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Hawaiʻi Bills
The following four bills in the 2024 session of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature are supported by Energy Justice Network , Hawaiʻi Clean Power Task Force ‚Kokua na Aina , and the Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi INCINERATOR AIR POLLUTION RIGHT-TO-KNOW(SB 2123 / HB 2796) — Requires H‑POWER or any new waste incinerator…
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Dirty Energy and Waste Projects in Hawai‘i
In Hawai‘i, Energy Justice Network is supporting our member group,Kokua Na Aina , in educating and organizing residents to stop biomass and waste burning schemes. We’re also supporting the Hawai‘i Clean Power Task Force to remove biomass and waste incineration as “renewable” energy sources under the state’s renewable energy mandate. Learn about Hu Honua’s plan…
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Toxics Release Inventory: Petition to EPA to Make Incinerators Report
Following major chemical accidents in the 1980s, people fought for Congressional passage of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. This included the creation of a Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) database managed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Since 1988, for hundreds of toxic chemicals, we’ve had data reported by chemical plants, oil refineries, and many…
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Waste Database
The searchable database below allows users to determine which facilities their municipal solid waste (MSW) ends up in. Knowing this crucial information empowers residents to be informed about the impact of the trash they generate. For example, if you determine that your trash is going to an incinerator (many times an example of environmental racism),…
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Florida: Trash Incineration Capital of the United States
Florida has more trash incinerators and more trash burning capacity than any state in the nation. Since the 2021 closure of the Bay County incinerator, there are now 10 trash incinerators in Florida at nine sites. Incineration is the most expensive and polluting way to manage waste or to make energy. It’s dirtier than burning coal, and worse than…
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Incineration and Environmental Racism
Trash incinerators (a.k.a. “waste to energy” facilities) in the United States are located in communities where people of color (especially Black residents) are disproportionately impacted. The largest and most polluting trash incinerators tend to be in communities of color, a major environmental justice issue. The trends show that race is more of a factor than…
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Nuisance Lawsuit against Covanta Plymouth Renewable Energy trash incinerator
2:20-cv-04330-HB Lloyd v. Covanta Plymouth Renewable Energy, LLCHARVEY BARTLE, III, presidingDate filed: 09/03/2020Date of last filing: 04/01/2021 Doc.No. Dates Description 1 Filed & Entered: 09/03/2020 Complaint (IFP or Government Plaintiff) Filed & Entered: 09/09/2020 Summons Issued 2 Filed & Entered: 09/10/2020 APPLICATION for Admission Pro Hac Vice (Credit Card) 3 Filed & Entered: 09/10/2020 APPLICATION…
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Clean Energy and Zero Waste Produce the most Jobs
Job Creation: Reuse and Recycling vs. Disposal Type of Operation Jobs per 10,000 tons ofdiscarded material per year Product Reuse Computer Reuse 296 Textile Reclamation 85 Misc. Durables Reuse 62 Wooden Pallet Repair 28 Recycling-based Manufacturers 25 Paper Mills 18 Glass Product Manufacturers 26 Plastic Product Manufacturers 93 Conventional Materials Recovery Facilities (recycling sorting centers) 10 Composting 4…
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Covanta’s trash incinerator, the largest air polluter in Camden County, NJ
Camden for Clean Air formed in May 2020 to stop plans to keep the Covanta Camden trash incinerator alive by having it serve as the power source for a proposed microgrid. The proposed microgrid would keep the power going for the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority (CCMUA) sewage treatment plant in Camden so that it…