HEALTH AND SAFETY.
DON:
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
22NEWS AT 11 I'M DON SHIPMAN
CIARA:
AND I'M CIARA SPELLER.
CIARA:
PLANS FOR A NEW BIOMASS
INCINERATOR ARE CAUSING A STIR
IN SPRINGFIELD.
A GROUP OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS
PROTESTED IN FRONT OF CITY HALL
TONIGHT.
DON:
THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE
ADVERSE HEALTH AFFECTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT
DON:
22NEWS REPORTER KRISTINA
D'AMOURS JOINS US LIVE FROM
SPRINGFIELD.
KRISTINA - WHAT'S THEIR BIGGEST
CONCERN
KRISTINA:
THATS RIGHT ACTIVISTS ARE SAYING
A BIOMASS INCINERATOR DOES NOT
BELONG IN OR
NEAR RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
A COALITION OF ENVIRONTMENTAL
ADVOCATES HELD A RALLY IN FRONT
OF
SPRINGFIELD CITY HALL---OPPOSING
THE BIOMASS INCINERARTOR
PROPOSED BY PALMER RENEWABLE
ENERGY THAT WOULD BE BUILT IN
EAST SPRINGFIELD.
THE COALITION IS ARGUING THAT
COMMUNITIES WITHIN TWO MILES OF
THE
INCINERATOR ARE AT HIGH
RISK---AND INCREASES THEIR RISK
OF COMPLICATIONS
THAT WOULD BE BUILT IN EAST
SPRINGFIELD.
THE COALITION IS ARGUING THAT
COMMUNITIES WITHIN TWO MILES OF
THE INCINERATOR ARE AT HIGH
RISK---AND INCREASES THEIR RISK
OF COMPLICATIONS FROM THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
TANISHA ARENA OF THE SPRINGFIELD
CLIMATE JUSTICE COALITION SAID
THIS IS HARMFUL FOR THE CITY AND
WOULD CONTINUE TO WORSEN THE AIR
QUALITY.
TANISHA ARENA, SPRINGFIELD
CLIMATE JUSTICE COALITION
TANISHA ARENA, SPRINGFIELD
CLIMATE JUSTICE COALITION MORE
THAN HALF OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE
ASTHMA
OR OTHER RESPITORY ISSUES AND A
BIO MASS PLANT HERE IN OUR
COMMUNITY WOULD JUST MAKE THAT
WORSE.
THE COALITONS ARE OPPOSING THE
EXENTSION OF THE EXPIRED CITY
PERMIT
FOR THE BIOMASS INCINERATOR AS
WELL AS DEMANDING THE STATE TO
DELETE
LANGAUGE IN THE 2050 CLIMATE
ROADMAP BILL ---
SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCILOR JESSE
LEDERMAN SAID THAT THIS LATEST
BILL DEFINES BIOMASS ENERGY AS A
"NON- CARBON EMITTING"
ENERGY---AND THAT NEEDS TO BE
CORRECTED.
JESSE LEDERMAN, SPRINGFIELD CITY
COUNCILOR
AND ESSENTIALLY WE BELIEVE THAT
THAT IS FALSE
AND AN ERROR AND THERE SHOULD
NOT BE AN GREEN ENERGY SUBSIDY
GIVEN
TO THESE TYPES OF INCINERATORS.
THE COUNCILOR HAS SENT A LETTER
TO LAWMAKERS LISTING
SPRINGFIELD'S
OBJECTIONS TO THE INCINERATOR.
KRISTINA:
ACCORDING TO LEDERMAN THE
SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL IS
REVIEWING
THE BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE
PROJECT. WFYL IN SPRINGFIELD KD
22NEWS.
