Environmental Justice in Southeast PA January 22, 2008

The City of Chester in Delaware County is home to one of the biggest trash incinerators in the country and a sewage treatment plant that burns sludge from all over Delaware County. I it air to the residents and businesses in Chester that two major sources of air pollution are located in their community?

Mike Ewall, environmental justice advocate, will discuss the pollution threats facing Chester residents today and in the 1990s, when two additional sources of air pollution were proposed for the city, one to sterilize medical waste by heating, another to burn
oil-contaminated soil.

Delores Shelton, Chester resident, will describe some of the environmental problems she and her family face every day.

Jerry Balter, Esq., Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, will discuss environmental justice and global warming and the important role he played in protecting Chester residents in the 1990s.

For Additional Information Contact:
Bill Brainerd, (610) 325-3127, [email protected]

Official Website: http://pennsylvania.sierraclub.org/southeastern/#free