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Gov.Jack Markell’s dirty deals produce dirty air for Delaware
Today, Thursday, May 30, 2013, is a Code Orange bad air day for ozone and a Code Yellow bad air day for “fine particles” (PM2.5).
Friday and perhaps Saturday are also expected to be Code Orange for ozone.
Wednesday, May 29th, was Code Yellow for both ozone and particles.
Tuesday, May 28th, was Code Yellow for particles.
So, obviously, Delaware is well into a summer bad air season. Continue reading
the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark (UUFN) hosts Markell and O’Mara
The Newark UU’s are having a series called Green Matters Forum Series Wednesdays, February 3, 10, 17, 24, and March 3, 2010, from 7 to 9 pm.
Some more details, supposedly, are here. Continue reading
Alert 673: Which Delaware leaders are promoting incinerator pollution?
Green Delaware Alert 673: Which Delaware leaders are promoting incinerator pollution?
Which are standing for a healthy future?
Public outcry needed to beat special interests…. Continue reading
Alert 667: Delaware DNREC seeks to weaken waste regulations
Agency thinks this requirement is “redundant:”
No new cell of an industrial landfill shall be located in an area … that is environmentally unique or valuable.”“Public Hearing” on August 20th in Dover at 6:00 pm (details below)
How to help: Continue reading
Transcript of hearing on Delaware waste regulations held October 22, 2007
Read and be enlightened. Continue reading
Alert 664: July 14, 2008: — Delmarva Power “IRP” Public Comment Session
In Alert 656: Do you want a say over Delaware’s energy future? we reported on attempts to curtain public input into Delmarva Power’s planning. We invited people speak out if they wanted public meetings and some people did. One of the three scheduled meetings (in Dover) was kept on the agenda and the other two, in Sussex and New Castle Counties, were cancelled. (I was especially annoyed that Blue Water Wind, which benefited so much from public support for its offshore wind project, supported cancelling the “public comment sessions.” Remember that, folks.) Continue reading
Alert 662: The big bad guys, a sick river, some good guys, and “Cooling towers”
Many readers will know about this issue–Green Delaware has written about it quite a bit, and recently even the mainstream press has been paying some attention.
Technically, the problem is simple: Big bad industrial sites–mainly, in Delaware, Conectiv’s Edge-Moor Power Plant, Valero’s Delaware City Refinery, and NRG’s Indian River Power Plant–pump hundreds of millions of gallons of water out of the Delaware River and Rehoboth Bay every day. DuPont, Sunoco, and others are also offenders. The biggest single offender is the Salem/Hope Creek nuclear complex across the river in New Jersey. Continue reading
Greendel Alert 656: Do you want a say over Delaware’s energy future?
Do you want a say over what Delmarva Power does with your money?
Delmarva Power, (Un)”Public Advocate,” others seek to cancel public meetings
Let us know!
Delmarva Power, (Un)”Public Advocate,” others seek to cancel public meetings
Let us know!
Alert 650: Nutty nuclear schemes to be presented in Legislative Hall–April 9, 2009, 4:00 pm
Green Delaware Alert 650
(please post/forward)
“PSE & G To give a presentation on nuclear power” in Legislative Hall, Dover, Wed, April 9, 2009 4:00
Delaware faces tremendous opportunities but also the danger of making horrible mistakes. The state is a small place with a limited talent pool and limited resources. We can’t afford to get it wrong.
Can Markell and his people tell the good ideas from the bad ones? Will they listen to non-brownnosers?