEP, at a public hearing in Allentown, accessible via
an evening bus route.
+ Requires each person's name, address & phone #; ask your
friends/family/neighbors/church members to sign too!)
+ Send requests to:
Ray Kempa, Chief
New Source Review Section
Air Quality Program
2 Public Square
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-1915
OR Phone 570-826-2511
yours trulie,
julie ann edgar
organizer, Lehigh Valley Gas Truth
http://www.safewatersociety.org
http://commonsense2.com/2012/03/activism/julie-edgar-part-two/
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