LNG Task Force Release Final Report and Spread Lies!
The PA Legislature passed a bill in 2022, and Governor Wolf signed it into law, setting up a “Philadelphia LNG Task Force”. The job of the task force was to target southeast PA in the Delaware River Watershed as a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export hub, regardless of the public safety and health harms of explosive and polluting LNG, the inevitable environmental […]
10/21/23 Chester DEP Meeting
On Saturday, October 21st, CRCQL and C4 members attended the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Environmental Justice Policy public comment meeting. This event was held at the ACCESS center in Chester–however, all of their previous meetings have been held virtually or outside of Chester, making it harder for residents to attend. All CRCQL members and C4 students spoke out with […]
The Flaws of DEP’s 2023 EJ Policy
The Department of Environmental Protection’s PA Environmental Justice Branch released the new EJ Policy of 2023. The policy hasn’t been updated since 2004. Read the full policy here. Here are the problems with the report. Even if you couldn’t make it to yesterday’s DEP (Department of Environmental Protection) meeting, you can still submit a public comment about their updated environmental justice policy, […]
WE ACT Features CRCQL
New York City based environmental justice organization WE ACT for Environmental Justice recently interviewed Chairperson Zulene Mayfield and created a short, informative video about EJ issues facing Chester and CRCQL’s fight for true justice! https://www.facebook.com/weactforej/videos/6900221933377800
Chairperson Zulene and C4 Elicit Anti-LNG Stance from Delaware County Council
On Wednesday, October 4th, CRCQL Chairperson, Zulene Mayfield, and numerous students from the Campus Coalition Concerning Chester (C4) demanded that the Delaware County Council take a stronger stance against the potential LNG facility to be sited in Chester. After listening to about a dozen anti-LNG public comments, every council person announced their opposition to the LNG facility.
Swarthmore’s Connection to Environmental (In)Justice in Chester (9/21/23)
By Chris Folk, C-4 Student https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2023/09/21/swarthmores-connection-to-environmental-injustice-in-chester/ Located in the fourth richest county in Pennsylvania, Swarthmore is a utopian suburb for wealthy, liberal whites, where people regularly live into their eighties. Swarthmore, the town and college, can easily feel like a bubble – physically and psychologically isolated from the rest of the world. When one wants to get out and go […]
Danger in Chester, Pennsylvania? A proposed gas-to-liquid processing plant raises concerns, questions for residents in majority Black city – The Final Call (09/21/23)
Read full article CHESTER, Pa.—The City of Chester, situated near Philadelphia, has a troubling history of environmental injustices inflicted upon its residents. Now, the predominately Black community faces yet another threat: a proposed gas-to-liquid processing plant by Penn American LNG. This potentially hazardous facility poses risks to the environment and jeopardizes the health and safety of Chester’s residents. Nonetheless, the […]
‘We suffer for everybody else’s comfort’: LNG facility proposed in Chester draws pushback – Philadelphia Inquirer (8/22/23)
Regional labor leaders, eager to create more construction jobs, have tried to raise support for a gas liquefaction plant and export terminal along the Delaware River. by Frank Kummer READ FULL ARTICLE: https://www.inquirer.com/business/energy/lng-pennsylvania-chester-natural-gas-protest-20230822.html EXCERPT: The third and final public hearing about building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Southeastern Pennsylvania turned out to be the most raucous, with […]
At LNG task force hearing, Chester leaders say no to city terminal – DELCO TIMES (8/22/23)
Blanket no: No liquified natural gas facility: no way, shape or form Read the full Delco Times article: https://www.delcotimes.com/2023/08/22/at-lng-task-force-hearing-chester-leaders-say-no-to-city-terminal/ Photo Credit: Kathleen E. Carey – Daily Times Opponents of a proposed liquified natural gas facility in Chester aren’t shy about expressing their feelings Tuesday at a state task force hearing at Widener University. (KATHLEEN E. CAREY – DAILY TIMES) Excerpt […]
