Read the original article linked here: Stop Trashing Our Air resolution Philly burns a lot of its trash. A new Council ordinance would stop that. Currently, the city sends more than one-third of its trash to the Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility owned by Reworld, formerly Covanta, in Chester. A substantial portion of Philadelphia’s trash gets hauled to Chester and […]
What is the Stop Trashing our Air Resolution?
On Thursday, September 18, Philadelphia Councilmember Jamie R. Gauthier presented the Stop Trashing Our Air resolution, to stop incinerating Philadelphia trash in Chester, PA! Watch this short clip to see her presentation to Philadelphia City Council. Philadelphia currently sends over one-third of its waste to the largest trash incinerator in the nation, contributing to air pollution that impacts the entire region. The resolution prohibits […]
Delaware County Council Votes to Approve Zero Waste Master Plan
Last Wednesday, Delaware County Council voted to approve the Zero Waste Master Plan presented by the Office of Sustainability. The plan is an important roadmap to reducing the county’s overall waste and the human and environmental health impacts from it. You can read the full Zero Waste plan here. The plan includes key life cycle analysis findings: Now we need to pressure Delco Council to fund this […]
As Trump Pushes Liquified Natural Gas Exports, Residents in Pennsylvania Towns Push Back to Stop a Proposed LNG Terminal – Inside Climate News (August 30, 2025)
Along the Delaware River, the communities of Chester and Eddystone are facing the possibility of a new $7 billion liquified gas facility that will export Pennsylvania’s plentiful fracked gas. By Nina Sablan August 30, 2025 Link to full article: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30082025/chester-eddystone-pennsylvania-activists-oppose-lng-terminal/ CHESTER, Pa.—In this small city south of Philadelphia, trash is a problem. A thick white cloud rising from Reworld’s Delaware Valley […]
