Washington Post Reveals Covanta’s Slimy Lobbying Efforts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/29/climate-incinerators-plastics-subsidies/ “As the Biden administration allocates billions of dollars in new climate subsidies, environmentally challenged industries are sharpening their green pitches. The companies argue they are just as entitled to lucrative federal incentives as solar farms or electric carmakers, and are working to frame their businesses as global warming solutions. The money up for grabs from the Inflation Reduction Act […]
ABC News Covers Covanta Incinerator
ABC News, “Trashed: The Secret Life of Plastic Bag Recycling”, investigates the US plastic bag recycling system and reveals that most plastic bags do not end up being recycled, but rather wind up in various parts of the plant and in trash incinerators like Covanta’s located in Chester, PA. Zulene Mayfield, chairperson of CRCQL, delivers a heartfelt message to millions […]
Hundreds gather for 3rd Annual Environmental Justice March in Chester, PA
April 22, 2023 – Chester, PA. – Over 200 people marched and caravanned from Chester City Hall to the front of Covanta’s trash incinerator, calling for an end to acts of environmental racism. Hosted by Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living (CRCQL, pronounced “circle”), the march demonstrated the need for clean air and justice for Chester City residents. Unfortunately, the […]
YES Center Chester’s Women Change Makers: Zulene Mayfield
http://chesterdigital.sunycreate.cloud/rlbennett/zulene-mayfield/ Chester’s Zulene Mayfield fondly recalls a quiet life three-plus decades ago, as a new homeowner on the city’s west end, a short driving distance from family members. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary — until word spread among neighbors of a massive trash incinerator under construction behind a fence, just feet away from her block. The Westinghouse (now known […]
Chester Justice Celebration
On July 30, 2022, CRCQL, Chester Heals, and The Yes Center collaborated with Swarthmore students working in Chester for the summer to host the Chester Justice Celebration. Youth were invited to come down to the MJ Freed Theatre from 12-3pm to learn about all the ways that the community has been able to fight injustices. Speeches were given by three […]
CAPE GAZETTE: Protesters Rally Against New LNG Export Terminals in P.A., N.J.
https://www.capegazette.com/article/protesters-rally-against-new-lng-export-terminals-pa-nj/243456 Chris Flood July 25, 2022 Event held at Rehoboth Beach Bandstand because it’s near Biden’s North Shores home Climate advocates gathered July 23 at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand to protest two proposed liquified natural gas export facilities on the Delaware River – the Gibbstown LNG Terminal in Greenwich Township, N.J., and the Penn America LNG facility in Chester, Pa. […]
Sowing Seeds of Hope
On July 24, 2022, CRCQL and C4 hosted a youth gardening event called Sowing Seeds of Hope at Highland Gardens Playground in Chester. Youth spent the day painting pots, planting flower and vegetable seeds to take home, and learning about the importance of taking care of their environment and themselves, all over some much needed water ice and soft pretzels. […]
WGMD: Climate Activists Return to Rehoboth, March to Biden’s Beach House
https://www.wgmd.com/climate-activists-return-to-rehoboth-march-to-bidens-beach-house/ July 24, 2022/Alan Henney For the second time this summer, climate activists chose to protest in Rehoboth Beach because it is the location of Biden’s vacation home. This time they marched to the President’s beach house where they chanted and posed for photographs. Rehoboth Beach, state police and Secret Service vehicles parked along the side of the street so […]
47ABC WMDT: Activists Hold Rally at President Biden’s Beach Home, Push for Climate Action
https://www.wmdt.com/2022/07/activists-hold-rally-at-president-bidens-beach-home-push-for-climate-action/ View full article for the video of a news segment including an interview with C4 member Sarah Chang July 23, 2022 by Javari Burnett REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. – Climate advocates from across the U.S. hit the streets of Rehoboth Beach Saturday with one of President Joe Biden’s vacation homes as their destination and they had one message. “It’s not […]
