Yesterday, we joined the high school students in Baltimore for their excellent 100-strong march/rally against a plan for the nation's largest waste incinerator, planned by Energy Answers within a mile of their school in one of the nation's most polluted zip codes. It would burn 4,000 tons/day of trash, tires, shredded cars and wood waste, not far from the nation's largest medical waste incinerator and in the same city as the largest of three trash incinerators that already exist in Maryland.
We were joined by 16-year old Kaya Banton (on right in bottom photo) from Chester, PA, home to the largest existing trash incinerator in the U.S. (burning 3,400 tons/day of waste right across the tracks from residential homes).
The high school group, Free Your Voice, organizing with United Workers, are leading the way and Energy Justice Network will be working with them to see this through to a victory, as we also continue our 20-year history of work with residents of Chester, PA to stop the environmental injustices there as well.
Check out the video from the event, and the trail of media coverage, here:
http://unitedworkers.org/2013/12/19/students-march-to-stop-the-incinerator/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6OiPa1aQOA
http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2013/12/19/students-stage-a-march-to-protest-incinerator/
http://www.foxbaltimore.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/curtis-bay-residents-concerned-over-plans-new-trash-incinerator-24119.shtml
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/hundreds-protest-construction-of-incinerator-in-baltimore/-/10131532/23563024/-/uvlym7z/-
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/12/18/marylanders-uneasy-about-renewable-energy-plant-in-curtis-bay/
http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/stop-incinerator-baltimore-activists-demand/2013/12/18
For more info, see:
Baltimore Environmental Justice Facebook page
Chester, PA history of victories and list of polluters
