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July 23, 2022

BAY TO BAY NEWS: Rehoboth Protesters Urge Biden to Address Climate Crisis

https://baytobaynews.com/delaware/stories/rehoboth-protesters-urge-biden-to-address-climate-crisis,84505 DELAWARE STATE NEWS/KATIE REDEFERThe climate march concluded outside President Biden’s beach home, which appeared to be vacant this weekend while the president recovers from COVID-19 in Washington D.C. Posted Saturday, July 23, 2022 11:39 pmBy Katie Redefer REHOBOTH BEACH — Dozens of demonstrators urged President Joe Biden to declare climate change a national emergency in a protest that marched […]

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June 14, 2022

WHYY – Could Delco get a major LNG export terminal? (June 14, 2022)

Plans for a massive liquefied natural gas facility and export terminal in Chester along the Delaware River have quietly been shopped around to current and former elected officials and their representatives from Chester City Hall to the governor’s office in Harrisburg. WHYY News obtained details of the plan, as well as the company’s lobbying efforts through Right-to-Know requests. Penn America Energy LLC, […]

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June 14, 2022

“A proposed LNG plant in Chester would be gigantic and hardly anyone knows about it” Philadelphia Inquirer (June 13, 2022)

https://www.inquirer.com/business/liquefied-natural-gas-export-plant-philadelphia-penn-lng-20220613.html Penn LNG, headed by a native Philadelphian, has quietly lined up support to build a $6.4 billion liquefied natural gas export terminal near Philly. The energy project faces many challenges. The GWSI warehouse at Front and Lloyd Streets in Chester, which in a previous life was a Ford assembly plant, is said to be a leading candidate for a […]

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March 24, 2022

March 16, 2022 – CRCQL Press Conference at County Council

Chester Residents & Allies host Press Conference at Delco Council Meeting to demand NO Incineration of County trash! March 17, 2022 – Media, PA. – Yesterday, almost 70 residents from Chester, PA and across Delaware County held a press conference and staged a die-in/sit-in before the Delaware County Council Meeting. Their point was clear: under no circumstances should the County […]

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March 24, 2022

March 16 CRCQL Press Conference: Delco Times coverage

Protesters stage ‘die-in’ as Delaware County mulls over new contract with Covanta By KATHLEEN E. CAREY | delcotimes.com March 20, 2022 at 6:51 a.m. MEDIA – More than 50 people gathered in the Delaware County Government Center courtyard Wednesday to stage a “die-in” to protest Delaware County’s use of the Covanta waste-to-steam facility in Chester as the Delaware County Solid […]

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March 11, 2022

March 9: Chester residents and CRCQL allies attend the Solid Waste Authority Board Meeting

Chester residents and CRCQL allies attend the Solid Waste Authority Board Meeting March 9, 2022 – Media, PA – Residents from across Delaware County joined the Delco Solid Waste Authority (DCSWA) Board meeting on Wednesday, March 9th to hear more about the Board’s review of a new Covanta contract for Delaware  County waste. Objections were made by CRCQL for the […]

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January 12, 2022

CRCQL Statement in response to Horace Strand

In reference to the statement from Horace Strand: January 12, 2022 We are appalled by the continued comments from Mr. Horace Strand about the pending litigation that he has initiated against Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living (CRCQL), the group’s Chairperson, Zulene Mayfield, and Mike Ewall, Executive Director of Energy Justice Network.  We believe his action is a deliberate attempt […]

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