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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Zulene Mayfield: Justice in Chester Clips
This video clip of our Chairperson Zulene Mayfield explaining why environmental issues are so detrimental for communities of color really sheds some light on why we can’t ignore these issues. These toxic industries set up shop in communities like Chester because residents aren’t aware of the health risks, nor do they educate them because if they did, then no one would […]
