whyy.org/episodes/phillys-trash-is-chesters-pollution/ Check out this recording of The Why feature aired by WHYY on June 17, 2019. About one-third of Philadelphia’s garbage goes to a facility in Chester, Pa. where the waste is burned and converted into energy. But that incinerator also pollutes the air Chester residents breathe and researchers say it’s one of the dirtiest in the U.S. Catalina Jaramillo, […]
Too Much Pollution For One Place
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/too-much-pollution/ Article published by PBS on August 23, 2017 on how emissions from waste treatment facilities and power plants contribute to a slow-motion public health disaster in Chester, PA. By Will Sullivan.
Wade Dump Fire: A Tale of Caution
Earlier this week I reached out to Phil Heron, editor of the Delaware County Daily Times, and asked if they were going to recognize the 40th anniversary of the so called Wade Dump fire. He said he had it on his calendar but with their ever dwindling number of reporters being reduced by yet another one recently, he couldn’t guarantee […]