THE CLEAN AIR ACTION NETWORK OF GLENS FALLS

A webinar with four of the country’s most respected leaders in the field of reuse and repair. The Zero Waste Committee of Warren County, NY (a project of the Clean Air Action Network (CAAN) of Glens Falls) sponsored this important Zero Waste Webinar focused on local economic growth through reuse and repair enterprises and programs. This webinar is of interest to economic development professionals and community planners, job training and development specialists, Zero Waste and recycling proponents, green entrepreneurs and investors, solid waste and recycling professionals, local elected officials, environmental advocates, and members of youth/student and civic associations. Neil Seldman, director of the Waste to Wealth Initiative at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, and a founding member of CAAN, moderates the session, which features leading repair and reuse entrepreneurs, researchers and activists: Elizabeth Knight is the co-author of The Repair Revolution: How Fixers are Transforming Our Throw Away Economy. Mark Foster is the founder and director of Second Chance, Baltimore’s thriving building deconstruction and resale social enterprise. Mary Lou van Deventer operates Urban Ore, Inc., the iconic materials recovery enterprise started at the Berkeley (CA) landfill, and is an environmental writer. Jacob Hannah is the coordinator of ReUse Corridor, a network of businesses, universities and local and state economic development agencies serving rural Appalachian communities in WV, OH and KY.

The New York Capital Region is home to hundreds of thousands of people. Why is the giant multinational polluter LafargeHolcim determined to burn toxic waste in our backyards? The outcome of a political battle in Coeymans could determine whether the LafargeHolcim cement plant can burn millions of tires every year. The Ravena Coeymans Selkirk middle and high schools are just a stone's throw from this plant. This program, recorded on February 9, 2021, explains how LafargeHolcim sidestepped the Albany Clean Air bill passed last year. You'll hear some of the community leaders working to hold LafargeHolcim accountable: - Jane Williams, chair of the National Sierra Club Clean Air Team - Matt Miller, Albany County Legislator, Selkirk resident, and science teacher in the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Schools - Carlo A.C. deOliveira, attorney, Ravena resident, and member of the Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena-Coeymans - Joseph Ritchie, founding director of Saratoga Sites Against Norlite Emissions (SSANE) Among the issues discussed in this community forum, moderated by WOOC 105.3 FM correspondent Corinne Carey, are: -Overview of Lafarge’s history as a polluter -Health threats of burning tires and waste for fuel vs. coal in cement kiln incinerators -Lafarge’s threats of job loss or even closing the plant -Coeymans Town Board misrepresentations to voters -Why the DEC and EPA does not protect us, using the Norlite hazardous waste incinerator in Cohoes as an example This event was produced by The Sanctuary for Independent Media and the Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena-Coeymans and co-sponsored by the Hudson Mohawk Environmental Action Network and the Energy Justice Network. www.mediasanctuary.org www.cleanairalbanycounty.org www.energyjustice.net www.hmean.org

Unacceptable Risk tells the story of a prominent cancer researcher who started to rethink her assumptions about the causes of cancer and the true burden of environmentally-induced cancers. Learn more at https://www.CancerFreeEconomy.org/UnacceptableRisk. Riesgo inaceptable: La Dra. Margaret Kripke sobre el cáncer y el medio ambiente, cuenta la historia de una investigadora del cáncer destacada que empezó a replantearse sus hipótesis sobre las causas del cáncer y la verdadera carga de cáncer inducido por el medio ambiente. Aprenda más en https://www.CancerFreeEconomy.org/UnacceptableRisk. Para subtítulos en español: Vaya a Configuración - subtítulos - elija español

The world's largest cement corporation, LafargeHolcim, operates a huge cement kiln next to a high school in the Town of Coeymans, near Ravena in Albany County, New York, USA. For many toxic chemicals, they're the largest air polluter in the state of New York, even after a major "modernization" of the plant in 2017, as required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency due to years of air pollution violations. They sought to start burning trash from 70 Connecticut towns in late 2017, but Energy Justice Network notified the local governments, who came out in opposition and the local uproar had the company quickly back down from this plan. Lafarge then pushed hard to start burning millions of tires per year at their plant. The Town of Coeymans hired us to draft a Clean Air Law that bans large-scale waste burning in the town, and passed that law in March 2019. In late 2019, a slate of Republicans opposed to the Clean Air Law took over the town in the election and say they will not enforce the law. Albany County residents are now working to get a county-wide Clean Air Law passed to address this and other industrial waste burning in the county. Please see http://www.energyjustice.net/ny/albany for details and http://www.energyjustice.net/albanyalert for an action alert you can sign.

The bill, which would force Baltimore's Wheelabrator trash incinerator and medical incinerator to clean up or close down, passed through a preliminary council vote and is due for a final vote in the coming weeks. Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate.

Students from Benjamin Franklin high school in Baltimore, Md., are fighting the construction of a proposed waste-to-energy incinerator plant in their already highly toxic neighborhood, Curtis Bay. Produced by: Gabriella Demczuk Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/14rndRI Subscribe to the Times Video newsletter for free and get a handpicked selection of the best videos from The New York Times every week: http://bit.ly/timesvideonewsletter Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n Watch more videos at: http://nytimes.com/video --------------------------------------------------------------- Want more from The New York Times? Twitter: https://twitter.com/nytvideo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nytimes Google+: https://plus.google.com/+nytimes/ Whether it's reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions at home, or covering the latest style trends and scientific developments, New York Times video journalists provide a revealing and unforgettable view of the world. It's all the news that's fit to watch. On YouTube. In Baltimore, Fighting an Incinerator | The New York Times http://www.youtube.com/user/TheNewYorkTimes

Several options for solid waste management are now being considered and expanded recycling has become the biggest point of contention for those opposed to incineration. If the city were to move away from the trash-to-energy incinerator, landfill would be its alternative.

The concept to build Detroit's incinerator arose in the mid 1980's amid serious concerns about future landfill capacity. Protesters and environmentalists unsuccessfully campaigned against its construction, protesting against perceived public health threats and environmental impacts. Due to unexpected debt, the facility has been a huge financial drain on the city, alleviated partially by steam sales and other revenue generated from the incineration process.